Beer – #556 – Garage Project – Hops on Pointe – a redux
Ballet beer, Ballet Music, Pas de Deux, and post opera party. Beer and ballet – the perfect Pas de Deux. Brewed by Garage Project for the Royal New Zealand Ballet. … Continue reading
Beer – #555 – Altitude – Mischievous Kea
Altitude, Attitude, Aptitude and a good old party. Hoppy yet balanced all NZ IPA.We give away a portion of profits from this beer to the kea conservation trust. This is … Continue reading
Beer – #554 – Behemoth – Tasty Beverage
Tasty Beverage! Indeed. Ideal beer for a film, some film music, film scores, and scores of people Light in colour, big on flavour. Goes great with a big kahuna burger … Continue reading
Beer – #553 – Lakeman – Taupo Pale Ale – a redux
The brewers, concerned, send me a replacement for the beer that I had, and some others, which was beyond what I’d expect. so, in short order, I revisit the scene … Continue reading
Beer – #552 – Panhead – Quickchange XPA
Panhead Quickchange Xtra Pale Ale. Quick beer, quick temp, quick count and quick party tricks. “…an automotive connection in the beer’s name – quickchange being a type of transmission fitted … Continue reading
Beer – #551 – Brave Brewing – Farmhouse Ale
Brave Brewing – Farmhouse Ale, I am looking forward to this. Rustic beer, Rustic music, Rough numbers and rousing parties. LIGHT • DRY • RUSTIC As a 500ml bottle that … Continue reading
Beer – #550 – Gigantic – Too Much Coffee Man
Beer to coffee by, music to beer by, the numbers of coffee beans and after party coffee Imperial Black Saison with cold pressed Coava coffee. And what you get with this … Continue reading
Beer – #549 – Garage Project – Louisiana Voodoo Queen
Special beer, special music, social numbers and special friends. Louisiana Voodoo Queen, from Garage Project, perhaps the most bonkers beer I’ve had. Best enjoyed from a stemmed glass rubbed on … Continue reading
Beer – #548 – Sparks – Prospector
Prospects, prospective musics, prospects and prospects “Golden sunshine in a glass with a lively effervescence that holds up a centimeter of foam before dropping back to a thin lace” This … Continue reading
Beer- #500(a) – Epic – Epicurean Coffee and Fig Oatmeal Stout
#500, and it’s a Epicurean Coffee & Fig Oatmeal Stout, the 2014 version. In a massive re-think because I can’t arrange a night in when I can do a head … Continue reading
Beer – #547 – Menabrea – 1846
Brief beer, brief songs, brief maths, an a brief gathering. A well-balanced beer with a marked floral fruitiness coming through from the aromatic yeasts used in its production Menabrea – … Continue reading
Beer – #546 – Tuatara – Sauvinova
Single hop, single records, single digits and singing at a party Full malt body copiously hopped with Nelson Sauvin displaying mouthwatering gooseberry, pineapple and grapefruit flavours. Balanced bitterness. A 330ml … Continue reading
Beer – #545 – Moa – Tripel Sauvignon 2014 Vintage
Experimental beer, experimental music, experiments with numbers and an experiment at a party A Belgian style Tripel experimental fusion beer A Moa Tripel Sauvignon 2014 Vintage beer, in a cork … Continue reading
Beer – #544 – Garage Project – Burning Globe
Burning Beer, Burning down the house, fire numbers and a fire party A smoky English ale was destined to be created. Actually. A 650ml bottle of beer, that is of … Continue reading
Beer – #543 – Emerson’s – Bird Dog IPA
Commercial beer, commercial music, numbers commercial, and the commerce of parties. After two years of development on tap in our Dunedin Sound Series, Bird Dog India Pale Ale is to … Continue reading
Beer – #542 – Lakeman – Taupo Pale Ale
Pale beer, Pale Music, Unclear numbers and feeling pale at a party “… won a bronze medal once…” The last of the three in bottles (that I could find), from … Continue reading
Beer – #541 – Pelican – Red Lantern IPA
More Red beer, Simply red, seeing red and red light disco “…Born from our brewer’s love of hops “ This is a bottle that is 22fl oz, or 650ml, and it has … Continue reading
Beer – # 540 – Weezledog/Behemoth – Whinging Pom
Mixed beer, Mix-tape music, mix up the numbers and a mixed soiree. A solid malt backbone and English yeast provide the base for this IPA with a Kiwi twist. A … Continue reading
Beer – #539 – Nøgne Ø – Red Horizon 2. Edition – a redux
Back to the past, back to past, back to basics and back to the familiar. (warning poetry and waffling might follow). Brewed with Masumi sake yeast no. 7 I remember … Continue reading
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