Beer – #1045 – Hallertau – Ingrid Starnes Omega Plum and Rose Hip Sour
A beer with a long name – the Hallertau x Ingrid Starnes Omega Plum & Rose Hip Sour. I had a birthday day our recently and picked this up at … Continue reading
Beer – #1043 – Garage Project – Muse Hibiscus and Lemon
Garage Project Muse Hibiscus & Lemon, and a change of music, same band different album, which kind of fits the theme. a pristine blank canvas Muse is in a 330ml bottle, … Continue reading
Beer – #1042 – Garage Project – Muse Au Naturel
“Brewers make the wort and yeast makes the beer”. Yeast is all around us and different strains can radically effect the flavour of a beer. There are all manner of wild yeast varieties floating around the Wild Workshop which can make magic tasting beers but would infect and ‘ruin’ everything in a traditional brewery. Muse has a very simple malt base which was fermented with Garage Project’s saison blend and Lactobacillus and aged in oak barrels. Lactobacillus is a bacteria which produces sour lactic acid. Muse serves as the marvellously complex yet drinkable tart, sour canvas to which Garage Project are building a whole series of beers on. Each iteration of Muse is made with different additions. The infusion of dry hibiscus gives this iteration of Muse striking colour, aroma and flavour. The freshly zested lemon peel makes for a long dry zesty finish.
Beer – #1008 – ParrotDog – Microflora Specimen A Boysenberry Sour
ParrotDog Microflora Specimen A Boysenberry Sour. This was a present to me, I’d not normally pick a sour ale, but I protest too much about that all the time and … Continue reading
Beer – #1005 – Craftwork – Bruxelles Ma Belle
Craftwork Bruxelles Ma Belle – Beer over Apricots, and that could be interesting, hopefully as tasty as it sounds in my head. Best drunk fresh This 500ml bottle of a beer is … Continue reading
Beer – #989 – Garage Project – The Aardvark
The Aardvark, which is all intriguing, isn’t it. Not the prettiest of animals. Then you read the blurb “Flavoured with Lemongrass Ants” and then I’m thinking what could possibly go wrong! … Continue reading
Beer – Saturday Night Beerver
There are quite a few good puns around ‘Saturday Night’ that this could easily grow into the alternate to the single beer review, where all that happens is I do … Continue reading
Beer – #958 – Wayward Brewing Co – Funky Hoppy People
The GABS (Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular) pack then delivers me a Funky Hoppy People from Wayward Brewing Co – Australia. Another sour beer, I’m really going to stop trying them soon, said … Continue reading
Beer – #956 – Wild and Woolly – From the Ashes
Wild & Woolly From the Ashes. A beer in a paper bag. It’s actually in green glass and they’ve put it in a bag because that was the best way … Continue reading
Beer – #923 – Petrus – Aged Pale
Petrus Aged Pale – a medal winner in New Zealand. New brewer to me too, and a new cap for the cap jar that is now about full, I must … Continue reading
Beer – #915 – Behemoth – Im-Peach-ment
Behemoth Im-Peach-ment Sour Ale. For someone who says he’s not a fan of the sour beers I seem to drink a lot of them. Perhaps it’s a journey to find … Continue reading
Beer – #896 – Tempest – Drop kick Me Jesus
Sunday best and it’s a beer from Tempest called Drop kick Me Jesus. Honest. I’d generally avoid the comedy named beers, but this one I just couldn’t go past. Plus … Continue reading
Beer – #849 – Funk Estate / Doctor’s Orders – Dr Funk
Beer Club Beer. Weekly. A Sour Ale. I don’t like Sour ales as a rule, but this is a club and you know that there are beers to challenge and … Continue reading
Beer – #812 – Funk Estate – Jungle Boogie
The very short journey (of two beers) must end then with the Funk Estate Jungle Boogie a Soured Fruit Beer, this is another Soured beer. How unusual, not, and not … Continue reading
Beer – #811 – 8 Wired – Palate Trip
From that special beer 6 pack this one is the 8 Wired Brewing Palate Trip a Specialty IPA, a Sour IPA. Heaven help me. At least there is some nice … Continue reading
Beer – #673 – Wild Beer – Sourdough *Redux*
I had this not so long ago, when I thought it was interesting but not show stopping and this week it is the BeerJerk NZ beer of the week, so I … Continue reading
Beer – #643 – ParrotDog – Rarebird Puffinus Huttoni
The second in a series of rare bird beers. Rare Beer, Common music, endangered numbers, and a rare quiet day in. Haere ra e nga Titi — farewell o Hutton’s shearwater! … Continue reading
Beer – #592 – Moa – Cherry Sour
Moa Cherry Sour- the 2013 year. I’ve been buying sours. I’m going to stop. Stop and go music, stopping the dial, stop the dance and stop the party! “..A food … Continue reading
Beer – #589 – Wild Beer – Somerset Wild
Wild Beer Somerset Wild, it was that kind of day. Wild about beer, Wild about music, Wild with numbers and a wild time out. Spontaneously fermented berlinner weisse inspired beer. … Continue reading
