Herevana – McLeods’s -Smugglers Bay Hoppy Saison
Smugglers Bay Hoppy Saison – Bottle 1632 of 2000. All the beers are special treats, some a special specials, I look forward to each and every one of them McLeod’s … Continue reading
Herevana -McLeod’s – Smugglers Bay Rauchbier
Being as how it’s a Tuesday I though I’d push the boat out with something special. Bottle 1859 of 2200 bottles. So now there’s one less. McLeod’s Brewery McLeod’s Smugglers … Continue reading
Herevana – McLeods – 802 #36
Here we have the newest 802, #36, the one with the Idaho 7 and Riwaka Hops I don’t confess to having all previous 35, I’m sure there are gaps, but … Continue reading
Herevana – McLeod’s – Dunkelweizen German Style Dark Wheat
Change of pace, and when McLeods’s does this they’re usually, almost without fail, super excellent beers. I remember going to buy this and totally not buying this but one of … Continue reading
Herevana – McLeod’s – Smugglers Bay Black Sour Ale 2020
McLeods Smugglers Bay Black Sour Ale 2020. I’ve been getting through some very good beers and am down to a couple that I’ve been looking forward to with some anticipation, … 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 – 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 – 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
Beer – #1,082 – The Barleywine Conundrum – McLeods v 8 Wired
So, I’ve held back a bit on this, but no more!, There are two beers up on a head to head. It’s revolutionary. These should be similar in style, they … Continue reading
Beer – #1,070 – Peckham’s – Blaze Fire 2018
Peckham’s Blaze Fire 2018 – I don’t often write about Cider, mostly because they’re not beer 🙂 I’ve had some of their other ciders and I can assure you that … Continue reading
Beer – #1,057 – McLeod’s – Smugglers Bay Quadrupel
McLeod’s Smugglers Bay Quadrupel – A Quad! An honest to goodness Quad, honestly to goodnessly aged in Bourbon barrels. This is bottle 1472 of around 1700 that made it in … Continue reading
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
Album – 5 of 10 – Fat Freddys Drop – Dr Boondigga and the Big BW
2009 and we have Fat Freddys Drop and their album Dr Boondigga and the Big BW. Fat Freddy’s Drop is a New Zealand seven-piece band from Wellington, whose musical style … Continue reading
Beer – #785 – McLeod’s – 40 Acre Fresh Hop
McLeod’s – 40 Acre Fresh Hop Pale Ale. The seeming never ending ‘fresh hop’ beers continue, and this must really be the last of them, because it must be. But … Continue reading
Beer – #664 – McLeod’s – Horopito Scotch Ale
Tonight it’s all coming up Millhouse with the McLeod’s Horopito Scotch Ale, a Wee Heavy, aHeavy vibe, Heavy on the numbers and Heavy petting. .. the fern had to be … Continue reading
Beer – #610 – McLeods – Great Migration IPA
“The Great Migration”, from McLeod’s, a brewer in Waipu that has morphed from or grown from being a pizza joint into something much bigger. A Beautiful Monster A 500ml bottle … Continue reading
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