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NWBCA Reviews: McLeod’s Paradise Pale Ale

Friday 2 June 2023

After the better part of a decade on the market and a steady string of awards,…

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NWBCA Reviews: Urbanaut Newtown Hazy Pale Ale

Thursday 1 June 2023

Urbanaut Newtown is the second hazy from this brewery on the New World Beer & Cider…

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NWBCA Reviews: Tiger Crystal Ultra

Wednesday 31 May 2023

Tiger Crystal Ultra is not a craft-positioned beer.  Even the name sounds like something I would…

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NWBCA Reviews: Monteith’s Tight Lines

Tuesday 30 May 2023

When a cheap, mass-produced beer such as Monteith’s Tight Lines Pale Ale shows up on a…

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NWBCA Reviews: Asahi Super Dry 0%

Monday 29 May 2023

When it comes to true no-alcohol beers, our craft brewers have only just cracked the nut…

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NWBCA Reviews: Parrotdog Sundog Pilsner

Sunday 28 May 2023

Pilsner in New Zealand has become a slightly treacherous style of late.  As the brewer, do…

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NWBCA Reviews: Bootleg Apehanger IPA

Saturday 27 May 2023

Bootleg Apehanger IPA (something about motorbikes, presumably*) will always be a special beer to me after…

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NWBCA Reviews: Mac’s Gold

Friday 26 May 2023

When this year’s Top 30 was revealed to me there were more than a few surprises…

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NWBCA Reviews: Urbanaut Silver Palace Citra Hazy

Thursday 25 May 2023

Anyone who reads my profiles knows I mark pretty hard on hazy beers.  I think too…

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NWBCA Reviews: Martinborough Hop Elixir

Wednesday 24 May 2023

Martinborough is far more well known for classy (if extremely vintage dependent) pinot noir than it…

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NWBCA Reviews: Panhead SuperCharger

Tuesday 23 May 2023

When you go rural (and I mean rural rural, not tourist rural) craft beer begins to…

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Sprig + Fern Harvest Pilsner

Tuesday 18 April 2023

Amongst all the exhilarating uncertainty of what will hit and what will miss during fresh hop…

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