Beer aficionados

[want-a-harley]

Renaissance Brewing Company
Discovery
American Pale Ale
'bout $8/500ml

Has a good taste with strong hop flavors. As far as APA's go in not sure if this is good or not but I certainly enjoyed it and will get it again!

I tried their perfection pale ale the other day which is also good. Have just put down my first home brew which is an IPA so fingers crossed

[boostin]

Im drinking my first kit home brew, kinda tastes like shit. I have an extract brew that will be bottled this weekend that should be better.

[want-a-harley]

Seen this?

http://www.howtobrew.com/

[boostin]

Yeah I have, its a good read. Some of the technical reading goes over my head but as my home brew exp goes up I'm sure I can re read it and get more from it.

I check the aussiehomebrewer.com forums, heaps of good info there and there is also realbeer.co.nz!

[Lias]

I will have Epic Armageddon in store by tomorrow for all the Hamiltronians around...be warned - it ain't cheap...($10 per 500ml)...

Bugger me, I might have to win lotto before I trundle over your way again.

[phred]

If anyone is interested I am willing to sell the stainless steel brewery equipment I built when I was a committed home brewer. I got disillusioned with the homebrew flavour so I built this to mash by own barley and create real beer. Capacity 120litres per batch. Contains a mash tun and boiler. Will also include my 9L keg and spare Barrels. I need the room in the garage and I am in between jobs so the money would be good. Bear in mind though that I haven't used this gear for 15 years so a good clean will be required by you.

[RiderInBlack]

Well about time this thread got a kick start
Having tasted many a nice German, Belgium and Micro-brewery beer, I am tonight giving Epic Mayhem a good tasting.

And may I say, it a Fucken Nice Drop. But then I'd say that 3/4 way through a 500ml 6.2% bottle of top of the line beer on a empty stomach
Dam lucky that I'm safely Miles away from any women, cause ya would all look good right now, LOL.
So Dudes and Dudettes, ya tasted a good beer lately?

[RiderInBlack]

PS: Note Ta Self. Don't leave Home-made Pizza unattended under the grill, if ya going ta have a descent beer, DOH. No worries. Saved it by cutting off the burnt bits LOL.

[warewolf]

Sprig & Fern Brewery's current special brew, simply titled "I.P.A." or "India Pale Ale", is very tasty.

Not sure when, but they've recently changed their name from Tasman to S&F. Makes sense, as most people knew their beers through their Sprig & Fern taverns. Mention "Tasman" and most ppl would look at you funny, not knowing they were behind the S&Fs.

[Robhj]

As a Pom, I'm bound to object to the fizzy, sweet, bland mainstream NZ beers. Best so far discovered is Mac's Sassy Red, which is bitter and tangy. Speight's Empire IPA (India Pale Ale) is also good but hard to find - they could have chosen a better name though, given Maori experiences of the British!

[spacemonkey]

Dude leave those mainstream pisswaters behind ya... Try pretty well anything from Emersons, Epic, Tuatara, Townsend if you like the ESB's, Reinasance, Yeastie boys, Peak brewing, invercargil brewing, mikes organic beer, 8wired or Golden Bear.

Difficult to get as big a selection in the local shops up north (and impossible in west auckland) as down south but there's bound to be something around.
Townsend and Peak do pretty good english style ales.


oh Croucher from Rotorua's not bad either.

[Katman]

Thought I'd resurrect this thread to give my +1 for the Tuatara that I got to try over the weekend.

Tried the Pilsner which was great but at $20 per half dozen will probably stick to the Monteiths Pilsner for volumetric consumption.

The Munich Helles Lager though was sensational. Probably the nicest lager I've ever tasted.

I'm looking forward to trying the others in their range.

[ellipsis]

As a Pom, I'm bound to object to the fizzy, sweet, bland mainstream NZ beers. Best so far discovered is Mac's Sassy Red, which is bitter and tangy. Speight's Empire IPA (India Pale Ale) is also good but hard to find - they could have chosen a better name though, given Maori experiences of the British!

...kiwi beers....too true...the Sassy Red is one of the nicer drops i have bought over the bar in a while...

[warewolf]

...kiwi beers....too true...the Sassy Red is one of the nicer drops i have bought over the bar in a while...

Try a Founders Redhead. Sassy Red has a very strong nose but very little taste, Redhead is the opposite with little nose but great taste. Sassy Red smells like Redhead tastes!

[ellipsis]

Try a Founders Redhead.

.....will do...