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SOBA, New Zealand’s consumer beer advocacy group, is excited about the April 1st release of Mac’s Brewjolais seasonal beer, and is looking to celebrate the event in style and en masse. Mac’s Brewjolais is a beer which has been brewed annually by Lion Nathan at the old Mac’s Brewery in Wellington. It is brewed to celebrate the hop harvest, and uses freshly picked “wet” (undried) hops from Nelson late in the brewing process to impart their aromatic and distinctive notes to the finished beer. It... Read Full Story

One of my favourite beer bloggers to read is Kate Blackhurst who has relocated to the deep south. She cordially admits the Arrow Brewing Company was one of the reasons they selected Arrowtown as their new home. This meant she had a first-hand look (and taste) of ABC's IPA Project 2010 and the accompanying oysters. Her post is called " Oysters and IPA ": It’s not quite a passage to India, but the Foveaux Strait has challenges of its own and the barrel was hoisted onto an oyster boat to endure... Read Full Story

Today's beer haiku will outrage the purists but I like it. It is called " Because I Can ": A bucket of wings And some expensive cheap beer Just because I can Over at the Malthouse blog, my latest post discusses bar service, Evelyn Waugh's seven requirements of a good inn-keeper, assesses Malthouse's Colin Mallon against those seven criteria, looks at the Capital Awards and highlights three coming events. In a unsubtle dig at the Oscars, it is called " Awards That Actually Matter ": Many would... Read Full Story

Today's Beer Haiku Friday proves that President Obama has a hard side. Obama loses his bet with the Canadian leader over the Ice Hockey so he has to buy a pack of beer. Look which beer he picks in " The President Pays Up ": The president pays Up on his Olympic bet. A case of Molson Brutal! The latest Malthouse blog looks at beer legends, Louis Pasteur, his love of yeast and hatred of Prussians, Croucher Cherry Bock and some big up-coming events. It is called " The Beer of Revenge ": “Pasteur... Read Full Story

MARCHFEST April 17th 2010 Founders Park, Nelson All local beers, 11 new beers, 2 new ciders, Don McGlashan, music, food, pony rides, bicycle-powered amplifiers and more... The two new ciders are from Redwood Cellars and McCashins, the 11 new beers are: Founders: God Knows Best ..bitter. "Our take on a ESB", 5%. Lighthouse: April Fuel , an amber ale, 5.5%. McCashins: Ale-iana (A gift from the Gods), type and abv tbc. Moa: Blanc Resurrection , a Belgian Wit (wheat beer), 5%. Monkey Wizard... Read Full Story

Arrow Brewing Company have announced their "IPA Project 2010." Teasers have been sent out but I have received the synopsis of this awesome sounding project which involves Arrow brewing "an authentic IPA by traditional methods and cask conditioning the resulting beer in a wooden barrel. On March 1, this IPA will be given its "sea journey" when the barrel ventures out into the notorious Foveaux Strait on board one of the first oyster boats to set sail for the season. Upon the boats return to... Read Full Story

Today's much-anticipated Beer Haiku Friday describes a beer drinkers paradise. It is called " Variety ": Dreaming of a place Where they serve an endless stream Of various beers Speaking of beer drinkers paradises*, the latest Malthouse blog looks at the development of barrel-aged beers, talks to three New Zealand brewers who are doing it and profiles the new Moa Barrel Reserve range. The blog is called " Barrels of Beer ": Epic Journey, two 20-litre barrels of Epic Armageddon which spent six... Read Full Story

Today's Beer Haiku sums up the joy of fishing. It is called " Gone Fishin' ": the fish ain’t biting but that’s not really the point as long as there’s beer The latest Malthouse blog has a look at the history of pub signs, the development of pub names, some great names and some terrible names, the Sprig and Fern, Pale Ale and Cider. The title is " What's in a Name - Sprig and Fern ": Clearly, it is very common for a pub name to be called “The [something] and [something else].” Those two words... Read Full Story

The flamboyantly competitive Scottish brewery BrewDog has released Sink the Bismarck!, a "quadruple IPA" that they say is the most alcoholic in the world at 41%. BrewDog had previously earned similar attention last year with their then-record-setting 32% ABV beer, Tactical Nuclear Penguin, but rival brewery Schorschbrau just weeks ago (briefly) reclaimed the beer potency title with their Schorschbock, at 40% ABV, prompting Brewdog's latest counterattack. Sink the Bismarck!'s 41% ABV renders... Read Full Story

The latest Malthouse blog looks at how far New Zealand brewing has come in ten years, unveils two Kiwi connections with the ground breaking Thornbridge Brewery in England, details the brewing of a strawberry and pink peppercorn stout and provides a visitor's opinions on our local beer. It is called " A Touch of Kiwi in Thornbridge ": Thornbridge Hall Country House Brewery (to use its full name) is an innovative, award-winning and passionate English brewery set up in 2004. One of the original... Read Full Story