Fest is our Oktoberfest Lager. Oktoberfest Lagers are strong, malt accented beers traditionally brewed for drinking in quantity in the German autumn. Down here October means spring and these beers work just as well in the turbulent days as Winter gives...
We have just released a stout to ease the late winter / early spring malaise colloquially known as ‘Shitsville’ in this part of the world. I have always been taken by the strong stouts Guinness produce for export to and...
Three years ago we started making kettle soured beers. We did a pretty good job with the process with La Mure becoming a cult summer seasonal and Become the Ocean making it into our top 5 sellers. We put a...
Shortly before Christmas we ventured into new territory for our spontaneous fermentation program. Up until now our program has used the wild microbes of our brewery environment to inoculate our wort and ferment our spontaneous beers. However, for some time...
The last few months have seen us release a raft of Belgian style beers. We always aimed to be a Belgian and English inspired brewery but it took us a year to bed in the brewery and begin our Belgian...
When we ferment and age our beers in barrels a skin called a pellicle forms across the top of the beer helping to protect the beer below from oxidation. This is an element that we have in common with sherry...
Beervana is just around the corner. This year there is a dedicated sour beer bar and no surprise considering the current trends in beer and the themed bar there are going to be more sours than ever before pouring. This...
There are two Belgian traditions of sour beer production that really fascinate us. The first is the mixed fermentation process which is traditionally used to produce the red and brown beers of Flanders. Baby Grand and Oud Bruin both fit...
Earlier this year we released the first of our Salt and Wood range of barrel aged mixed fermentation beer in bottles. The first three releases were: Baby Grand our Hawkes Bay Cab Sav influenced Flanders Red Ale, Rivage Brux our...
So a lot has happened since our last update. We had a very successful run of events during The Road to Beervana which was a blast but complicated by the fact that we were spread thin trying to commission the...
Well almost. The tanks are in ! We are now waiting on a host of sparkies, plumbers and gas fitters to do their jobs and then we will be ready to brew. Below is a video documenting the week of...
While we wait on our brewery our barrel program is developing nicely. Two of our beers are nearly ready to bottle while another is ready to come out of the barrel and onto fruit. To mark out our mixed fermentation...
