Beer – #775 – Baylands – Wai-Fly III
Fresh hop beers are plentiful at the moment, and so it is with Baylands Wai-Fly III. I have no idea how I missed the I and II version of this, … Continue reading
Beer – #773 – Monteiths – RIPA Red
Monteiths (DB Breweries) RIPA Red. A gift, a single bottle, it’s the small things that count. ….A new young beer style.. This is a 330ml bottle of a beer that … Continue reading
Beer – #772 – Tuatara – Conehead
In a bottle this time, there might be times where they’re different. Shouldn’t be of course, we all know that, and these are fresh beers so not really an issue … Continue reading
Beer – #771 – Tuatara – Conehead
More precisely the Air Hopped Conehead of 2016, Loving the Fresh Hop season of beers, and I like the Nelson Sauvin hops, and I liked this beer last year too. … Continue reading
Beer – #768 – 8 Wired – Fresh HopWired 2016
Fresh Hops are amongst us! This one from 8Wired, and why change a good thing when you can go again with Fresh HopWired. Mad if you don’t! A wet hopped … Continue reading
Beer – #767 – BrewDog – Punk IPA
It’s a BeerJerkNZ kind of night and tonight it’s potentially a cracker. When is a Punk beer never a cracker?, not that I’ve had a lot of the BrewDog beers, … Continue reading
Beer – #765 – Behemoth – Dump the Trump
Dump the Trump!!! A beer that might alienate 25% of the 50% that might be one camp, but if you can’t have a pop at a political figure then it’s … Continue reading
Beer – #764 – Baylands – Woodrow’s Veto IPA
Another beer in a can, this one Baylands Brewery and their Woodrows Veto IPA, A beer I’ve had the pleasure with before both in the can and at the keg station, … Continue reading
Beer – #752 – Mash Palace – Uranium Breath
They’ve only gone and put it in bottles! The Mash Palace Uranium Breath beer that was just that good is not on a wider distribution. Mad if I didn’t try … Continue reading
Beer – #751 – Bach Brewing – Tailfin
With a lot of old favourite back in kegs it was a hard look today for something that I might enjoy, and was new to me, because there are so … Continue reading
Beer – #736 – Epic – Brooklyn
Wedensday one-trick pony night, some new beer with one hop, art of a series that showcase single hops in beer. Brooklyn is a new New Zealand hop This is beer … Continue reading
Beer – #725 – Behemoth/Eagle – Scar Tissue
A collaboration between the brewer of Behemoth and the nice people at Eagle Brewing comes up with a beer of unusual style and name. But hey I’m into that. the … Continue reading
Beer – #718 – Moa – Festive IPA keg
Into a new year and it’s back to an old beer. Sometimes it’s like that, this was the best of the on tap beers for my mood, and I enjoyed … Continue reading
Beer – #716 – 8 Wired – Superdank
Lots of similar beer around at the moment, Old favourites and the like. Then I spied this, and so here I go. Might or might not be based on the … Continue reading
Beer – #711 – Deep Creek – Pontoon in a Monsoon
Special beer, because it arrived as a NZ secret Santa gift that from a New Zealand twitterer. Overly generous I was humbled to receive 6 of the Deep Creek Pontoon … Continue reading
Beer – #709 – North End – Sceptred Warrior
Something the same and different North End – Sceptred Warrior, an IPA of English hops. Unusual in NZ, this is a collaboration with The Grainfather. An intensely hopped IPA with all … Continue reading
Beer – #708 – The Twisted Hop – Hopback IPA
The Twisted Hop Hopback IPA, a beer that has made it from the South Island to the North in kegs, and boy was I keen, clearly, because here I am … Continue reading
Beer – #702 – Mash Palace – Uranium Breath
A nano-brewery with a great name, and an interestingly named beer. now hitting the big time From the FYO station a one litre bottle of the 6.2% ABV beer, so … Continue reading
Beer – #698 – 8 Wired – West Island IPA
This is a low profile beer, in the there isn’t an awful lot of information on the inter tubes about it, which isn’t surprising really, they’re brewers not keeper-uppers of … Continue reading
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