This has been one of the most challenging Garage brews to date. At its heart was the idea of combining aggressive, high citrus character of American hops with the heat and sweetness of Indochine flavours. Have you ever tried a Vietnamese mango and chili salad? If you haven’t you should. It could be life changing. It’s an idea that has been rattling around the Garage consciousness for a while and the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular seemed like a fitting opportunity to give it an outing. It was always going to...

hāpi
(loan) (noun) hop, Humulus lupulus - a climbing plant the ripe female cones of which are used to give a bitter flavour to beer. Kaua hoki e wehewehea te hoatutanga o ngā mea ki roto i te pāta, engari kia kotahi tonu te hoatutanga tō te wai, tō te hāpi, tō te huka.Do not put the ingredients into the pot in stages but add the water, hops and sugar in one go. 
- MāoriDictionary.co.nz   We dropped Hāpi Daze as a bonus beer on top of the Dr Grordbort’s brews last week.   Hāpi Daze is...

Sauvin Nouveau - a Grape Harvest Pilsner What do you get when you add freshly pressed Sauvingnon Blanc juice to a pilsner wort that was extravagantly hopped with Nelson Sauvin hops, and then ferment the resulting blend? Vin Nouveau meet Sauvin Nouveau in a vintage harvest pilsner of crisp and intense aromatic fruit complexity, where the flavours of beer and wine intertwine so closely it's almost indecent. 7.6% ABV, 650ml, 3.9 Standard Drinks Due to the unique nature of this beer, stocks are extremely limited. It's a seasonal release and one we won't be in...