Cyclists should be banned - April 2011

A ring in joins the crowd tonight... not sure what to make of us but soons warms up. Up first the latest Brewer's reserve from Emersons, the Bird Dog Pale Ale. All agree this is very good - a modern classic from Dunedin. Up next after the devastation that two of the boys brought Greenman "cyclist" we jumped in.... to the "water with a hint of flavour", no wait its beer with L&P actually forget it, just buy L&P. Distinct taste of citric acid and only 2.5%. The other 4 are being sent back. And now for a beer with flavour, the Croucher Hef a cloudy wheat. "Its marmalade in a jar" Post - maiden bathing" Not too bad but may not hurry back. Pink Elephant Golden Tusk Special. BIG, strong and tasty... we get "ghanayan beans". And to finish off its some Epic PA and Lager.

And that makes it 134 different brews!

Emerson's
Greenman 
Croucher
Pink Elephant
Epic

Getting Moa'd - March

Off again and we started with the Mussel Inn Golden Goose Lager. Quite tasty, brewed by the boys in Invercargill. NZ grown malt & hops...keeping it "local". Up next...the dreaded Scotts Gluten free Amber Ale. Its definitely not sex in a canoe....comes across as a dilute beltane, its wrongly sour. "This is no ordinary beer" OK so that out of the way its onto Stoke Amber...Arrggghh thats better, not too bad, malty. Now its another Matson's, Classic draught, not bad ...stoke was better. and of course time for a random comment out of context..."Gingers do it from behind" no doubt its some dodgy politician! To finish of we thought we'd get Moa'd with the Methode Moa premium lager in the biggest beer bottle ever! or at least we've seen. Ok its only 1.5 ltrs... By this stage it was tasty! Trust me if it was bad we'd say!

Mussel Inn
Invercargill Brewery
Scotts brewing
Stoke
Matson's
Moa

February The Trek

The rain was falling and we were persistent on walking. It turns out that Doug's is a little further than we imagined. At least it made us thirsty. Its time for a jar... no seriously, we each grabbed our Agee jar and we were off. Invers B.man Pilsner... Beer man? not a bad pilsner pity about the "compliment" obviously haven't found the stubbie spell checker. And so thats Invers ticked off (at least for their standards). Then the three boys from chch.... smells! ok smells of lime and citurs (thats on the label) and ...coriander (thats on the label too)! A little disappointing really. Thats 3 boys ticked off too! Hamish is soapy and apparently Stephen Fry is f...  tall! And now its Matsons Irish mild in an usually pink box. its a bit cjewy but alright. Why do I find the word "sockburn" odd? (thats where its brewed)...and doug has gladwrap on the windows. Cheaper than double glazing. By the way, we're looking an ad for ad block plus. ok I digress The Mata Black Bru dark ale. It lives up to its name...its dark... and made with "organic artesian water". Thank god its organic. Its a good black beer...pity about Hamish. Oh and have you ever noticed...you can't google it because coke is it! And to top off a damn good nite, Epic porter marillo. The what? The bottle says its got smoked tamarillo in it! This is a remarkable beer! (smells like burnt popcorn... no wait that is burnt oopcorn) A collaboration with the US. The best beer of the night...quite smooth. At this stage we all agreed that for a marionette, Lady Penelope was quite hot. We might be canging the night... macrame commitments... and J from the belleknowes crew may make a comeback. Night all.

Invercargill brewery
3boys brewery
Matson's
Mata
Epic Beer

January 2011

I'm liking the new format. Might even make me keep up to date! And on to the beer. One of the new guys noy knowing our love/hate relationship with Green Man brought the Premium Pilsner. Ok so we will try them all!... Its creamy...unexpected...almost pilsner like... Its Alright (they say with surprise!). Emerson's latest brewer's reserve.. Tally-Ho a Summer Ale. It was hoppy and good. (I ducked down for a flagon the next day!) Next up one og Harrington's thousand beers  - The East Indies Lager. Not too bad, a bit of flavour for a lager. Next up The Townsend Brewery Cathcarts NTA. Not sure what NTA stands for... No wait.. "Nelson Terrible Ale" and it gets worse! However simon likes it. Strange boy. One for the fathers... "What ever you do to my daughter tonight boy, I do it to you tomorrow night!" Then the townsend brewey Old House ESB (extra special bitter) after the last one, not so sure ... but its not too bad! Then the Stoke Dark... from the guys of Mac's fame... well its dark and malty.. not much else. All in all a good night, pity the beer ran out!

Currently

Ok so now I'm uptodate! Well almost. need to post last months session and a few photos but apart from that we're good!

Beltane...worst beer ever

Beer Coat

 

And now December's meeting in January! Just adding to the Xmas beer coat. Another new bloke and someone fotgot to explain what to bring. First up is the hosts' Mata Brown Boy Amber Ale.... Its not the remarkables...based on the fact that two sets of Cardrona Gold have shown up. And THAT is VERY pleaseant (note to blog: ...had one in Wanaka on draught...could become a regular!). What should rear its ugly head again is the Beltane maiden. "Its different" but the best call...dissolved a pickled onion in a steinlager! The Invercargill WASP ... "We've had that!" No we haven't ... yes we have...its not on the list.... its actually quite good. SOme good things do come out of Southland. Then there was a homebrew which tasted like...homebrew. Then the MOa corked flashy things. the wheat beer and the Noir. Respectable but not sure what the fuss is about. To finish off the CRoucher Pilsner. My notes are getting bad! Will aim to have more in the January January meeting! BEER