Herevana – #206 – Garage Project – Mountain Call
Mountain Call, a 7.2% Farmhouse Ale from Garage Project’s Wild Workshop, combines sour elements with smoky Lapsang Souchong tea. While initially sweet and smooth, it features delicate notes of peach and grapes. The beer’s complexity and lingering taste offer a delightful experience, earning a high rating of 9 on the “Pdubyah-o-meter.”
Herevana – #205 – 8 Wired – Red Oktober
The review highlights 8 Wired’s Red Oktober, a Vienna Lager, praising its sweet, bready flavor, inviting aroma, and its suitability for Octoberfest celebrations, rating it 8/10.
Herevana -#204 – Emerson’s JP
The post marks a return after a seven-month hiatus, featuring Emerson’s JP Belgian Strong Dark Ale. It’s characterized by a sweet flavor profile with hints of cherry, clove, and dried fruit, reflecting on its complexity. The author enjoys it at a moderate pace, accompanied by music, while reminiscing about its inspiration and history.
Herevana – #203 – Wilderness Rolling Meadows
Here we have a Wilderness Brewing Wilderness Rolling Meadows. IT’s be rare for a Wilderness beer not to be really enjoyable, and so a BA peach apricot affair certainly rang … Continue reading
Herevana – #202 – Thornbridge – Pachamama
Change of country for a change. Sunny Sunday afternoon and a Thornbridge Pachamama, which is a Brown Ale. Thornbridge make come notable beer, but I’ve not seen their “Never Ordinary … Continue reading
Herevana -#201 – Black Sands – Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Next Up on the Herevana deck is a Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout from Black Sands Brewing (NZ). After a summer filled with East and West Coast IPA, Pales and some super … Continue reading
Herevana – #200 – Sunshine – Port Barrel Imperial Stout
To prove that I’m an easy mark a daringly packaged beer will always grab my eye, this one dipped in wax was like a shiny thing to a Magpie. I’ve … Continue reading
Herevana – #199 – Beer Baroness – Last Minute Stout
There are sometimes beers that you have to buy regardless, particularly if it’s something special like ‘Vintage Series’, or I’m an easy mark, hard to tell. So I find myself … Continue reading
Herevana – #198 – North End – EVOLUTUS
There are many reasons to have a beer , and more so a special release, a bit of unique, Here we have: North End EVOLUTAS, my #herevana beer for a … Continue reading
Herevana – #197 – Garage Project – Edgar
The one with a beer from Garage Project – this time it’s Edgar, a wild workshop release. GP are on a roll recently with some absolutely outstanding beers, and aside … Continue reading
Herevana -#196 – Hop Federation – Deep Space IPL
Here we have a Hop Federation Deep Space IPL. IPL – the Prince of beers, the King of Lagers? Although I’d be scratching my head to remember the name of … Continue reading
Herevana – #195 – Craftwork – Dorst
Here we have something that is a bit of a treasure and a bit of an unknowable. From the Craftwork Societé box from 2021-22 a one off batch of a … Continue reading
Herevana – # 194 – Wilderness Brewing – Wild Fire
Here we have: Wilderness Brewing – Wild Fire. I generally like the Wilderness Brewing beers, and when they’ve joined with Cell Division, beer that you don’t see in Auckland, well … Continue reading
Herevana -#193 – Craftwork – Plum Dubbel
Here we have: – Craftwork Plum Dubbel – I’ve had this beer before – So I re-read the brewers notes, wherein it says “a one off”, so that confused me. … Continue reading
Herevana – #192 – Mount Brewing – The Argo
Whilst we’re having Vinyl music, and Porter, I thought I would have the Mount Brewing – The Argo – which I brought at the Fridge and Flagon store. Mount Brewing … Continue reading
Herevana – #191 – QBrew – 38 Porter
There’s this little brewery, I’m sure they won’t mind me saying little, called QBrew, and I recently brought a 6 pack from them, and I enjoyed them all (with this … Continue reading
Herevana – #190 – Brood Fermentation – PIP
I’m having a special beer, Brood Fermentation Pip. Special in that Brood Fermentation beers are not that readily available and are not easy to get one before they are all … Continue reading
Herevana – #189 – Monk’s Café – Grand Cru
Another Humid and close Saturday late summer – so I’m having a Herevana beer, a Monk’s Café – Grand Cru, Flanders Red Sours are something I would gravitate to if … Continue reading
Herevana – #188 – Gulden Draak – Calvados Barrel Aged
Here we have something special on a Saturday afternoon, it’s warm and humid outside, overcast. So I’ve retreated inside to have some music and cheese and a beer, of course. … Continue reading
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