Beer – #805 – Bath – Gem
BeerJerkNZ Beerclub beer of the week, already, a Bath Gem, or the Bath Gem, or just plain old Bath Gem. I’m sure that I’ve had this, I really am. I … 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 – #803 – Tuatara – Tiramisu
Tuatara Tiramisu – like the desert, Coffee, Vanilla, Chocolate, what could possibly be wrong with that. It really is a bit winter like out there today, Auckland style, rain, wind, … Continue reading
Beer – #802 – Shakespeare – The Antipodean
Blow me down, this really really has to be the last of the Fresh Hop beers, the Shakespeare Tavern have made one called The Antipodean, an APA. I am made … Continue reading
Beer – #801 – Rogue – Santa’s Private Reserve Ale
BeerJerkNZ beer of the week a Rogue Santa’s Private Reserve Ale. Got to be happy with that. A double hopped Red Ale, reddish in color with a roasty, malty flavor and a … Continue reading
Beer – #800 – Epic – 10 years 1000 Celebration Ale
Seems I have yet another beer that ‘can be cellared for 10 years’, which could happen but won’t, and this really is a one off batch and therefore diminishes daily. … 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 – #798 – BBC – Hinemoa
The bottle version of the beer I had fresh from the keg, and boy was it a cracker. Possibly the best session IPA I’d ever had. Named after the historic … Continue reading
Beer – #797 – Brave Brewing – Eastern Glow
BeerJerk Beer Club beer night, always something to look forward to, and this time a Session IPA, which is always something worth going at, just to see if they can get the … Continue reading
Beer – #795 – BBC – Hinemoa
This was fresh on the tap at the fill station and so there I was, first in line, almost. Named after the historic Hinemoa Street that runs between the port … Continue reading
Beer- #794 – Choice Bros – On the Brain
What was I thinking? What were they thinking? Peanut butter and Raspberries and Pale Ale. Like some weird pick and mix. An English Ale With Peanut Butter & Raspberry. From … Continue reading
Beer- #793 – Zeelandt – Saison
Beer Club beer time again. A beer I’ve previously had. Back again, back again, back again and back again. Summer beer in the winter, who’d have thought it? ‘ .. … 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 – #790 – Rocky Knob – Snapperhead * Redux *
More IPA beer, Rocky Knob, their dIPA – SnapperHead. More beer I’ve had before too, after that mad rush of the Fresh Hop beers it seems that there is a … Continue reading
Beer – #789 – Rogue Farms – 7 Hop IPA *Redux*
It’s been a long time since I had this beer, and I raved over it, a rare 10, it was over two years ago though, and I wonder if I … Continue reading
Beer- #788 – Maui – Mana Wheat
BeerClub already, and into some canned stuff from the USA. Hawaii, I passed through it once time, a long time ago. A beer that is described on a lot … 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 – #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
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