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

Where have you been all this time?

I've been bad. Very bad I know. I am sitting here with notes from 4 sessions that have been haunting me to update them. Don't panic, I have not stopped sampling the brews. I managed to get to Beervana where I completely nerded out, autographs from my favourite, award winning brewers! Beerclub: so it was snowing as we arived, but luckily we had plenty of beer to keep us warm would we need to hunker down for a few nights. First was Harrington's Weiss Bier Hefeweizen (unfiltered). I'd buy it again! citrusy. Very little head but makes you burp. We'd rather drink this than Hoegarden! It claims to be "naturally brewed", therefore what is unnaturally brewed? Now for the boundary rd Red Barron Amber Ale. Not bad, a good session beer. Hoppy and malty. This was followed by the 18th amendment APA at 6%. AS an APA... there was too much other stuff going on and not enough hops. Not many comments on this one. Townsend No. 9 Stout, A Rich Dark sessionable stout. Nothing wrong with it, malty, burnt, pleasant! And the final tipple was Emerson's JP 2012, the Belgian strong ale. You could taste toffee, it was dry. The best beer all night. Extremely pallatable, very good!

Harringtons
Boundary rd
Townsend
Emerson's
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