Beer – #841 – ParrotDog – Wood Rose
Beer all about Flora, this one the Wood Rose. Mad if you don’t buy one. And it was at the fill station and you know how easy I am when … Continue reading
Beer – #835 – Funk Estate – Doozy
Another Competition beer, and I have this in a can too for a later day with the BeerJerkNZ beer club people, This is an IPA, and it was at the … Continue reading
Beer – #833 – 8 Wired – Russelmania
West Coast Challenge throws up lots of contenders, this one though particularly caught my eye – 8 Wired – RusselMania – HOOOOOOOOO!!! (I couldn’t help myself) ” …. medium bodied, low … Continue reading
Beer – #832 – Outlier Cartel – Honey Chestnut
Look here, it’s different and a bit unusual, and having brought it perhaps a little rash, but I like the other Outlier beer I’ve had. Then I discovered that this … Continue reading
Beer -#827 – Outlier Cartel – KeriKeri Harwood Orange Edition
Beer club night, and exclusive in bottles for the club, but available in kegs elsewhere is the Outlier Cartel KeriKeri Harwood Orange edition. Membership etc etc “… to remind you … Continue reading
Beer – #826 – Rocky Knob – Rock Lobster
You can only get this in a keg version, and it strictly then doesn’t meet the “beer you can buy” if you wanted to be picky. I’m sure there are … Continue reading
Beer – #823 – Epic – Eric the Red
Epic – Eric the Red. A beer i’ve had on draught out on my travels, and far to good not to try again. A beer that I had on my … Continue reading
Beer – #822 – Panhead – Weedeater
Panhead Custom Ales Weedeater (IPA). I have had this on tap and didn’t write about it, but it was an astonishingly good beer. Oily, rich, grassy, pungent, delightful and all … Continue reading
Beer- #819 – Harrington’s – Riot Act – Bottled
Harrington’s are an unusual brewer, they make a lot of beers in styles, and sometimes they make a lot of beer of one style, and they change the names of … Continue reading
Beer – #818 – Magic Rock – Cannonball
Magic Rock Cannonball. A beer that rates really well on the various rating places where you go, as you do. And a new brewer to me, that’d be 212 when I … Continue reading
Beer – #807 – Baylands – 650
Baylands brewery, they’re in Wellington. This popped up at the fill station, I popped in and got some. I had a beer from them called Area 650, this oddly might … Continue reading
Beer – #804 – Mash Palace – Uranium Breath – A Redux
It didn’t end well last time I had this in a bottle, it wasn’t carbonated, a bit flat and tasteless and somewhat disappointing. BUT they’ve persevered and they say it’s … Continue reading
Beer – #799 – Behemoth – Hop Frolic
Seven Hundred and Ninety Nine. An IPA, how peculiar. A Collaboration between the Beer Giraffe and some crowd in the US called LionStone Brewing, a family owned brewery operating in Geneseo, … Continue reading
Beer- #792 – Maui – Big Swell IPA
BeerClub night- again ! Another IPA. Another American beer. It’s all good. a lingering yet pleasant bitterness. 330ml can of the good stuff at 6.8% ABV, making that about 196 … Continue reading
Beer- #787 – Harrington’s – Riot Act
Just when I stupidly thought the Fresh hop beers had all been tapped out up popped another, and I’m told there are a couple more that are in the queue. … Continue reading
Beer – #786 – Good George – Coffee IPA
Yes!, What? Come Again, a Coffee IPA you say? That’s right a Coffee IPA. IPA with a Coffee. Madness! Brilliance? or Both? … Pine, Coffee, Lemon & Lime.. From a … Continue reading
Beer – #784 – Black Sands – IPA
Beer club night, already!, and it’s a brewer who’s beer I haven’t had. Black Sands, who’ve made an IPA, and they’re local to Auckland. “Don’t expect a hop bomb in … Continue reading
Beer – #783 – Panhead – Green Hop Vandal
Fresh Hop Canned Beer, it’s all happening here I can tell you. A beer that I’ve consistently had in the 8’s and 9’s every time I’ve had it, telling me … Continue reading
Beer – #781 – Moor – Hoppiness
Beer club night again, a beer that I had a long time ago, but one with I really did rate, although it was bottle conditioned, and this on is in … Continue reading
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