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Garage Project – Pernicious Weed

Post author By jase3812
Post date July 29, 2021
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Brewery Garage Project in Wellington, New Zealand. Style DIPA ABV & IBU 8% Rate Beer 98/100 Tasting Notes Gorgeous golden colour with a good white head. Caramel aromas on first sniff. Smooth and sweet (in the right way) on first sip. Floral and herbal hop flavours. Balanced bitterness. A really good double IPA that has long […]

Tags DIPA, Double India Pale Ale, Double IPA, Garage Project, New Zealand, New Zealand Craft Beer

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Liberty – Citra Double IPA

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Post date April 11, 2021
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Brewery: Liberty Brewing in Helensvale, New Zealand Style: DIPA ABV: 8% IBUs: 100 Rate Beer: 99/100 Pour: Light golden or age colour with a good white head. Ahhh citra, my first hop love. I was a big fan of the citrus aromas and flavours this hop would bring to IPAs. Nowadays, there’s so many great hops that Citra has taken a back seat. […]

Tags Citra Double IPA, DIPA, Double IPA, IPA, Liberty Brewing, New Zealand, New Zealand Craft Beer

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Monteith’s Brewing Co – West Coast IPA

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Post date April 9, 2021
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Brewery: Monteith’s in Greymouth, New Zealand Style: IPA ABV: 6.5% Rate Beer: No Rating Yet Pour: Golden orange in colour. With a small white head. Big piney, hoppy, citrus aromas. Nicely balanced with sweeter maltier backbone with hoppy bitterness. I’m getting orange and grapefruit and little bit of pine flavour. A nod to old school West Coast IPAs and a good reminder […]

Tags IPA, Monteith’s Brewing Co, New Zealand, New Zealand Craft Beer, WCIPA, West Coast IPA

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Garage Project – Hazy Daze (Simcoe, Mosaic, Citra and Strata)

Post author By jase3812
Post date January 25, 2021
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Brewery: Garage Project in Wellington, New Zealand Style: Hazy Pale ABV: 5.8% Rate Beer: no rating yet Pour: Pale hazy white straw colour with a small white head. Apart of their series of hazy pales where the hop combinations are the focus. The citrus flavours of grapefruit, orange and lemon mix well with a creamy body […]

Tags Garage Project, Hazy Daze, Hazy Pale, New Zealand, New Zealand Craft Beer, Wellington

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Panhead – Quickchange XPA

Post author By jase3812
Post date September 17, 2020
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Crisp and clean pale ale with sharp citrus flavours. More akin to a tropical pale ale or pacific ale

Tags Extra Pale Ale, New Zealand, New Zealand Craft Beer, Pale Ale, Panhead, Quickchange XPA, Upper Hutt, XPA

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Deep Creek Brewing – Lava Lava

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Post date June 25, 2020
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Brewery: Deep Creek Brewing in Auckland, New Zealand Style: Berliner Weiss ABV: 4.5% Rate Beer: No Rating Yet Pour: Tangerine orange on pour with no real head. A deliciously fruited sour with mango and raspberries. Easy to drink with low tartness and bitterness. Cracked this open as I watch the Bush Fire Appeal concert. A great […]

Tags Auckland, Berliner Weiss, Craft Beer, Deep Creek Brewing, Lava Lava, New Zealand, New Zealand Craft Beer

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Garage Project – Beer

Brewery: Garage Project in Wellington, New Zealand Style: Czech Pilsner ABV: 4.8% Rate Beer: 37/100 Pour Golden straw colour with a big, fluffy white head The can says it all. Simply ‘Beer’. Nothing special here. Pilsner malt, Saaz hops and yeast to create a Pilsner style beer. A little dry and a touch bitter, but also […]