• Tuatara ‘Sourgarita’ Summer Sour Review

    12 August 2018 - Best Beer HQ

    Tuatara ‘Sourgarita’ Summer Sour Review

    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 […]

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  • TrHOPical Paradise NZ XPA Review

    1 August 2018 - Best Beer HQ

    TrHOPical Paradise NZ XPA Review

    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 […]

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  • The 17 beers I sampled at #GABS2018

    22 July 2018 - Best Beer HQ

    The 17 beers I sampled at #GABS2018

    As a 33-year-old man with a penchant for good beer, GABS is about the closest I ever get to feeling like the proverbial “kid in a candy store”. The only trouble is, there are just so many beers and so little time to sample them all in. Still, I tried my best to imbibe a […]

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  • A visit to Moffat Beach Brewing Co.

    24 June 2018 - Best Beer HQ

    A visit to Moffat Beach Brewing Co.

    Before my recent holiday, I made a hit list of the top three craft breweries that I wanted to visit on the Sunshine Coast. Top of that list was Moffat Beach Brewing Company, which is touted as the only beachfront brewery in Australia. So, upon our visit to Caloundra, which is the southernmost town in […]

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  • Burleigh Brewing Co. Twisted Palm Beer Review

    17 June 2018 - Best Beer HQ

    Burleigh Brewing Co. Twisted Palm Beer Review

    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 […]

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