Beer – #784 – Black Sands – IPA
Beer club night, already!, and it’s a brewer who’s beer I haven’t had. Black Sands, who’ve made an IPA, and they’re local to Auckland. “Don’t expect a hop bomb in … Continue reading
Beer – #783 – Panhead – Green Hop Vandal
Fresh Hop Canned Beer, it’s all happening here I can tell you. A beer that I’ve consistently had in the 8’s and 9’s every time I’ve had it, telling me … Continue reading
Beer – #782 – Renaissance – Grandmaster Fresh Hop IIPA
The annual fresh hop offering from Renaissance, This in the bottle, the Grandmaster Fresh Hop IIPA. I had it last year and loved it, I had it recently in the … Continue reading
Beer – #781 – Moor – Hoppiness
Beer club night again, a beer that I had a long time ago, but one with I really did rate, although it was bottle conditioned, and this on is in … Continue reading
Beer – #780 – Yeastie Boys – His Majesty 2015
His and Her Majesty beers, Annual affairs, I’ve had the Her Majesty and that was a bit of nice, now I’m onto the Yeastie Boys – His Majesty 2015. Red Oat … Continue reading
Beer – #779 – Renaissance – Grandmaster Fresh Hop IIPA
The annual fresh hop offering from Renaissance, the Grandmaster Fresh Hop IIPA. Still reminds me of some disco things, and this being an annual thing means I had it last … Continue reading
Beer – #778 – Pink Elephant – Trumpet
I was contemplating Beer, Something familiar and from the past, nothing fancy but a beer that I have a fond, yet distant memory of, so it is with a smile that … Continue reading
Beer – #777 – 8 Wired – Superconductor
Beer 777 , how the time flies and I’ve turned to a beer from 8 Wired, this is Superconductor, a beer that got me to #100 all those beers ago, … Continue reading
Beer – #776 – Funk Estate – Super Afro~Disiac
Beer club night and it’s a revisit to some Funk Estate Super Afro-Disiac. I’ve only had this a few beers since, so It’d be nice to revisit that experience. Despite the … Continue reading
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 – #774 – Deep Creek – Basilica
Being in a club has its privileges and the BeerJerkNZ club has again possibly come up trumps with a 2013 bottle of Deep Creek Basilica. A Porter, and as the … 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 – #770 – Funk Estate – Super Afro~Disiac
I gave in and brought some Funk Estate Super Afro-Disiac, not a hard choice as it seems like a Stout kind of evening really. Not sure about needing a ‘lift’ but … Continue reading
Beer – #769 – Mike’s – Vanilla Coffee Porter
BeerJerkNZ BeerClub Beer of the week is Mike’s Vanilla Coffee Porter. I’ve had this a couple of times, and it’s been wonderful. ..after the big aroma and initial sweetness of vanilla, … 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- #766 – Liberty Brewing – Alpha Lord
It screams at you “LIBERTY BREWING ALPHA LORD ‘FRESH-HOP’” It’s the end of summer and its cooler and darker in the evenings, and not so flash in the mornings. But … Continue reading
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