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A few columns back we discussed five NZ Double IPA’s. We had a friend say, “I tried those beers – Wow were they bitter!” It’s true that with such high hop levels, they are more bitter than average beer. But … Continue reading
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Our beer week in Welly kicked off with the debut of 8 Wired’s 2012 Superconductor – not bitter enough according to brewer Søren Eriksen – light dry limited malt character, with huge hop character – mix of American and New … Continue reading
Stu McKinlay is serious about beer. He just has experimental tastes. We chatted with him the morning before the Yeasy Boys won the Morton Coutts Trophy for Innovation at BrewNZ, and we got a good sense of what drives him into crazy projects like Rex Attitude, the world’s first beer made with 100% peat-smoked whisky malt.
Continue readingAlthough we attended with some trepidation, we found the Brewer’s Guilds 2011 BrewNZ beer awards dinner in Wellington to be a very fun and well run event.
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Last night, with our plan in place, we marched off to Mashing In, the Brewers Guild’s networking happy hour. It’s sort of a kick-off event, and most of the brewers and industry people who are in Wellington for the BrewNZ Beer Awards dinner tonight show up to mingle and taste each other’s beers.
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