Margarita + beer = Tuatara ‘Sourgarita’ Summer Sour… but is it any good? ABV: 5% Ingredients: water, malted barley, lemons, limes, hops, yeast. Blurb on the bottle: Globrally, we’re about as South of the Border as you can get. Combining the best of both worlds, we’ve wedded the famous Mexican margarita with a Kiwi hopped […]
I cast my eyes on this bright, summery beer label at my local Glengarry’s liquor shop and I immediately knew that I’d be drinking Bootleg Brewery’s TrHOPical Paradise NZ XPA tonight. Sure enough, I am. ABV: 4.7% Blurb on the bottle: We love the Kiwi summer, roadies, and beer… This sessionable citrus laden tr’HOP’ical Xtra […]
I’ve just returned to New Zealand from a wonderful week on Australia’s Sunshine Coast, where I sampled a huge range of beers (that’s what holidays are for, right?) including this one: Twisted Palm Tropical Pale Ale by Burleigh Brewing Company. I bought a six-pack of this beer at a bottle shop in Caloundra and proceeded […]
I reckon I’ve had about half-a-dozen pints of Emerson’s 1812 Pale Ale… over a period of about five years or so. I’d be way too drunk to write this review if I’d drunk all that beer in one go! Lame jokes aside, it’s fair to say that I’m pretty familiar with the Emerson’s range of […]
This bottle of Mike’s Taranaki IPA has been rolling around the bottom of my fridge for nearly three months now, waiting for the perfect time to drink it. Well, there’s no better time than right now… ABV: 7% Blurb on the bottle: Taranaki IPA was first brewed as a collaboration back in 2011. It’s evolved […]
