Name: Taeiri George Brewery: Emerson’s Style: Spiced Ale ABV: 6.2% Source: Thorndon New World I almost don’t need to write anything about this beer. The lovely (if I do say so myself) picture on the right says it all – Hot. Cross. Buns. Homemade pagan hot cross buns in this instance. The Taeiri George is released every [...]
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Name: Tinui Red Brewery: Kowhiti House Style: IPA? ABV: 7%ish Source: Me Here it is folks, I know you’ve all been waiting with baited breath… My second ever homebrew is finally here! Now you might think that a second homebrew would be a more carefully calculated, finely tuned version of the first. Not so. In [...] Name: Wobbly Boot Brewery: Harrington’s (Chch, NZ) Style: Porter ABV: 5% Source: K Rd Liquor store No time! I’m about to catch a plane to Wellington for Easter but promised myself I’d catch up on the blog before I left. Please excuse the hurried post… Drank this last night at a friend’s while watching (I’ll [...] Name: Schwarzbier Brewery: Hallertau (Auckland, New Zealand) Style: Shwarzbier ABV: 5.1% Source: New World I like to think of myself as a dark beer kinda gal (see last post for proof), but I’m thinking that Shwarzbier might not be my jam. True, I’ve only ever had two – this and Monteith’s Black which might not [...] Name: Bird Dog (Brewer’s Reserve) Brewery: Emerson’s (Dunedin, NZ) Style: Pale Ale ABV: 5.8% Source: NZ Beer festival I was feeling the pressure to write an in-depth (in-depth for this blog at least) review of the Beer Festival to go with this post, but thanks to my tardiness I’ve been let off the hook. Fellow blogger, [...] Name: Carlsberg Brewery: Independent Brewery (Auckland, NZ) Style: Pale Lager ABV: 4.6% Source: Flatmate I know my descriptions of pale lagers are nearly all the same, but I’m pretty sure this was noticeably more boring than the rest. My tastebuds barely registered anything other than a slight change in temperature when I drank this. To say there was [...] I’ve got the simple but essential task of bottle opening pretty much covered. With the magnetic opener stuck to the fridge door, the keyring opener for when i’m out and about and the top of the corkscrew when there’s wine and beer to opened i’ve got all bases covered. There’s even the Aidan Moffat, Little [...] The episode you hoped you’d never have to watch. The beer men, in bed. Together. Drinking craft beer. Maybe this is one to watch with eyes closed and mouth open (Warning: features awesome Epic Brewing beer from NZ). [...] We’re a pretty sceptical bunch here at Australian Brews News and when I saw that NZ advertising agency Clemenger was behind a project top create the beer that best describes Wellington, I could see cynical marketing ploy written all over it. But as with most good conspiracy theories, our scepticism didn’t bear up to much scrutiny. With names like Yeastie Boys, Tuatara and Parrot Dog involved, and Cryer Malt’s David Cryer telling us how ‘into beer’ the Clemenger boys and girls are, I had to unsaddle the high horse and lead it back into the stable. Below is the Yeastie Boy’s take on the project. It’s great to see creative advertising minds looking at ways to celebrate the best aspects of beer and enhancing its credibility, rather than reinforcing its reputation as being only the drink of choice for unshaven blokes on men-only fishing trips. With this sort of thing happening on both sides of the Tasman, things are looking good for interesting beer. Wellington in a Pint For the last few months we have been working on a very exciting project with Wellington advertising agency Clemenger BBDO. Wellington in a Pint was officially launched with a significant hiss and [...] [...] Whoah, two collab reviews with http://youtube.com/jjrudy41 of imperial stouts we got in trades IN A ROW?! Yup. Jay got this beer in a trade with a fan from all the way in New Zealand! But that’s not all, we specifically reviewed this beer on a Wednesday night because we were being photographed and interviewed by one of our local newspapers for a feature story that should be out soon. We were so excited we could care less about this special beer (nah, just kidding!).  3.9
AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20 Chad9976 (636) – Albany, New York, USA – MAR 28, 2012 From the bottle presentation, the fact this is from a country whose beer I’ve never tried, and considering that it weighs in at 10.2% ABV, Moa Imperial Stout wasn’t anything radical or unique. Unless you consider a beer this big relatively mild and well-balanced a unique thing.
A friend of mine received a 375ml corked and caged bottle in a trade with a fan from New Zealand. We split it and each poured it into tulip glasses. Appearance: Completely opaque black body with no other visible colors; forms a surprisingly large dark tan frothy head which retains and laces very well. Smell: Mild nose with red grape scents; chocolate syrup, and a hint of black licorice. Taste: The beer begins with a relatively sweet taste up front – reminiscent of a typical milk or oatmeal stout. But unlike a lot of other beers of the sort, the palate to Moa Imperial Stout doesn’t change on a dime, but is a gradual transition to something bolder. There’s a subtle tanginess of red wine which gives way to milk chocolate and eventually dark chocolate. We drank this noticeably warm and it wasn’t all that bitter until we got to the last few sips. There doesn’t seem to be much coffee taste per se, but the dry bitterness is there. It’s noticeable in the aftertaste but easily tolerable. The label indicates the beer was aged in Pinot Noir barrels which imparts that subtle fruit and sour flavor, but not real woody or earthy taste. In the end it’s a satisfying brew although it seems like more could’ve been done. Drinkability: Since this was a corked bottle that’s also bottle-conditioned I was expecting Moa Imperial Stout to be quite lively, but it’s just the opposite. The mouthfeel is a little thin and flat, although the head does give it a slightly creamy texture. It goes down remarkably smooth and has almost no density or friction even though it’s pretty big at 10.2% ABV. Even though I only drank about 6oz I didn’t feel it at all. In fact, which I was drinking it I was wondering if this wasn’t something closer to 5 or 6% that had been mistakenly labeled. Those who are new to imperial stouts would do well to give this one a try.
Name: The Lady Brewery: Wanaka Beerworks Style: Cherry wheat beer ABV: 5.5% Source: Victoria Park new World I have never in my life bought a porn magazine, but now I think I might know what it feels like to do so. I lingered around the beer fridge at Vic Park New World for a good [...] Name: Stoke Bomber – Bohemian Ale Brewery: Mccashin Family Brewery (Nelson, NZ) Style: Golden Ale ABV: 5.3% Source: Rakinos (Auckland) Bah, humbug! I don’t mean to sound like a grumpy old scrooge, but this beer was almost completely ruined for me by the fact that it cost a whopping $22. It’s not Stoke’s fault – I see [...] Name: Barley Wine Brewery: Beat Breweing (homebrew, Auckland) Style: Barley Wine: ABV: ? Source: Stu Harwood Several months ago, at a friends’ gig out at Leigh Sawmill, a homebrewer covertly slipped me two bottles of beer in a black bag. One of them was his version of Digital IPA, and it was really very good [...] Jeg liker en god Red Ale. De er ofte både maltfulle og har en god humlesmak. Denne er både skarp og fin og passer derfor typedefinsjonen til Red Ale veldig bra. En frisk øl med litt mentholaktig smak. Det er lite skum, men det er heller ikke karakteristisk for en redale. Den er derimot veldig [...] Name: Stella Artois Brewery: Lion Nathan (NZ) Style: Pale Lager ABV: 5.2% Source: The campervan As you might have noticed, I’ve been motoring my way, rather inelegantly, through the mass-produced pale lagers recently. I say ‘inelegantly’ because each post is kind of lazy. I say something along the lines of: “It tastes fizzy, watery, of [...] Name: I.P.A Brewery: Mike’s Organic Brewery (Taranaki, NZ) Style: IPA ABV: ? Source: Mike’s Brewery On Friday I took the day off work and went with Finn and his family down to WOMAD in New Plymouth. We travelled in a campervan which, in case you’ve never done it, is basically the best form of transport [...] As you know about me, I’m not a fan of lagers. I’ll still drink lagers. Heck, for a long period of time, my beer of choice was Lucky Extra. However, after hearing several people, including one of the staff of the local LC raving about Steinlager Pure… [...] Name: Out of Bounds Brewery: Mt Froth (Wanaka, NZ) Style: Amber Ale ABV: 5.5% Source: David Ball (homebrewer) Remember how on Tuesday I vowed that I was going to catch up on my blog once and for all and never let myself fall behind again? Yeah, well, forget you ever read that because I failed [...] Hops, as with all herbs, suffer from age. Those volatile compounds which make up the wonderful aromas are escaping all of the time and being lost at every stage of the process; from being disturbed on picking and drying, to being compressed on packing… [...] Name: Steinlager Classic Brewery: Lion Breweries (Lion Nathan Co.) Style: Lager ABV: 5% Source: Finn The best thing about this beer – hell, the only good thing about this beer – was that I drank it out of the fancy pilsner glass that I had bought at the beginning of the blog and forgot about. [...] |
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