Beer – #1039 – McLeod’s – Triple
McLeod’s Tripel. Part of their limited Smuggler’s bay series, numbered bottles and everything. This is bottle 968 of 1500. I’ve had this beer before, this vintage, but I never wrote … Continue reading
Beer – #1038 – McLeod’s – Dubbel 2018
McLeod’s Dubbel. Part of their limited Smuggler’s bay series, numbered bottles and everything – this one is bottle 1144 from 1800 bottles – this is of course the 2018 version. … Continue reading
Beer – BarleyWhine
I didn’t care much for the particular bottle of barley wine that I last had – see Beer – #1037 – McLeod’s – Barley Wine, a beer I found so unpalatable that I … Continue reading
Beer – #1037 – McLeod’s – Barley Wine
McLeod’s Barley Wine. A beer that really did bring on the FOMO, and I ended up with put-asides for me in two stores, but thing happen like that for a reason, … Continue reading
Beer – #1036 – Monastère – Bière Blonde
Monastère Bière Blonde – a panic buy really, but I’m always intrigued when a brewer uses a cork and cage over a bottle cap, this is either going to be … Continue reading
Beer – #1035 – Panhead – Le Grande Zombi
Panhead Le Grande Zombi, or Li Grande Zombi – A Barleywine. Don’t see them for ages then you see them all over the place, it seems. Beware of the charms … Continue reading
Beer – #1034 – Moon Dog – Funky Miller’s Monkey Filler
Moon Dog beer – this one is the Funky Miller’s Monkey Filler. ‘Strayan beer, at least they’re trying at this, and good in places. Unexpected and awesome Funky Miller’s Monkey … Continue reading
Beer – #1033 – Moon Dog – Black Lung VIII
I find myself with a beer from Moon Dog – this one is the Black Lung VIII. How have I missed 7 other versions, why don’t I pay attention more, … Continue reading
Beer – #1032 – AleSmith – Old Numbskull
Stepping it up with some Barley Wine, a style that I’d hold above all others as the ultimate, or pinnacle of brewing. For no reason than in my head it … Continue reading
Beer – #1031- North End – Salt and Wood Rhum Visitation
North End Salt and Wood Rhum Visitation. You don’t get NZ version of Abbey Quads very often and I remember having real FOMO about this beer. leaving work early to … Continue reading
Beer – Vinyl Sunday with Clements and Daughter where Bob Dylan played his part
One of the great things about Social Media is the randomness of things. Sometimes it veers off to the ‘social’ as it is supposed to be. So when this happens, … Continue reading
Beer – #1030 – New New New – Fear Not
New New New Fear Not – it’s a smoked Stout with added conger eel. No Dolphins though because that would be odd. with a deep undercurrent of NZ New New … Continue reading
Beer – #1029 – Behemoth (Chur) / Heart of Darkness – Churtz’s Insane
Behemoth (Chur) / Heart of Darkness Churtz’s Insane. A collaboration beer. A hazy double IPA. What’s not to be scared of. Massive amount The 440ml big-mouth can has beer that … Continue reading
Beer – #1028 – Kereru – Paloma
A Barley Wine, this one a New Zealand version, the 2017 vintage Kereru Paloma – Treat it like a port or red wine and serve it in an elegant glass – … Continue reading
Beer – #1027 – Garage Project – Pas De Deux 2016
Garage Project Pas De Deux. 2016. A beer I looked past the first time I saw it. GP have made some noises around wines and I’m not sure that it’s … Continue reading
Beer – #1026 – Liberty – Royal Oat Stout
Liberty Royal Oat Stout – if it’s anywhere near as good as the Prohibition Porter there’s a treat in store. Never being one to need encouragement Liberty Royal Oat Stout … Continue reading
Beer – #1025 – Stella Artois – Stella Artois
I’m not above drinking any beer, and so I’m going to swallow me some of that pride and have some swallows of the Stella Artois. I’ve convinced myself that this … Continue reading
Beer – #1022 – Opperbacco – TriplIPA
Opperbacco TriplIPA. Beer from Italy, and a really unusual bottle shape too, mostly why I brought it. That an the unpronounceable name, a new cap for the bottle jar (I … Continue reading
Beer – #1021 – Misfit – Basquiat
Misfit Brewing – Basquiat NZIPA a rare example This is a 330ml bottle that is pleasing wrapped with black paper with a simple tag, the beer is 6% ABV which … Continue reading
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