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...

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 i...

American hopped Red Rye Ale Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Humulus Lupulus, the wolf bine can be fierce, but L'il Red Rye, the grain at the heart of this beer, has more than enough character to run with the wolves. Amarillo and Simcoe hops combine with the earthy spice of rye, and richness of ...

Red Rocks is a rich ruby red ale with loads of chewy malt character. There wasn’t a lot of restraint shown in the hopping of this beer. We had a fair bit of whole cone Nelson Sauvin hops in the fridge and they all went in. The end result is a nice balance of malt sweetness and bitterness, with so...