Herevana – Three Boys – Dystopia Double IPA
Honestly I’ve got to stay in touch more with what’s going on, although most of the enjoyment in new beers is finding them unexpected. Double the surprise as this was … Continue reading
Herevana – Baylands – IPL
I love me a good IPL, and I smile when I find one, and oh I found one – the Baylands IPL Baylands Brewery make the Baylands IPL in … Continue reading
Herevana – Mcleods – Smugglers Bay Tripel
This is an annual beer, and this is the second version, the first of which I wrote ” As good as anything I’ve had, possibly the best NZ Tripel”. It went … Continue reading
Herevana – McLeods – Highland Fest Festbier Lager
McLeod’s Highland Fest Festbier Lager – a surprise beer, as I had no idea, which I put down to either arrogance or ignorance, more the latter. I mean I keep up … Continue reading
Herevana – Bootleg – Le Booty-Shack
The last of the 3 beers that appeared recently, the other two were lovely this one is the oddly named. Le Booty-Shack. but it is in a stye that I … Continue reading
Herevana – McLeods – White Sand White IPA
New Year Eve, unusually I’m at home, when I’m normally to be found elsewhere abroad. But when you get lemons you get on with it, and so I shall, with … Continue reading
Herevana – Mack – Isbjørn
I finally made it to the a bottle store in Milford on the North Shore of Auckland. And what a treat, it has the most amazing selection of spirits and … Continue reading
Herevana – Mack – Arctic Beer
I finally made it to the a bottle store in Milford on the North Shore of Auckland. And what a treat, it has the most amazing selection of spirits and … Continue reading
Herevana – McLeods – Smugglers Bay Bourbon Barrel-aged Milk Stout 2020
Smugglers Bay Bourbon Barrel-aged Milk Stout 2020 , the only words missing are “Limited Edition” I await the day when we get “restricted Release” a contender for longest beer name … Continue reading
Herevana – Garage Project – Slay Ride
When it’s time to double down on your big start it’s time to look to a stout. and look what I have found a Garage Project Slay Ride – honestly … Continue reading
Herevana – Emporium – Belgian Strong
It’s the day after Christmas, fatigue day, left-overs day, hamageddon, all those things, and again I’m gong to start with a strong beer. Emporium Belgian Strong. To go with this … Continue reading
Herevana – Eagle – Eagle10
It”s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas … and I’m, somewhat rashly, kicking off with a banger of a beer, at 10% ABV, and 2.1 drinks in a bottle, … Continue reading
Herevana – McLeod’s – Sunset Wit
Christmas Eve, that interminable day leading to an interminable day of faux enjoyment and forced co-operation, and that discussion about what Christmas movie we’re watching, like I’m going to be … Continue reading
Herevana – Sailors Grave – Wild Strawberries
It’s Thursday, which means that it is of course the Beer Jerk beer of the week, it’s also Christmas Eve, and I don’t know how that’s important. Sailors Grave Wild … Continue reading
Herevana – The Island – Pony Club Pilsner
I was given a gift of a beer, it doesn’t happen often and I’m always so pleased about it. A new to me brewer too, beer that according to the … Continue reading
4:22 am and the clock goes tick-tick-tick Musings
How small is the smallest you can get. I think I may have pondered over shrinking and the conservation of mass problem, if I can shrink by half, or even … Continue reading
4:21 am and the clock goes tick-tick-tick Musings
The more you think about it the more down a rabbit hole you go. I’ve moved on from how is there gravity in spaceships and celestial navigation to more mundane … Continue reading
4:20 am and the clock goes tick-tick-tick Musings
The difficult notion of space navigation has been keeping me awake. Sure it’s easy to point to Rigel, the second-brightest in the constellation of Orion and away you go. Getting … Continue reading
A life just as ordinary 