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  • dogmeatD Offline
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    the results of GABS Hot 100 poll have come out. Hazy's dominate with Garage Project's Sunrise Valley the Peoples #1 Choice

    gabsfestival1

    GABS Festival | Beer Festivals, Craft Beer & Food Experiences

    GABS Festival | Beer Festivals, Craft Beer & Food Experiences

    GABS Festival: Beer festivals bringing people together for exceptional experiences. 500+ beers, wine, cocktails, & entertainment! Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane.

    GP have 5 in the top 15. Panhead's Supercharger APA is the most widely available of the top 10 in that it's in all? Lion pubs.

    https://www.gabsfestival.com/nz-live-countdown-2020

    I've sampled most of the top 30 but only 45 of the entire 100 Work to do!!

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    @dogmeat said in Beer thread:

    the results of GABS Hot 100 poll have come out. Hazy's dominate with Garage Project's Sunrise Valley the Peoples #1 Choice

    gabsfestival1

    GABS Festival | Beer Festivals, Craft Beer & Food Experiences

    GABS Festival | Beer Festivals, Craft Beer & Food Experiences

    GABS Festival: Beer festivals bringing people together for exceptional experiences. 500+ beers, wine, cocktails, & entertainment! Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane.

    It's a really sensational beer. Seroiusly good.

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  • BovidaeB Offline
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    @nzzp said in Beer thread:

    @dogmeat said in Beer thread:

    the results of GABS Hot 100 poll have come out. Hazy's dominate with Garage Project's Sunrise Valley the Peoples #1 Choice

    gabsfestival1

    GABS Festival | Beer Festivals, Craft Beer & Food Experiences

    GABS Festival | Beer Festivals, Craft Beer & Food Experiences

    GABS Festival: Beer festivals bringing people together for exceptional experiences. 500+ beers, wine, cocktails, & entertainment! Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane.

    It's a really sensational beer. Seroiusly good.

    Is it widely available at supermarkets etc?

    I bought some Birdseye to drink on Christmas Day - very tasty.

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  • nzzpN Offline
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    @Bovidae not widespread I don't think - it seems to have been quite hard to find. My neighbour (also craft beer nerd) hooked me up with some after he bought and tasted it.

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    @nzzp Never seen it - missed the boat it would seem. Bugger. Google suggests it is sold out everywhere

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  • NTAN Online
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    As mentioned elsewhere: I bought a share in a craft brewery that operates as a co-op. Brother in law got me onto it, while they were first setting up a taphouse in Newtown.

    Anyway that was 2 years ago, and despite multiple discussions on getting there for a beer, it didn't eventuate as the taproom was finished not long before COVID hit.

    So I ordered a case when they had a run, of their standard IPA and a collaboration they did with nearby bistro/brewery. The results are both in and out of focus below. At 6.5% they pack a decent punch and they're not short on flavour from start to finish.

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  • RoninWCR Offline
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    @Bovidae said in Beer thread:

    @nzzp said in Beer thread:

    @dogmeat said in Beer thread:

    the results of GABS Hot 100 poll have come out. Hazy's dominate with Garage Project's Sunrise Valley the Peoples #1 Choice

    gabsfestival1

    GABS Festival | Beer Festivals, Craft Beer & Food Experiences

    GABS Festival | Beer Festivals, Craft Beer & Food Experiences

    GABS Festival: Beer festivals bringing people together for exceptional experiences. 500+ beers, wine, cocktails, & entertainment! Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane.

    It's a really sensational beer. Seroiusly good.

    Is it widely available at supermarkets etc?

    I bought some Birdseye to drink on Christmas Day - very tasty.

    The Sunrise Valley from GP is a unicorn here in Oz. I missed it on it's first release but managed to score a couple of the second release. GP really does it in limited quantities which helps to build up the mystique.

    Fom perusing both Top 100's, there is quite a difference in the Oz v NZ GABS top 100.

    The Ozzie one has more voters who are more mainstream and less crafty than the Kiwi voters from the looks. The Oz list tends to be dominated by those beers readily available at Dan Murrphy's, BWS, etc and misses some truly awesome but hard to find Aussie Craft beers.

    I think having Sunrise Valley as #1 really shows some sophisticated beer palates as does those in the top with Parrot Dog, Deep Creek, Behemoth, etc being well represented.

    Also, I can recommend the Yakima Valley GP, it's almost as good as Sunrise Valley!

    And the GP Party & Bullshit is one of my all time favourites. In no way is it a Hazy, it's an out and out, balls to the wall, hoppy Westcoast IPA and a brilliant one at that!

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  • RoninWCR Offline
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    Actually, just comparing the two GABS Top 100 lists, I've had more of the Kiwi Top 100 than I have the Aussie Top 100.

    And there are more of my favourite beers on that list too.

    Hats off to the Kiwi craft beer industry, they really are better than their cousins across the ditch!

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    @RoninWC said in Beer thread:

    The Sunrise Valley from GP is a unicorn here in Oz. I missed it on it's first release but managed to score a couple of the second release. GP really does it in limited quantities which helps to build up the mystique.

    And that's also a problem. If you aren't in the loop about limited releases or strike it lucky, many of us never get to drink some of these highly rated beers.

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  • RoninWCR Offline
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    A small personal win yesterday that might amount to a big change so decided to celebrate a little with some good beers.

    Decided on going with a GP tasting.

    All awesome, preferred the Jan over the Dec. Party & Bullshit is one of my all time favourites and that Green Cheek X Hapi Sessions Vol. 7 is a monster. 9% of West Coast IIPA goodness, one of the best beers I've had.

    By the end of that tasting, I was quite toasty 😃

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    @RoninWC said in Beer thread:

    that Green Cheek X Hapi Sessions Vol. 7 is a monster. 9% of West Coast IIPA goodness, one of the best beers I've had.

    And only about $15 a can over here.

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    @antipodean Sure is, Sydney craft beer prices are obscene!

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    @RoninWC that's some sesh fella.. good work

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  • TimT Away
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    #1558

    Whatever happened to the Croucher Brothers?

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    @tim said in Beer thread:

    Whatever happened to the Croucher Brothers?

    As in from Rotorua? Still going I think. I had some Croucher over summer.
    @taniwharugby you have a connection with these guys don’t you? (Or have I got the wrong man?)

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    @crucial said in Beer thread:

    @tim said in Beer thread:

    Whatever happened to the Croucher Brothers?

    As in from Rotorua? Still going I think. I had some Croucher over summer.
    @taniwharugby you have a connection with these guys don’t you? (Or have I got the wrong man?)

    Croucher Pilsner was one of my early gateway beers. Outstanding - just so much harder to get than Emersons. Pioneering brewry

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  • taniwharugbyT Offline
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    replied to Crucial on last edited by taniwharugby
    #1561

    @crucial not really, my cousin did and he took me to thier brewery in Vegas for some tasting, but this was back just as they were on the rise, seemed good guys though.

    All thier stuff i have tried is good.

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  • CrucialC Offline
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    @tim said in Beer thread:

    Whatever happened to the Croucher Brothers?

    Online store here http://www.croucherbrewing.co.nz/

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  • MN5M Offline
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    @roninwc said in Beer thread:

    A small personal win yesterday that might amount to a big change so decided to celebrate a little with some good beers.

    Decided on going with a GP tasting.

    All awesome, preferred the Jan over the Dec. Party & Bullshit is one of my all time favourites and that Green Cheek X Hapi Sessions Vol. 7 is a monster. 9% of West Coast IIPA goodness, one of the best beers I've had.

    By the end of that tasting, I was quite toasty 😃

    146941824_244966323833152_1981931607004034672_n.jpg

    Damn you Craft beers for being so tasty but also so bloating and fattening.

    Have tried all of those bar the Green Creek. All very good bar the Fresh IPA which was a bit too "Orange juice" for my tastes.

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  • TimT Away
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    #1564

    Sunshine Brewing's Gisborne Gold light lager is very good, but their Gisborne Green pilsner isn't. No real malt body, no good bitter hop flavours or aftertaste. Actually, aftertaste is a bit sweet. Just needed to be a bigger and more bitter version of the lager, without being a psuedo IPA. Disappointing! Ordered direct from brewery, so freshness should not be an issue.

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