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Crucial

Welly Beer lovers will find and interesting selection in the city at Centre City Wines (?) -harbour end of Waring Taylor St. 
 
They had some of the Smokin' Bishop I mentioned earlier and a really interesting Kiwi take on a 'Fruit Beer' with 'Boysenbeery'. It was actually quite good. Not sweet at all and with a really nice balance. A taster rather than a drinker. 
Got around to splashing out on some Epic Armageddon. Man what hops! bloody nice and like a beefed up version of their IPA (which is excellent).

MN5

[quote name='Crucial']Welly Beer lovers will find and interesting selection in the city at Centre City Wines (?) -harbour end of Waring Taylor St. 
 
They had some of the Smokin' Bishop I mentioned earlier and a really interesting Kiwi take on a 'Fruit Beer' with 'Boysenbeery'. It was actually quite good. Not sweet at all and with a really nice balance. A taster rather than a drinker. 
Got around to splashing out on some Epic Armageddon. Man what hops! bloody nice and like a beefed up version of their IPA (which is excellent).[/quote] 
 
Will make a note to check that place out Crucial. 
 
You can't go wrong with Epic, great drop (s)

taniwharugby

Weka lager (Moa Brewery) quite a strong tasting lager, but the 4 bottles will not go to waste....

Tim

[quote name='taniwharugby']Tsingtao - imported Chinese Lager/beer, pretty generic, could easily have been speights, lion red or similar.[/quote] 
 
Probably got little or no hops in it.

Tim

Found this beer blog from a guy in the Czech Republic: 
 
[url="http://www.pivni-filosof.com/"]http://www.pivni-filosof.com/[/url] 
 
Looks interesting. Some more blog links here: 
 
[url="http://food.theatlantic.com/mixmaster/american-beer-the-belgian-way.php"]http://food.theatlantic.com/mixmaster/a ... an-way.php[/url]

MN5

[quote name='Tim'][quote name='taniwharugby']Tsingtao - imported Chinese Lager/beer, pretty generic, could easily have been speights, lion red or similar.[/quote] 
 
Probably got little or no hops in it.[/quote] 
 
Tsingtao is one of those beers best enjoyed in freakish hot, humid conditions where you are fooled into thinking you're drinking something nicer. I thought Kingfisher was great for a similar reason but try really enjoying one of those WITHOUT a curry and you'll be astonished at how bland it is.

mariner4life

Last night i had a few of something called Carlton Dry: Fusion. One of those beers brewed with lime already in it (and salt?). Was refreshing enough (its hot as shit here at the moment, so being cold and wet was a good start) but didn't taste much like a beer, and while not too bad, i got sick of them after about 6. Still have nearly a doz in the fridge i will fob off on christmas guests.

taniwharugby

NZ Pure Lager, along the same lines as Pure, although probably a better flavour

Allstar

[quote name='mariner4life']Last night i had a few of something called Carlton Dry: Fusion. One of those beers brewed with lime already in it (and salt?). Was refreshing enough (its hot as shit here at the moment, so being cold and wet was a good start) but didn't taste much like a beer, and while not too bad, i got sick of them after about 6. Still have nearly a doz in the fridge i will fob off on christmas guests.[/QUOTE] 
 
Yuck, I can't stand those beers that have got fruity flavouring infused in them. 
 
Had a couple of nice beers just before Christmas.... Epic Mayhem, Emersons Bookbinder and one other I can't remember (the bottles are buried too deep in the recyling too. 
 
Santa was kind enough to bring me a couple of bottles of Epic Armageddon IPA too <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

raznomore

[quote name='Allstar']Yuck, I can't stand those beers that have got fruity flavouring infused in them. 
 
Had a couple of nice beers just before Christmas.... Epic Mayhem, Emersons Bookbinder and one other I can't remember (the bottles are buried too deep in the recyling too. 
 
Santa was kind enough to bring me a couple of bottles of Epic Armageddon IPA too <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />[/QUOTE] 
 
 
I can't remember exactly which major nz brewery released a peach flavoured monstrosity in the late 90's but they were giving them away at the Fat's one night. I was skint, they were free and many, resulting in the worst hangover of my life and a fear of peaches.

Scorz

Can I stick in an oar for "Isaac's" Cider by Macs? It's quite good. If you like cider, that is, and I do because it reminds me of getting drunk in Clapham Common. I think it was Clapham anyway...

taniwharugby

sure it wasn't Hampstead Heath... 
 
Have seen a number of ciders appearing from alot of the boutique breweries, and for someone who is not a fan of Ciders, some are pretty damn good!

raznomore

[quote name='Scorz']Can I stick in an oar for "Isaac's" Cider by Macs? It's quite good. If you like cider, that is, and I do because it reminds me of getting drunk in Clapham Common. I think it was Clapham anyway...[/QUOTE] 
 
I had a iced tub full of Isaacs on xmas day. No one, except me, touched them so the fridge is full of them still. I agree its a pretty good drop. Anyone had the Monteiths one? I had the choice to get that or macs and at $19 for 6 I decided against the mont's.

Scorz

[quote name='Razbra']I had a iced tub full of Isaacs on xmas day. No one, except me, touched them so the fridge is full of them still. I agree its a pretty good drop. Anyone had the Monteiths one? I had the choice to get that or macs and at $19 for 6 I decided against the mont's.[/QUOTE] 
 
If you can get it from your local New World, Magners is what I wanted, but Isaac's isn't far behind. 
 
All this talk about cider on New Years Eve... Off to the fridge.

Allstar

i tried the Monteiths Cider and wasn't overly impressed with it. But then again, i'm not much of a cider connoisseur 
 
for those in Wellington, Thorndon New World has an excellent selection of international and boutique beers

Red Beard

I was disappointed witht he Monteiths Cider that the alcohol percentage was only 4. Something more robust would have floated my boat.

MN5

[quote name='Red Beard']I was disappointed witht he Monteiths Cider that the alcohol percentage was only 4. Something more robust would have floated my boat.[/QUOTE] 
 
Just like Macs and Montys in general at the moment I think the Macs Cider edges it although there was nothing wrong with the Monty's effort.

taniwharugby

Mata Artesian, made in Kawerau (@ $12.99 for 4 from Super Liquor) is a very good pale ale type lager, they also do a Manuka Honey and a Feijoa one.

VV

[quote name='Allstar']i tried the Monteiths Cider and wasn't overly impressed with it. But then again, i'm not much of a cider connoisseur 
 
for those in Wellington, Thorndon New World has an excellent selection of international and boutique beers[/QUOTE] 
 
It does but if you can be bothered making the trek a little further it is beaten hands down by regional wines and spirits (on the mt Vic side of the basin). It has he best range in Wellington and also a selection of good nz beers on tap that you can buy by the flaggon.

taniwharugby

oh, given I was comparing Monteiths Cider with the might of White Lightning (bought in 3l plastic bottle in the UK) I thought it was pretty good, ok to have a bottle on a hot summer evening. 
 
If I planned on having more than a couple, not somethign I'd be keen on.

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