TASTING GUIDE July 2022
Our July Judges’ Selection has FIVE new releases and THREE new Breweries!
12 Breweries in total, 5 BIG 440ml + 7x 330ml
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We welcome Lighthouse Brewery, Two Thumb Brewery & Cowabunga Brewery to the lineup for the first time this month each with stunning brews on the menu.
Check out the beers below and please do submit your reviews and pictures
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Sprig+Fern – Broken Axe Scotch Ale
2019 Brewers Guild Award.
Only Available in a mix 6 pack or 888ml bottles.
It’s fresh hop season! Time to celebrate the best Aotearoa has to offer. This year we are shining the light on the Motueka Hops from Freestyle Farms in Nelson, bursting with juicy tropical flavours and a dash of zesty lime. Available during harvest only, this is one not to miss.
Fortune Favours – Adventurer Green Bullet Pilsner
For those seeking a refreshing pilsner, something more than mainstream but without getting too carried away. Perfect for a hot day on the deck. The Green Bullet hop has long been associated with one of the big boys iconic beers, this has meant it has been, mostly overlooked by craft brewers. Fortune Favours is hijacking the Green Bullet and giving you a fresh look at this hop and the greatness it holds.
Bach Brewing – Throbbing Grist – West Coast IPA
Bach have been on the hops again… marvelling at our beautiful living beer. From field grown barley and hops, to grist (milled barley and water) & hops fermented in the brewery, emerging as an effervescent & lively nectar.
Brewed with Amarillo, Citra, Idaho 7 and Talus throbbing hoppids!
Boneface – The Wizard Pale Ale
Sometimes less is more. Not everything needs to be made into something …and that’s what the wizard is all about for us!
A light fruity Pale Ale, that we can’t get enough of!
Super Refreshing and delicious.
Behemoth – Something Hazy
Well you wanted a Hazy IPA,
that is what you have here in
your hot little hand. We have
combined some of our all time
favourite hops: Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado and Galaxy to bring you a medley of soft juicy flavours and aromas. We put the good things in so you can wear the something hazy grin.
Two Thumb Brewing – YORKSHIRE BITTER
A taste of Yorkshire. A traditional Northern English beer which despite the name is not really bitter. The name comes from historical times when beers were either a stout or an ale, and the stout was usually sweet and the ale was comparatively bitter). Malt forward, with some earthy, spicy slightly floral notes coming from the Goldings hops.
Southpaw – Stablemate Hazy IPA
This is one cracking Hazy!
Stablemate has a nice and soft malt base, very pale hue, super hazy 6.0% IPA. This brew Uses a lot of aroma hops from USA and NZ including, Citra, Nelson Sauvin, Simcoe, Motueka. It has a soft bitterness and full juicy body – but not too sweet – and not too dry. Its just right and waiting for you to try it!
Liberty – Halo Pilsner
Speaking of shiny objects, this all-kiwi Pilsner, packing Nelson Hops and a Gladfield malt base, radiates star power from the pour, Pilsner obsessives can look forward to the heavenly glow of zesty lime citrus and tropical passionfruit balanced on rye-cracker of malts with a hint of caramel sweetness.