Pernicious Weed
Winner of the International Lager category at the 2021 Brewers Guild Awards.  Boneface IPL is, ostensibly, lager that’s hopped like an IPA.  It’s been one of my favorite beers for a long time, but seems to forever be stuck as a fringe style.  Outlaw has clean and bright aromas of lime, pineapple and rockmelon, with an extremely neutral and fresh malt base.  Smooth malt and citrus-focused hop character leads on the palate, with faint tropicals and minty herbaceousness following.  Moderate but precise bitterness closes out the brisk and refreshing finish, leaving the palate cleansed and wanting nothing more than another sip.  Hopefully its recent success at the awards encourages a few more brewers to tackle this style.  We’ll see.

A New “Weed” Pops Up At Garage Project

by | February 5, 2026 | News | 0 Comments

Fresh off another triumph in the GABS Hottest 100, Garage Project are launching a new member of the Pernicious Weed family next week. Pernicious Weed was Garage Project's first proper commercial release and it's now taking on a life of its own. We've already had...
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Inside The Malty-verse of Beer

by | January 15, 2026 | Cover Story | 0 Comments

In this new series, sponsored by Gladfield Malt, we look at the ways malt can make a beer shine. Garage Project Garagista “People say, what's your favourite beer? And I'm like, well, you know, you can't say your favourite beer because it's like saying your favourite...
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The Beer Project — Aliment Brewing

by | January 14, 2026 | Cover Story | 0 Comments

This was always the dream for Jason Bathgate and Monica Mead. Living in paradise, brewing their own beers. Tasman was where Jason and Monica lived when they first moved to New Zealand in 2009 before brewing jobs took them to Renaissance in Blenheim, 8 Wired in...
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The Hoptimist — Boom Town Brewing

by | January 7, 2026 | Travel | 0 Comments

Sunshine, scenery, and a cold beer—Marlborough knows how to show off. But when that beer is a Boom Town APA and your interviewee colleague is Clive Macfarlane, the man behind the brews and the banter, you’re not just having a good Sunday—you’re starting a great story....
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The Man Behind The Cans

by | January 5, 2026 | Cover Story | 0 Comments

If you’re prone to a tipple of craft beer, chances are you’re more than familiar with the work of Wellington creative, art director and artist, Anton Hart. For more than 20 years, he’s been the force behind the aesthetics of multiple, high-profile Kiwi craft...
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Fermented Culture — Elysian Fields

by | December 31, 2025 | Opinion | 0 Comments

Kieran Haslett-Moore dreams of the beers he might drink in paradise “Sitting at rustic tables in rural pub gardens in Hertfordshire on long, warm, sunny summer evenings, talking with friends, clouds of cow parsley nodding over the car park wall and martins high above...
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