POMONA ISLAND
THE MAVEN OF FUNK MUTATION x Brewski
Who needs to think, when you can drink a Blackcurrant, Redcurrant & Pink Grapefruit Sour IPA? JELLY JARS AND BIRD CALLS Grown sleepy now as the rain falls, a Gose draped in Blackcurrant, Elderberry and Quince with a touch of Halen Môn sea salt. Drink with jelly jars and bird calls. CLOUDWATER
DISTANT SONDER
Hand-selecting their hops lets Cloudwater be playful with pairings — this lot of Columbus is super dank for an older-school hop, and the Mosaic is very berry-forward, melding to a fruity and skunky delight. AN ODE TO THE MYSTICS An Imperial Stout made with a blend of three Port barrel-aged stouts and cacao nibs. Notes of rich, melted chocolate are complemented with a subtle yet distinct presence of Port character. Each sip delivers an impactful blend of sweet, indulgent melted chocolate, seamlessly integrated with the nuanced Port influence, a medium body, and a silky smooth mouthfeel from the first taste to the lingering finish. COMFORTING HABIT Crafted from a blend of two bourbon barrel-aged stouts with 8 kilograms of dried cherries and infused with vanilla & tonka bean. Aromas of ripe cherries, smooth vanilla notes and rich chocolate liqueur are complemented by an intricate spice from tonka bean. Barrel wood notes work to enhance the expression of cherry, while tonka and vanilla subtly steer this beer’s profile towards the pastry realm. OBJECT OF DESIRE A blend of two bourbon barrel-aged Imperial stouts with the addition of single origin Brazilian espresso-roast beans from Workshop Coffee. Earthy aromas lead to a prominent nutty essence, complemented by deep roasty undertones and a distinctive bourbon character. Robust coffee notes cut through the beer’s heaviness, enhancing drinkability and complementing the bourbon character, creating an exceptionally smooth and easy-drinking experience. TRACK
NELSON STREET
Track first brewed this beer as part of three beers that they had the pleasure of brewing for International Women's Day, and loved it so much, that they had to bring it back again. Mashed in at a high temperature to preserve body and loaded with extra pale malt, light Munich, flaked wheat, malted oats and a touch of cara gold which all boost the mouthfeel and softness of this beer. Generously dry-hopped with Nelson Sauvin, you’ll find heaps of lemon and orange, a gooseberry and white wine zip as well as hints of mango, white pepper and floral delicacy. BEAK
ILLU
This silky soft India Pale Ale is saturated in Citra, Amarillo, Enigma, Ella and Idaho-7 hops. It’s all orange juice and sticky pine on the nose with flavours reminiscent of lavender, passionfruit and ripe pineapple. SURPS A squidgy, round and resolutely dankety-dank Double India Pale Ale brewed with some of the world’s finest crops of Galaxy and Mosaic. SURESHOT
IT WAS ALIVE WHEN YOU BOUGHT IT
Pale ale double dry hopped with Citra BBC, Mosaic BBC, Mosaic Cryo, Rakau T90 & Galaxy T90 at a rate of 13g/l. A tropical Norwegian fruit salad with a fluffy plumaged body. It’s pining for the fjords. BUSY DOING NOTHING Pale ale dry hopped with Citra BBC, Mosaic Cryo & Vic Secret T90. Straw coloured, lightly tropical, and with a spritzy citrus rind twist. We’d like to be unhappy, but never do have the time! VERDANT
OPTICAL ALLUSION x Totally Natural Solutions
Verdant love experimenting with new hop products and what a treat to collaborate with Totally Natural Solutions on this hopped up crispy pale ale! TNS produce a wide range of amazing liquid hop extracts and Verdant have slammed heaps of them into this little pale ale. Zippy, crisp and bitter with huge hop presence overflowing from the glass. CHEERS! THEY WENT ON FOREVER The best way to describe this would be “baby Nebulous Sky”, Verdant's classic TDH-DIPA, as both beers share the same magical hop combo: Mosaic, Nelson Sauvin & Galaxy (best combo ever?!). A perfect mix of big fruitiness and dank, umami vibes. Proper banger!A LEFT HANDED GIANT
FREE MOTION
LHG are always looking to experiment with their Alcohol-Free recipes, here they've translated the texture and aroma of their IPA range down to less than 0.5% Layers of Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado and Sabro bring notes of lemon peel, blueberry, pear and tangerine with a hint of pressed white grape from an addition of Nelson Sauvin Hop Kief™ INFINITE DAYS A generous helping of Naked Oats for a creamy texture, and a hint of toasted biscuit, on a base of Extra Pale base malt. Being Citra-forward, using leaf, T90, Cryo and Incognito, there’s a strong foundation of sweet, floral citrus and passionfruit. Motueka brings out the lime character and Pacific Sunrise adds accents of woody orange and mango. Tropical, floral and creamy. GOLDEN DAYDREAM x Tapestry By PROPS In collaboration with Tapestry by PROPS, LHG present a delightful rye pale ale, utilising Amarillo, Ekuanot and El Dorado for a bright citrus character, complementing the underlying rustic bread notes from the addition of rye malt to the mash. A collaborative label with PROPS trainees highlights the fantastic work the charity does in their local community. Crisp, Citrus, Bready SINNISTER
STOLEN ART
This delight is 2 different imperial stouts aging in 2 different Scottish whisky barrels, then blended together along with black cherry, toasted coconut and cocoa, to create a barrel aged Cherry Ripe (chocolate bar available in NZ and Oz. ) in liquid form. Not stupid sweet or stupid "thicc" BOG MONSTER A Peated sherry barrel aged imperial stout aged with charred Manuka wood. This isn't going to be for everyone, the Scottish peated whisky that lived in the sherry octave before this beer has given it a medicinal quality along with the rich sherry and the pungent smokey notes from the charred Manuka make it pretty unique, DEYA
LIVING IN AND OUT OF TUNE
Crocmas has come early… As it's nearly that time of year Deya wanted to make something festive and decided to draw inspiration from the legendary drink…Buck's Fizz. They brewed a rice lager base to provide a clean and fairly neutral flavour profile. Then they took some grape juice and orange comminute and fermented it with champagne yeast. This gave us some bone-dry fruity liquid. Deya blended them together, infused the blend with orange and lemon zest and carbonated it to a high level…the result is Bucks Fizz as a beer, delicious! POLLYS
MAMBO FIRE
Every now and again you just need to go headfirst into a beer with a single-minded plan in place. The plan for Mambo Fire? Simple - straight up, freshly squeezed orange juice. How to create a boozy breakfast juice though? Say no more, and step forward Mosaic and Amarillo - a two hop combo simple in execution, but incredible as a pair. Pollys have only brought a 10kg addition of Amarillo to the party on this beer but boy does it bring the high-citrus notes to proceedings. Where do you go from there? Oh a 25kg addition of Mosaic to bring a metric tonne of tangerine flavours to this beer? Sure why not. Positively dripping with citrus notes, we feel we've hit the mark with this beer and then some. THE RIVALITA Whilst Polly's are primarily known for their pale and hoppy output, there’s nothing they love more than occasionally dipping their toes into the dark side of things and embracing a stout to keep their brewers happy. In a world awash with crazy adjunct-riddled pastry and dessert stouts, Polly's decided to bring everything back to basics and go all out on a style they ourselves loved in their formative years of drinking beer – the straight up, no fuss Imperial Stout. No messing around on this one; a tickling of Nelson during the boil and then again at flameout give the beer a decent amount of bitterness, but they’ve let the malt firmly do the talking with this beer. Roasted coffee, dark fruits, and chocolate are bursting from this stout that those starry eyed pre-Polly’s drinkers would have been proud of. Just as it says on the can; no nonsense. SOMA CENTRE As another year of festivals draws to a close and Polly's hibernate over the winter period once again. They’ve once again backed up their claim that midst all the hype juice and pastry stouts, there’s nothing that seems to pique people’s interest better than a bright red, stupidly fruited sour beer. A branch of the brewery they feel is becoming one of their strongest offerings with each iteration, their brewers have duly obliged the brief, and have gone all out on Soma Centre. Bringing 50kg of blackcurrants to the party and buffing it up with a further 25kg of lemon before rounding everything off with a hearty 1kg addition of sea salt, the result is a gose that is equal parts puckeringly tart and sweet. PUEBLO Okay, so Polly's are a couple of months into this wonderfully easy to understand new duty reform now, why not do as their contemporaries are and lean into the shackles being put on any and all innovation in our field? Small Pale Ales were a regular feature of their first year as a commercial brewery, and with everything going on in the wider world, they unanimously agreed to revive this dormant style from their Originals range that they loved so much. A pale ale that is bringing absolutely no funny business along with it – a super reeled back 8g/l dry hop bill of Azacca and Mosaic bring a whole host of those typical Polly’s juice notes to the party, but at a mega crushable 3.5%; perfect for smashing pints of with pals whilst sharing good times. Expect the usual – clean notes of lemon, pine and grapefruit backed up with super juicy mango, candied oranges, and stone fruits.
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TRACK
VOYAGE x Messorem
Messorem, Hailing from Montreal, Canada - Make some of the best beer that Track had the pleasure of tasting in North America, so it was a pleasure to brew a hazy DIPA for their first time over in the UK. Pours, pure yellow haze. Like sunlight fresh from the can. Packed full of Motueka, Riwaka & Nelson CGX. Tons of fresh lime, tart gooseberry and slushy mojito. LONG STRETCH Track have given one of their most loved styles the single hop treatment with one of their favourite hops, Mosaic. This Hop was meant for beers like this. Fresh, bright orange peel with a pronounced and lasting bitterness. LIFT EVERYONE UP x Fast Fashion This is the last of a series of collaborations with Track's friends at Fast Fashion Brewing. An American Lager dry-hopped with their trademark Hop, Anchovy. Notes of crisp lemon peel and spring meadows. Super refreshing with a little hop hit. JESTER KING
WYTCHMAKER
First released at Jester King in October of 2010, Wytchmaker is brewed with Texas-grown San Jacinto Two Row and Wildfire Pale Malt from TexMalt, malted Rye, and oats. It's kettle hopped with Citra and El Dorado and dry hopped with Simcoe, Amarillo, Citra, and Mosaic Cryo. We fermented it in stainless steel with Imperial A38 Juice yeast. It's super fresh, hoppy, and delicious! RESIDENT CULTURE
LIGHTNING DROPS
Bursting with juicy tropical fruit & dank citrus. Hopped with a ridiculous amount of hand-selected Citra & Mosaic hops, along with some insane Galaxy hops they were able to get their hands on. We loaded this beer up with an ungodly 4 lbs per bbl of hops - because who knows where TF 2020 is taking us, and we at least want to have this beer in hand for whatever gets thrown our way next MOTIVATIONS OF THE HEART Tasty W.C. IPA hopped with some old and new favorites: Nectaron, Simcoe, Columbus, and Mosaic Cryo. Lots of delicious ripe tropical fruit and citrus notes with a touch of resinous piney dankness. *Chef's kiss* FOREVER ALONE: GALAXY The latest in RC's Forever Alone series features Galaxy from Hollingbery hops imparting flavors of ripe passionfruit, juicy peach, and bright citrus. DISRESPECT YOUR SURROUNDINGS x Dssolvr Classic lil' west coaster jam packed with all the goodness of Chinook Salvo, Amarillo, Columbus, Centennial Cryo, Strata GCX, and Simcoe hops. Well-rounded, dry, and bursting with sweet fruit and bright citrus flavors and woody aromatics. UNIVERSAL MIND A classic RC IPA brewed exclusively with hand-selected Citra and Citra Cryo hops. Brace yourself for an explosion of flavor as dank, resinous, and tropical notes transport you to a sun-drenched oasis, while the zesty citrus undertones provide the perfect balance. HOLY GOAT
HAIL THE BAT III
Cherry BA Flanders Red with Scottish Honeyberries Holy Goat picked two standout barrels of their aged Flanders Red for this beer. These had been aging in whisky casks which had previously held the beer-soaked whole cherries producing their beloved Unholy Mountain kriek. We blended these barrels with a smaller portion of beer brewed and aged at the Hanging Bat in Edinburgh, which were aged in a quarter casks. The oxidative nature of aging in small barrels lent a rounded acidity when blended with the cherry barrels. We then refermented this blend on 200g/l of whole Scottish honeyberries for two months. 780 bottles only. BLOOD EAGLE BA Flanders Red with Smoked Plums Harking back to one of their earliest releases, Blood Eagle returns! A cross between a Flanders Red and a British stock ale, brewed with a mixture of crystal, amber and rye malts. Primary fermentation was undertaken with one of our favourite Brettanomyces blends, in addition to Holy Goat's house culture of yeast and bacteria. This beer was then blended (70/30) with a one-year-old stock ale aged in red wine barrels. They transferred this blend onto 200g/l of this seasons Victoria plums. A portion of these plums were smoked over wine barrel staves at the brewery. The resulting beer is complex and vinous with a subtle smoke. EMPEROR'S HAND x Emperor's Whisky BA Imperial Stout with Honey and Smoked Plums Unleashing the darkest will of the emperor, they combined forces to brew a spectacle of his power. Brewed with an array of dark malts, muscovado, demerara sugar and caramelised honey. Fermented with smoked plums within three freshly emptied whisky casks (Ailsa Bay, Blair Athol and Girvan). Deep woody oak and a sweet oaken smoke, overlain by honey glazed caramelised plums. Bottle conditioned. 768 Bottles only. HOLY MOUNTAIN 2023 Kriek style sour with Stevnsbær sour cherries Inspired by the Belgian kriek style, this golden sour beer has been aged on Danish sour cherries. This beer combines a blend of two of Holy Goat's favourite golden sour base beers, both brewed with local Scottish barley, wheat and oats, and fermented with multiple Brettanomyces and bacteria strains. They aged this base beer for two months with 700kg of ‘Stevnsbær’ sour cherries, sourced from the orchards on the Frederiksdal estate used to produce award-winning Danish cherry wine. Known as the grapes of the North, these sour cherries are ideally suited to growing in the colder climbs of Scandinavia. BARON
SWEET NOTHINGS
Oh bring on the juice. Nectaron and Mosaic haze bomb of a New England IPA. Unadulterated yellow hoppy goo. The sorta stuff Baron do. A punchy 21g/L mid-fermentation dry-hop of two of the biggest and dankest hops in the biz. NARWHAL ENIGMA The best of both worlds. Red, malty, caramelly goodness, with a mega addition of Australian Enigma. Red berries, black tea and big red grapefruit aromas from this lovely, very recognisable hop. Perfect for a red beer, and quite a different experience to the typical hazy IPAs. HEADSTRONG A session strength, no-adjunct, no-nonsense Porter at 4.4%. A whole host of dark malts for a complex depth and smooth chocolate biscuit finish. No pale malts, all speciality grains for many layers in a weak, black beer. MOON WATCH While low in booze, it still holds on to plenty of hop character from two Antipodean big hitters, NZ Eclipse (slick moon reference) and AUS Riwaka. Brewed to accentuate the body in this beer for a fuller mouthfeel and IPA level hop facets. PASTORE
OUR RAM IN TORINO
This is Pastore's first aperitivo style sour beer. A style they've long wanted to try and make but always approached with trepidation due to the bitterness. Ultimately they have tried to find a balance of both bitterness & acidity to make a Pastore aperitivo beer. Pastore infused the wort on brewday with gentian root, to bring bitterness, & juniper berries. Then fermented with their fresh sour mixed culture for that lovely lactic zing. They then conditioned on bitter oranges for more layers of bitterness and citrus aromatics & cherries for colour. We will also be receiving Pastore's new 'Sorbetto Strawberry, Cherry & Lime'! BURNING SKY
MEDIA BLITZ
A big West Coast IPA, brewed with 100% Maris Otter malt, hopped on the hot side with Simcoe, Centennial and Chinook. Huge dry hop with Simcoe, Chinook, Citra and Columbus varieties for classic pine resin, grapefruit and citrus notes. Pithy! VATTED PORTER A ramped up version of Burning Sky's Robust Porter, this beer spent a year ageing in oak vats. The finest Maris Otter, roast and crystal malts give rich coffee and chocolate notes. Warming alcohol makes this a new fireside companion for the winter season. PETITE SAISON This mixed fermentation saison is a light and easy drinking small beer. Barrel aged for a few months, this delicate beer was then dry hopped for a refreshing finish before canning. ON RETURNING Burning Sky's second collaboration release with Kelly Ryan and Boneface brewing this year. A pilsner malt with wheat and spelt, Nelson Sauvin hops and a subtle blend of spices. Fermented with their unique mixed culture strain in oak barrels for six months then blended and dry hopped with more Nelson Sauvin. The result is a complex beer with smooth acidity and grape like aromas. LITTLE EARTH PROJECT
TANGENTIAL THOUGHTS
A 7.2% barrel aged mixed fermentation golden sour rested on the pomace of local Bacchus grapes from Ark Wines 2022 vintage! Big funky, bretty vibes on this with lovely fruity tropical vibes coming through. GARDEN GRAPE A 5.5% sour aged in a fresh wine barrel on Pinot Noir grapes grown in our own back garden! Aged on the full grape, this expresses much more straight-up rosé qualities that wouldn't go amiss at a festive dinner! Berry fruits and a crisp finish. ELDERFLOWER RESERVE A Suffolk summer flashback in bottle form. 6kg of fresh foraged elderflower heads went into this 2 barrel batch of golden sour originally brewed in August 2020! A lovely floral funk that will pair deliciously with your festive cheese board - think a lightly smoked cheddar, aged gouda, or a creamy goats cheese. We'll also be getting a restock of "Coolship #1"! POMONA ISLAND
HISSING FAUNA
I guess it would be nice to give my heart to a beer, but which one do I choose? A DDH Pale filled with Nelson Sauvin and Hallertau Blanc. I just want to hold the divine in mine and taste all of the beauty, not wasted. I RIDE A HOT POTATO x Pinta A DIPA with Cryo Citra, HBC 586 & Nelson Sauvin is tickling my fancy. THE BEAST IN ME This Ginger and Blackstrap Molasses Parkin Stout, in the twinkling of an eye, shall not be restrained. THE PINK HALF OF THE DRAINPIPE You who drink with me across the fence of common sense. Let’s share a tropical sour with Mango, Guava and Passionfruit. DOES IT ALL STOP AT THE TREE You built my West Coast Pale. And my dry hop is Crystal, Magnum & Sorachi Ace. VERDANT
SOLID STATE
Punchy and pungent. Smooth and light. Citrus and tropics. Pine and dank. The sister IPA to 20 Watt Moon ticks all the right boxes. You can session an IPA right? QUIET CHARGE Soft and succulent citrus flavours are the order of the day in this little pale. The pairing of Amarillo and Citra hops makes for prominent orange and grapefruit notes to glide across a fleshy mango bed of yum. SIREN
DARK & PERILOUS NIGHTS
An extraordinary comeback for one of the beers Siren are most proud of. Expect rich aromas of dark sugar and toffee, with a comforting chocolate fudge flavour profile, warming spirit complexity and a slick mouthfeel. COLD BLOODED CHRISTMAS A very special festive edition of Coldblooded. Siren cold-steep grains overnight before brewday to build up a gorgeous milk chocolatey base, which is complemented by roastiness, subtle smoke, coffee and dark chocolate notes of specialty malts. This edition is a chocolate orange Christmas special. SUSPENDED IN CHRISTMAS A rare chance to enjoy 'Suspended in...' at home, as it's usually all reserved for your local pub! Siren are celebrating the festive season with a very limited batch. Expect aromas of zesty orange and grapefruit, with plenty of ripe mango and juicy tropical fruit flavours. CHRISTMAS IN CALI A special, limited edition Cali IPA perfect for festive drinking. Enjoy the piney, resinous notes of Simcoe and Citra hops, reminiscent of a Christmas tree, along with plenty of tropical fruit depth. As always with this style, you'll find it crisp, clean and refreshing with moreish bitterness. TORRSIDE
Beautiful set of new Torrside beers for you this week!
CAPTAIN SCARLETT & THE NECTARONS Single-hopped red barley wine. DRAMARAMA Imperial export India porter. SLEEPING BEAUTY Oak-smoked wheat and barley wine. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT, BLOOD?! Apricot and lemongrass oak-smoked wheat wine. EX PROFUNDIS Cellar-aged imperial blonde. BARDO SERIOUS Serious imperial stout. Awarded Beer Of The Festival at Stockport Beer Festival 2022. CLOUDWATER
DIVE IN
A refreshing Pale that is still packed full of flavour, with a depth of hop character to complement the colder months. Featuring three succulent US hops — Belma, Simcoe and Idaho 7 — this Pale combines the pineapple juice of our selected hops with notes of melon and strawberry, and a classic hint of resin and pine finish. GINGER SODA x Root2Ginger Cloudwater enjoy collaborating with local producers in their hometown of Manchester who share their values of passion for tradition, taste, and community. So they were thrilled with the opportunity to work with the passionate team behind Root2Ginger. Founded by Deanne Blake, Root2Ginger boasts a family legacy rooted in the Caribbean! Generations of her family have passed down recipes, which Deanne has perfected through trial and error, passion, and instinct. The heart of Root2Ginger’s offerings lies in their drinks, crafted with care and authenticity. Cloudwater combined Root2Ginger's incredible freshly squeezed root ginger juice with their own unique recipe to create this fiery, cloudy, and refreshing ginger beer. PICCADILLY PORTER As the days grow darker so does the beer. And Cloudwater's most recent foray into the dark arts aims to be the perfect companion for those long winter evenings. The tagline for this Nitro Porter is smooth & refined and they believe it lives up to the hype. Creamy, soft and with a touch of roastiness to finish. ONE WAY MIRROR The next in Cloudwater's series of one off IPAs features Loral and Talus to complement the foundation created by Citra. Loral brings sherbert orange and tropical fruit, whilst Talus softens the punch creating a supremely drinkable, flavourful IPA. MORE IS MORE An All - Star cast featuring: Citra, Idaho 7, Mosaic, Strata, Loral, El Dorado, Belma, Southern Cross, Talus and Zappa. & MORE TO COME! OVERTONE
SIDIOUS x Emperor's
Highly skilled in the dark side, the Emperor joined Overtone to brew this special imperial stout inspired by strength and power. They created a 13% rich stout with honey and demerara in the base before conditioning the beer on our main ingredient, tonka beans. Tonka is a magical ingredient with great powers of seduction, much that of Darth Sidious. The tonka enhances the rich and sweet flavours in the base while adding some spicy and nutty vanilla notes for a well-balanced stout. PIZZICATO Inspired by some of the greatest lagers made in Europe, this beer has taken its time to mature and mellow, becoming a thirst quenching, refreshing, quaffable drink that augers another sip, and another until it’s all gone. OOFT! The sound made when impressed by something! This HCDC Double NEIPA showcases the Citra hop in pellet, cryo and incognito form for a high density Citra charged beer! Full-bodied and hop forward with huge citrus and tropical fruit flavours. SOFT STATIC Using El Dorado and Idaho 7 hops to create an energetic pale ale with mango, pineapple and pink grapefruit flavours and a gentle amount of Sabro Cryo to impart creamy tangerine notes. Soft mouthfeel but intensely flavoured. WALLOWA A light west coast pale ale with zesty grapefruit, bitter lemon and some subtle spice and pine notes. NORTH
KOMEDA
Smooth, succulent, and super sip-able. Komeda brings aromas of zesty grapefruit and fresh crushed pine, with the additions of hops into the whirlpool. A beautiful combination of US and NZ hops; Azacca, Rakau and Mosaic Cryo, to heighten the flavours of white peach, sweet nectarine, and pink guava. North added oats to bring a gentle, soft finish to this mouth-watering Session IPA, balancing against the refreshing dry pithy notes. Komeda follows on from their recent DIPA release, Kosmische, and is affectionately known in the brewery as the younger sister – lower in ABV but just as delicious. TWO FLINTS
RIBBONS
This soft, juicy and eminently drinkable session strength pale ale punches welllll above its weight. Equal measures of Cashmere and Rakau provide intense stone fruit vibes, with notes of fleshy nectarine, peach rings, fig and lemon zest. LIGHT YEARS Pouring thick and hazy, this IPA is full to the brim with Nelson Sauvin with supporting acts from Mosaic and Simcoe. Expect wonderful dank fruit flavours of passionfruit and grape, with a hint of bubblegum with subtle background pepperiness. An absolute birthday banger. COSMIC DANCE Another celebratory rebrew of a maiden release, Cosmic Dance is soft and fluffy from plenty of oats and loaded with a beautiful blend of Motueka from two different hop providers, Freestyle and Clayton Hops as well as Motueka hop kief. Two Flints also got their hands on some super juicy Strata to back up those tropical and zesty lime aromas. It’s an IPA singing with flavours of lemongrass, kiwi and lime and green starburst. SONIC MUSE A rebrew of one of Two Flint's maiden releases, this westie is new school meets old school. Munich and Vienna malt bring some sweetness and amber colour, which is balanced by a firm, lingering but clean bitterness. Simcoe and Centennial pop with retro pine sap notes and grapefruit whilst a hot side addition of Idaho 7 introduces a touch of ripe mango. Talus in the dry hop offers the best of both worlds offering notes of orange zest and grapefruit. AZVEX
ALICE RINGS
Recently Azvex have been having some real success with NZ hops in their DIPAs, so they flipped them over into an IPA to create the amazing Alice Rings. Citra, Riwaka, Nelson Sauvin & Motueka deliver that DIPA flavour and mouthfeel but in the lower IPA ABV range. COSMIC RADIATION It's been a little while since Azvex played around with the new hot hit hop Nectaron, so they thought that they would add a hefty dose into this IPA alongside Citra & Mosaic. A deadly combination! GRAVITY WELL
INNER SPACE: RASPBERRY RIPPLE
A new release in Gravity Well's Inner Space Smoothie series! Packed full of tart raspberries and smothered in sweet vanilla. INNER SPACE: MANGO, PASSIONFRUIT & PINEAPPLE A second new release in the Inner Space Smoothie series. Absolutely loaded with mango, passion fruit and pineapple. FOCK SPACE A hazy pale ale with Simcoe, Superdelic and Loral. STAGGERINGLY GOOD
THICCC WRECKER x Thiccc Sauce
Staggeringly Good's brand new, limited edition Thiccc Sauce collaboration comes bursting from the molten rivers of the temple of fruit doom. Forget eyeball soup, this mango marvel is freaky fruity and will whip-crack your taste-buds til they 'Wilhelm scream'. SLAYED SLEIGH WRECKER Coco-Claus is on a berry-bruising, nut busting rampage with this seasonal addition to Staggeringly Good's no holds barred Wrecker series! Outrageous festive fruit filth that screams 'yippee ki yay!' when you crack the can. PRESSURE DROP
NEAR EARTH OBJECTS
Pressure Drop's put some of the juiciest hops they’ve got into this soft and hazy New England IPA. A full bodied beer, bursting with tropical fruit aromas. TSUBAKI Idaho-7 and Simcoe hops combine for succulent peach and crisp pine notes, delivering a depth of flavour that belies its sessionable 3.2% ABV. Let Tsubaki carry you away on a daydream of spring's renewal in every drop. LAKES
SLEIGH IT AIN'T SO
Lakes brew's take on a beautiful red IPA, A host of fabulous hops perfectly balanced with layers of speciality malts imparting warm amber hues. BEACH All the fun and big hitting soft haziness you can handle. Lakes have packed in the best new NZ hops, Superdelic, Nectaron & Motueka Cryo which will have this beer popping with big tropical and citrus fruits. HEIST
VICTOR PIFFLE THREE CHOKEHOLD
Heist have deconstructed and reconstructed the classic whiskey old fashioned and taken it in a completely different direction with this barrel fermented sour. Layers of bright orange and earthy bourbon mix to leave you puzzled, right down to the last drop. RODGER SPLODGE TEN RUPERT 6 months of careful love is what it took to create this wonderful concoction. Heist fed locally sourced wildflower honey bit by bit into a deliciously rich imperial stout base for a velvety blend of dark, roasted, chocolatey flavours. With a slight sweetness that keeps everything lifted. One to share on a cold winter's eve. CHAT GPT MADE ME DO IT A sour beer that came to life through the whimsy of AI-generated recipes. Upon generating the perfect sour beer recipe tuned out to be very similar to their collaboration with Vocation - 'My Eyes Are Pies' - It was only fair to get the guys back for this one. With a blend of blackberry, blackcurrant and apple pie crumble flavours, it's a disgustingly moreish twist on a familiar favourite. WE'RE NOT THERE BUT WE'RE SOMEWHERE Trains, buses, taxis and lifts is what it took to get to this original collab so it was only fair to return the journey. Brewed with a blend of Vic Secret, Ella and Galaxy hops, it's a beer that leads your taste buds on a flavour expedition to an unknown destination. Like a whimsical journey without a map, this beer will have you savouring the mysteries of tropical and citrus notes. Cheers to the unknown! BEAK
NONIC
A pillowy-soft Southern Hemisphere DIPA dripping in 2023 harvest Nelson, Wai-iti and Motueka hops for flavours of apricot, peach, candyfloss, lime and limoncello. BEACONS An Imperial-strength stout brewed with dried fruit, spices, Muscovado sugar and a multitude of speciality malts. Built for fire-side supping with notes of bourbon, pipes, pub hearths, confessional booths, foggy Lewesian evenings and Victorian fruit pudding. |
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