Trying all New Zealand Craft Beer: A Beer Club

I decided that it would be a good plan to try as many beers made in NZ as possible (ignoring the stock standard fare until later). And so the challenge begins. Myself and 6 "colleagues" who have the same interests will gather once a month at a beer club and sample New Zealand Craft Beer! The initial brief is...Lets start with ale...s! I'm starting with the southern most brewery, Invercargill Brewery and their Pale Ale "Stanley Green" The rest will be revealed after the "tasting"

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Now I'm just confused

OK so this session was actually happened before the previous post, but as I am really slack and posting four months worth of beerclub in one sitting it shouldn't really matter. Boundary rd Einstein (German for 1 beer!), this Munich lager was inoffensive. Beer should be simple ... but not too simple! The resident: Spike's IPA (note this is the one that was good and hence I was confused but the previous post). Ooohs and Aaahs. Grapefruit, hops and hops, which is a good start. Surprisingly good! The next beer caused such a stir, I forgot to write down the name.... thank goodness for the system and the photos! The 8-wired Saison. Smells like yogurt. Turns out its yogurt flavoured beer. It was good. I like these farm house beers! Now for the IPA Hodson from Ben Middlemiss at 8.8%. "Jesus Christ" was the initial call, pungent with an air of coconut ice. Its Big. Is the over-riding flavour alcohol? This is a pungent beer. Finally the 8-wired iStout. This smells of used coffee. there were brandy overtones. Its different from usual stout but worth a look.
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