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"

Sunday, February 24, 2013

The New Pad

The new year starts at a new place, with a decent spread of beers. Crafty Beggars Pale & interesting turns out to be pale & uninteresting, flat, OK but the big boys can't do small batch. Mike's TPA (Taranaki Pale Ale). Makes the crafty beggars pale into insignificance, it has Umph! Its Noice! Mike's again, an elderflower pilsner. Its got champagne bubbles. Get a bit of elderflower a long time after and its faint. Nice but not sure why one would bother. Now for another local brew. Emersons Clean sweep. Its pleasant fruity with subtle hops. The previous beers had sallied the palate, but this just gets better. Mike's third showing for the night, OMPA (One More Pale Ale), This one is sweeter, has flavour but unfortunately gets the "meh". Tuatara's Double Trouble, a big claim of 167 IBU. Its wasn't pretty, very big, oily...hop oil and bitter. To finish, Renaissance Scotch Ale. This is dark, very much an dAle with plenty of malt. Another good finish.

Current count is 242. If we get a quorum at the next meeting, that's 250 different NZ beers and not that close to finishing either!
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