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To celebrate the late, great David Bowie's birthday we bring you Ziggy Stardust - a Galaxy single-hop IPA with a distinctive fruity nose and a clean, refreshing dry finish. A tribute to a legend.
The latest in our series of American Pale Ales, the Mosaic is a single hop beer made using only delicious, aromatic Mosaic hops. It's big on the nose and packed with tropical fruit flavours and a subtle sweetness making it a very drinkable APA (5%).
A big NZ IPA brewed in order to raise money and awareness for the Movember Foundation. A heap of of Taiheke and Wakatu hops dominate here, with the big fruity flavours balanced by some malty sweetness. A big beer that tastes good, and does good!
A lightly coloured, refreshing lower alcohol beer designed for easy drinkability. The malts give the beer a subtle sweetness which is gently complemented by the late addition hops. Light and crisp this beer is a crowd pleaser, with enough flavour for ale drinkers but light enough for “Lager Louts”.
As a small celebration of the Obama presidency, we've created an American Black IPA, hopped with Simcoe and Amarillo. The toasty malts compliment the big hop characters to produce a very balanced beer. Dark and exciting - it's everything Barrack is (and his replacement isn't!).
Inspired by the burnt orange coloured moon that appears when there is a lunar eclipse...known as a blood moon! This New Zealand IPA, hasslightly less bitterness than its American counterpart. The Gladfield malts we've used give the beer a burnt orange colour with a mild sweetness and a snappy roasted aftertaste. The malt character is balanced with NZ grown Cascade and US Centennial hops giving a very floral citrusy taste. This beer was designed to satisfy both hop heads and non-hop heads alike!
A Kiwi spin on the iconic Czech style lager. Light in body and colour with fresh floral aroma from dry hopping with New Zealand bred Wai-iti hops.
Jet black, full bodied beer worthy of a meal. The selection of malt gives the stout chocolate, coffee, and toasted notes paired with the full bodied, creamy texture of the beer. Don’t let the colour scare you, as this is a very quaffable stout. Great late at night with chocolate cake.
When we first brewed Hophead back in 2003, it was one of the hoppiest beers around. Since then there has been a plethora of uber-hopped monsters appearing. Hophead remains hoppy and balanced (you can drink a pint or 2). We use a variety of flavoursome and aromatic NZ hops in the kettle and for dry-hopping.
This is a bit of fun - Belinda was a winemaker so she was keen to include some of the great local Waipara Riesling in a beer. Its a wild yeast fermentation in barrels using 3/4 Pale Ale and 1/4 Riesling juice. Pleasantly sour.
Is it a beer or a wine?
Inspired by Belgium “wit” this pale, tasty, refreshing, spiced, aromatic beer is made using orange zest and coriander. It’s a lot more tasty and flavoursome than most wheat beers. Great with mussels.
A dark copper, full bodied beer that was inspired by the famous Mexican dish, Molé. The malty Bock base gives the beer a big mouth feel comprising of a balance of sweet and malty. Cocoa, chillies and other spices are added to the beer to produce a zing that resembles the spiciness of the classic dish.
This beer was inspired by a road trip that Belinda went on in 2014 from Santa Barbara, California (where she brewed Ole Mole with brewer AJ at Figueroa Mountain Brewery) to Bellingham Washington. The famous highway loosely follows the coast and along it Belinda (and younger son Oscar) found exciting breweries brewing very hoppy alcoholic beers. This beer is all about the numbers but it is remarkably balanced!
Belinda had the pleasure of enjoying a range of sours in early 2015 and the ones she enjoyed most had a rich, malty base - so we cleaned out the malt bin then fermented in some old Pinot Noir barrels and encouraged some dodgy bugs to grow. Aged in the barrel for 12 months it's 'nicely contaminated' and complex - 5%
