At Lounge we also carry a comprehensive range of beers from around New Zealand and around the world. The following list is as it is at present, please be aware that availability can change things dramaticly with little warning.
PILSNERS & LAGERS
Tuatara Pilsner 300(Waikanae) 5%
This beer has a floral, grassy nose followed by a smooth, malty middle with some late citrus tingles. A long, dry finish with touches of lime make this an effortlessly
balanced and most drinkable drop. 330ml $7.00
Tiger (Singapore) 5%
Tiger is a massively popular lager, designed to have a mild aroma, clean finish, relatively high level of sweetness and just a touch of hop bitterness. This profile makes it a quaffable beer in any environment. 330ml $6.50
Epic Lager (Auckland) 5%
From the creator of the multi award winning Epic Pale Ale, Epic Lager is a tasty, quaffable beer. Pouring bright gold this soft beer is is light, crisp and refreshing with the highlight being a lingering, grassy finish from the generous hopping. 330ml $6.50
Gisborne (Gizzy) Gold (You guess) 4%
This is the best beer of brewer, Geoff Logan, and it has an almost cult-like following of devotees. It is a well made lager with a grassy aroma, firm bitter finish and a distinctive mineral note which is unmistakable. 330ml $6.00
DB Export Gold (NZ) 4%
Export, as it is known to it loyal followers is an extremely popular golden lager from the DB Breweries. It pours a bright gold and has some delicate late hop character and a crisp dry finish. 330ml $4.50
Heineken (NZ) 5%
Now brewed in New Zealand, this popular lager is enjoyed all around the world for its crisp, dry taste and soft, bitter finish. 330ml $6.00
Croucher Pilsner (Rotorua) 5%
A local take on the Bohemian pilsner, this beer uses Hops from Motueka and Riwaka to provide a new world twist on a classic style. The brewer uses a small portion of wheat malt to help develop a generous head above a crisp clean and refreshing lager. According to the brewer, this pilsner is “particularly luscious”. 330ml $7.00
"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
-Dave Barry
Moa Original. (Nelson) 5.5%
This beer was created by Josh Scott, son of winemaker Alan Scott. The brewing
process uses winemaking techniques to produce a finely bubbled beer with a
floral, fruity, spicy nose. It tastes of orange and honey with a long lingering
finish. 375ml $11.00
Monteiths New Zealand Lager. (NZ) 5%
Interestingly and slightly ironically this “New Zealand” Lager was never
intended to be drunk in New Zealand. It was going to be an export only beer.
However the enormous growth and interest on the domestic market for premium Lagers saw it released locally. This is a clean, well balanced beer with slightly more depth than some of the others in this category and has a subtle depth of
flavor. 330ml $6.50
Three Boys Pilsner (Christchurch) 5.5% Three Boys Pilsner is a taste of Europe with a new world twist. Like the pilsners of old, it balances pale malt flavour and saaz hop bitterness. The Three Boys take it a step further using modern varieties of saaz hops grown in New Zealand, which give it that little bit extra aroma and flavour . This is a perfectly balanced beer in a true Czech style without any crazy ingredients. It is just a complex blend of local malt and four varieties of hops to produce a simply awesome beer. 500ml $11.00
Vienna Lager (Wigram, Christchurch) 5%
This Vienna-style lager has a deep golden/amber hue. The initial taste is of sherry with hints of vanilla and wood. The finish is dry and refreshing.
500ml $11.00
Becks. (Germany) 4.8%
This is a very popular golden beer which has a fresh, green bouquet: a sweet
middle, and a dry clean finish. Backs also has a slight touch of fruitiness which sets it apart from other German beers of a similar style which tend to be dryer.
330ml $6.50
Steinlager (NZ) 5.2%
Steinlager was first brewed in 1957 as Steinecker but the name had to be changed in 1962 to avoid confusion with Heineken (?). This dry lager has a grassy nose with a dry astringent finish from the use of Green Bullet Hops. 330ml $6.00
Steinlager Pure. (NZ) 5%
Released with a fantastic marketing flourish this beer quickly became a standard in our bar. It is made with all natural local ingredients and is a crisp quenching Lager. 330ml $6.00
Peroni (Italy) 5.1%
Beer is growing in popularity in Italy and this is one of the largest selling beers in their market. It has a pleasant nose with hints of grass clippings, a smooth light body nd crisp finish. This is an honest, quenching continental lager.
330ml $6.50
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
-Benjamin Franklin
Moa Original. (Nelson) 5.5%
This beer was created by Josh Scott, son of winemaker Alan Scott. The brewing
process uses winemaking techniques to produce a finely bubbled beer with a
floral, fruity, spicy nose. It tastes of orange and honey with a long lingering
finish. 375ml $11.00
Monteiths New Zealand Lager. (NZ) 5%
Interestingly and slightly ironically this “New Zealand” Lager was never
intended to be drunk in New Zealand. It was going to be an export only beer.
However the enormous growth and interest on the domestic market for premium Lagers saw it released locally. This is a clean, well balanced beer with slightly more depth than some of the others in this category and has a subtle depth of
flavor. 330ml $6.50
Three Boys Pilsner (Christchurch) 5.5% Three Boys Pilsner is a taste of Europe with a new world twist. Like the pilsners of old, it balances pale malt flavour and saaz hop bitterness. The Three Boys take it a step further using modern varieties of saaz hops grown in New Zealand, which give it that little bit extra aroma and flavour . This is a perfectly balanced beer in a true Czech style without any crazy ingredients. It is just a complex blend of local malt and four varieties of hops to produce a simply awesome beer. 500ml $11.00
Vienna Lager (Wigram, Christchurch) 5%
This Vienna-style lager has a deep golden/amber hue. The initial taste is of sherry with hints of vanilla and wood. The finish is dry and refreshing.
500ml $11.00
Becks. (Germany) 4.8%
This is a very popular golden beer which has a fresh, green bouquet: a sweet
middle, and a dry clean finish. Backs also has a slight touch of fruitiness which sets it apart from other German beers of a similar style which tend to be dryer.
330ml $6.50
Steinlager (NZ) 5.2%
Steinlager was first brewed in 1957 as Steinecker but the name had to be changed in 1962 to avoid confusion with Heineken (?). This dry lager has a grassy nose with a dry astringent finish from the use of Green Bullet Hops. 330ml $6.00
Steinlager Pure. (NZ) 5%
Released with a fantastic marketing flourish this beer quickly became a standard in our bar. It is made with all natural local ingredients and is a crisp quenching Lager. 330ml $6.00
Peroni (Italy) 5.1%
Beer is growing in popularity in Italy and this is one of the largest selling beers in their market. It has a pleasant nose with hints of grass clippings, a smooth light body nd crisp finish. This is an honest, quenching continental lager.
330ml $6.50
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
-Benjamin Franklin
Moa Original. (Nelson) 5.5%
This beer was created by Josh Scott, son of winemaker Alan Scott. The brewing
process uses winemaking techniques to produce a finely bubbled beer with a
floral, fruity, spicy nose. It tastes of orange and honey with a long lingering
finish. 375ml $11.00
Monteiths New Zealand Lager. (NZ) 5%
Interestingly and slightly ironically this “New Zealand” Lager was never
intended to be drunk in New Zealand. It was going to be an export only beer.
However the enormous growth and interest on the domestic market for premium Lagers saw it released locally. This is a clean, well balanced beer with slightly more depth than some of the others in this category and has a subtle depth of
flavor. 330ml $6.50
Three Boys Pilsner (Christchurch) 5.5% Three Boys Pilsner is a taste of Europe with a new world twist. Like the pilsners of old, it balances pale malt flavour and saaz hop bitterness. The Three Boys take it a step further using modern varieties of saaz hops grown in New Zealand, which give it that little bit extra aroma and flavour . This is a perfectly balanced beer in a true Czech style without any crazy ingredients. It is just a complex blend of local malt and four varieties of hops to produce a simply awesome beer. 500ml $11.00
Vienna Lager (Wigram, Christchurch) 5%
This Vienna-style lager has a deep golden/amber hue. The initial taste is of sherry with hints of vanilla and wood. The finish is dry and refreshing.
500ml $11.00
Becks. (Germany) 4.8%
This is a very popular golden beer which has a fresh, green bouquet: a sweet
middle, and a dry clean finish. Backs also has a slight touch of fruitiness which sets it apart from other German beers of a similar style which tend to be dryer.
330ml $6.50
Steinlager (NZ) 5.2%
Steinlager was first brewed in 1957 as Steinecker but the name had to be changed in 1962 to avoid confusion with Heineken (?). This dry lager has a grassy nose with a dry astringent finish from the use of Green Bullet Hops. 330ml $6.00
Steinlager Pure. (NZ) 5%
Released with a fantastic marketing flourish this beer quickly became a standard in our bar. It is made with all natural local ingredients and is a crisp quenching Lager. 330ml $6.00
Peroni (Italy) 5.1%
Beer is growing in popularity in Italy and this is one of the largest selling beers in their market. It has a pleasant nose with hints of grass clippings, a smooth light body nd crisp finish. This is an honest, quenching continental lager.
330ml $6.50
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
-Benjamin Franklin
Taakawa (Waituna West) 5%
Aotearoa's very own indigenous beer, it is brewed from kawakawa leaves, selectively harvested from their natural habitat. TaaKawa has a mild rather sweet flavour that is not overwhelming. This is a very fine beer well worth a try best as your first of the evening as it is very light in flavour. 330ml $6.50
Corona . (Mexico) 4.6%
Corona is a good beer very light, taste is smooth, no heaviness in your stomach not too much gas. Just smooth! 330ml $6.50
Ngahere Gold (Christchurch) 7.2%
A strong lager brewed with locally sourced pilsner malt and hops from both
Canterbury and nelson hops. 330ml $6.50
The Rogue Hop Pilsner (Christchurch) 5%
Brewed in the bohemian pilsner style but using a “rogue hop” to give it an
exciting strong, yet lingering hop finish. 330ml $6.50
Wigram Bavarian Pilsner (Wigram) 5%
This pilsner has a slight malty aroma. It has a clean hop flavour at the initial taste followed by a crisp finish. The pilsner malt flavour is complemented by a slight lingering bitterness. 500ml $11.00
Emerson’s Organic Pilsner (Dunedin) 4.4%
There are two Organic beers in the Emersons range and this is one of them. It is
balanced and full of flavour with a healthy citrus nose and a robust body
bursting with lush fruit (including orange and sometimes passionfruit) before a long dry finish. 500ml $10.00
Monteiths Summit Lager (West Coast?) 4%
Speight’s Summit lager is a new liquid innovation from Speight’s Brewery, our first lager brewed with only natural ingredients. Pacific hallertau hops sourced from Nelson have been used to create a clean, crisp, refreshing golden lager 330ml $6.00
Green Fern (Organic) (West Coast) 5%
Organically grown barley and hops are stripped bare to leave a natural brewed, premium lager with no added sugars, chemicals or preservatives. Purely natural the way beer should be. 330ml $7.00
DB Export Gold (New Zealand) 4%
Export is a very popular golden lager, it pours bright gold and has some delicate late hop character and a crisp dry finish.330ml $4.50
Macs Gold (Nelson) 4%
A light-coloured lager brewed for the discerning connoisseur. It has a good head, subtle underlying sweet bitterness, dry palate and clean refreshing after-taste 330ml $5.50
Bennetts Wellington Lager: (Wellington) 5%
The full rich taste of this lager has been created by using only the finest Nelson hops, pure artesian water and malted barley from Canterbury. This lager is naturally brewed using a traditional European method. This distinctive golden lager has a pleasant sweet flavor, hop finish, and a fresh critic and slightly herbal note, that is very refreshing and up lifting. 330ml $6.50
Cascade Premium Lager (Tasmania) 5.2%
Cascade Premium Lager is the original Tasmanian premium beer from
Australia's oldest continually operating brewery in the foothills of Mount
Wellington in Hobart. Cascade's brewers combine traditional brewing skills and the purest mountain water with the best of Tasmania's barley and Pride of
Ringwood hops to create the purest beer in the country. $7.00
Wigram Propeller Lager (Christchurch) 5%
Naturally brewed, crisp and refreshing. Propeller Lager is crafted the traditional way using a unique blend of New Zealand hops and premium malts. With no added sugars. $11.00
STOUTS AND PORTERS.
Founders Long Black (Nelson) 4.7%
The nose on this Schwarzbier (dark lager) is a wonderful collection of malt, nuts
chocolate, coffee, honey and maple syrup. You will also find hints of coffee and smoke. 500ml $10.00
Emmersons Oatmeal Stout (Dunedin) 4.8%
This delightful creamy dark ale pours a deep brown hue with reddish highlights. The beer has a sweetish aroma and palate with with notes of caramel, toffee, chocolate and nuts leading into a lingering, gently drying finish. 500ml $10.00
Moa Noir (Nelson) 5.5%
Moa Noir has a dark toffee pallor making the whizzing bubbles harder to see but you can still feel them on your tongue. This beer abounds with roast coffee, chocolate, cocoa, honey and toffee notes before a bitter chocolate finish.
375ml $11.00
Wigram Munchner Dunkel (Wigam) 5.2%
This is a ruby beer with a mild roast malt aroma as well as caramel, chocolate and nut flavours. It meets the Reinheitsgetbot or German beer purity laws which state that only malt, hops, yeast and water should be used. $11.00
Three Boys Porter (Christchurch) 5.2%
This is a very fine example of a Porter and it is not filtered nor pasteurised. It has a fine nose of coffee, chocolate and blackcurrant. It is light to drink and a gently astringent finish. $11.50
Coopers Best Extra Stout (Australia) 6.3%
This is a very dry dark brew with a roasty and earthy nose. The story goes that the blood banks like people who drink this because of its very high iron content. This is however totally unverifiable. $7.50
Guinness (Ireland) 4.1%
This drink is a legend its producers are also masterful marketers. It has a nose of bitter roasted malt and is a creamy and satisfying drink with an astringent
finish. $7.50
Monteiths Black (West Coast?) 5.2%
This beer is more crisp than sweet darks and smoother than harsh stouts. It’s a beer that is crafted from a blend of five premium malts to create a complex depth of flavours with coffee notes dominant. $5.00
Emersons London Porter (Dunedin) 4.9%
This London Porter pours a deep brown colour with reddish tints, and the aroma is toasty with a hint of sweetness and some earthy hop notes. Firm bodied but not heavy, with a creamy texture, the dryish palate is full of roasted malt, coffee notes and a sustained bitterness. $10.00
Emersons London Porter (Dunedin) 4.9%
This London Porter pours a deep brown colour with reddish tints, and the aroma is toasty with a hint of sweetness and some earthy hop notes. Firm bodied but not heavy, with a creamy texture, the dryish palate is full of roasted malt, coffee notes and a sustained bitterness. 500ml $10.00
Tuatara Porter (Waikanae) 5%
Pouring almost black with a mousey head this beer has a rich, dark and peaty nose. The beer is slightly creamy with lashings of malt sweetness, chocolate and some burnt vogels toast notes. It ends with a short, sharp finish. 330ml $7.00
Bennets Classic Black (Wellington) 5%
This is an outstanding new black beer, with a good coffee cream head. It is full of flavor that show toasty nut,malt characteristics with a nice drawn out finish. CLASSIC BLACK gives that warm hardy feeling that only a great porter/stout can. 330ml $6.50
Cascade Stout (Tasmania) 5.8%
A Special Stout that is hearty and flavoursome. The batch brewed stout utilises roasted barley and a strong infusion of Tasmanian hops. The full body, strong roast character has big finish with bitter aftertaste making this stout a drink with backbone. The thick head belies a full body and smooth roasted character permeating the dense flow over the palate. Like a lot of bottled stouts Cascade Special loses a little of the head endurance that a stout drinker savers. However Cascade Special begins with a great aromatic head, follows with that great burnt barley flavour and leaves the drinker with a warm and satisfied palate. Comes in 345ml bottles. $7.00
Renaissance Elemental Porter (Blenheim) 6%
Originally the beer of choice of workers in London’s produce markets, Porter is my all time favourite beer style. Brewed in the modern ‘robust’ style, Elemental Porter is a rich, full bodied brew with plenty of dry, dark chocolate and roasty malt flavours which gradually give way to a cleansing hop-driven finish. $13.00
BELGIAN BEERS.
Chimay Red (Belgium) 7%
Brewed by Trappist monks the Chimay beers enjoy a deserved reputation for
outstanding quality. The flavours are a startling mix of silky sweetness, raisins, currants and spice before a luxurious finish. 330.ml $10.50 or 750ml $23.00
Chimay Blue (Belgium) 9%
This is one of the most famous beers in the world. It is a rich dark beer with an aromatic and lively nose of yeast, flowers, malt and spices (thyme, pepper and nutmeg) with a wonderfully alive bubble. 330ml $10.50 or 75oml $23.00
Chimay White (Belgium) 8%
Like all Trappist beers, Chimay white is not pasteurised and is refermented in the bottle. This helps it age and over time it will become drier. The white is a lighter beer with a dry yeasty hoppy nose. It is fruity (oranges and Juniper) and spicy with a dry, peppery finish. 330ml $10.50 or 750 ml 23.00
Duvel (pronounced Doofel) (Belgium) 8.5%
Duvel or the devil beer is enormously complex to make, it pours with a massive head and throws a strong nose. It has flavours of orange zest, pear brandy and green apples before a long dry finish. $10.50
Leffe Blonde (Belgium) 6.6%
This is a clear, golden beer with a soft fruity orange nose and a smote body
highlighted by a little yeast and spice. $9.00
Stella Artois (Belguim) 5.2%
First brewed in Belgium in 1366, specifically for Christmas, Stella Artois has
become a leading Premium strength lager, and is one of the most popular on the market to date. Stella is a lovely golden colour, as are most lagers, but this one has a very subtle, yet distinctive, aftertaste, that distinguishes it from other
lagers. $6.50
WHEAT BEERS.
Croucher “The Hef” (Rotorua) 5%
“Flavoursome beer with a beautiful aroma of sweet wild herbs and wild flowers. Better than most of the top Belgian wheat beers I've tasted. Deliciously fruity and silken smooth with little bitterness evident.” 330ml $7.00
Three Boys Wheat (Christchurch) 5%
This is an interesting twist on the popular Belbian style wheat beer. Instead of the usual orange peel they use lemon zest. The result is a refreshing nose of citrus and coriander culminating in a creamy, spicy beer with a sour citrus snap and a long spicy finish. 500ml $11.50
Emmersons Weissbier (Dunedin) 5%
This beer is spicy and fruity with a giveaway hint of banana, bubblegum and clove. This style of beer is new to New Zealand palates but most are instantly
impressed with this tasty refreshing style. 500ml $10.00
Little Creatures (Perth Aus) 5.2%
The little creatures brewery is in an old crocodile farm in Perth. The use of American hop flowers gives an all new level of aroma, flavour and bitterness. With yeast left in the bottle this is a cloudy beer with serious flavour of hop, pine, citrus, grapefruit and lychee with a rousing bitter finish. 330ml $7.50
Schneider Weisse (Germany) 5.4%
The copper coloured Schneider Weisse has a thick heavy head and throws an aroma of banana, clove and nutmeg. The body is creamy with hints of those
flavours before a great tart finish. 500ml $11.00
Moa Blue (Nelson)
Brewed using 65% wheat malt and 35% barley malt resulting in a elegantly smooth beer with hints of spice and uplifting esters. 375ml $ 11.00
Wigram Hefe Weizen (Wigram, Christchurch) 5%
This is a German-style cloudy wheat beer. It has a light malt flavour with
pronounced clove and banana spiciness. This ale's predominate flavour is
produced from the specialty yeast used in fermentation. 500ml $11.00
Tuatara Hefe (Waikanae) 330ml 5%
This is an unusual beer and may challenge some with its flavours of banana,
juicyfruit gum, vanilla and spicy cloves but there are few beers more refreshing.
330ml $7.00
ALES, PALE ALES & IPA.
Founders Redhead (Nelson) 4.7%
A rare amber lager with a firm, fruity taste followed by a zingy hop finish. All Founders beers are organic, and are suitable for vegans. 500ml $9.50
Emersons 1812 (Dunedin) 5%
This was the first New Zealand craft beer to receive international recognition when it made the top 500 beers. This is a full, rounded, juicy malty beer with
orange, caramel and nut flavours. It has a strong finish and is overall a great beer. 500ml $10.00
Crouchers Pale Ale (Rotorua) 5%
This is the flagship beer from the Croucher Brewing Company. It is a burnished golden ale which shows a punchy nose of hops and tropical fruit. It has a full body with pronounced orange and caramel notes. This beer finishes strongly with a lingering dry finish. 500ml $7.00
Coopers Sparkling Ale (Australia) 5.8%
This beer was first made in the 1850s by Thomas Cooper. He made it from an old family recipie designed to cure his wifes illness. The Sparkling Ale is a cloudy golden ale with a full nose of apples and bananas and a robust body followed by a quenching dry finish. 500ml $7.00
Razor Back Premium Bitter (Christchurch) 5%
Full bodied and top fermented this beer has a balanced malt flavour. It is
generously hopped and is accompanied with some interesting estuary notes
derived from ale yeast. 330ml $6.50
Coopers Original Pale Ale (Australia) 4.5%
There is a suggestion that drinking Coopers means no hangovers because of the yeast left in the bottle. NOT true unfortunately. This lovely ale has hints of
orange, apple and vanilla with a stunning crisp finish. 330ml $7.00
Renaissance Discovery Apa (Blenheim) 4.5%
This was originally a special release but proved very popular and it there for joined the standard range from Renaissance. American Pale Ales tend to be full of big bold hops. Discovery is a full bodied dark golden ale with lingering
resinous finish. 500ml $12.50
Three Boys IPA (Christchurch) Harringtons
The Indian Pale Ale was born when handfuls of fresh hops were added to barrels to preserve beer quality when shipping from England to colonial India. It is the same generous additions of hops that allow Three Boys IPA to also survive the long haul, but when drunk fresh you can really appreciate the aroma our special selection of NZ hops creates . 500ml $11.00
Classy Red American Pale Ale (Christchurch) 5.2%
Brewed using the highest quality malts with five varieties of premium hops. Dry hopped to balance the bitterness with wholesome flavour. This is a tasty full
flavoured hoppy Ale. 330ml $6.50
Wigram Harvard Honey Ale (Wigram, Christchurch) 6%
This copper coloured ale has a faint honey aroma. This mild, medium body beer has a distinct honey flavour balanced well with a clean crisp hoppy finish. At the end, a slight sweetness stays on the palate. 330ml $10.00
Tuatara IPA. (Waikanae) 5%
This Indian Pale Ale gives us a good example of the popular style of strong, hoppy beer originally developed to survive the long journey of British colonists and soldiers. Full in the mouth, there is tropical fruitiness before an imperial
bitter finish. 330ml $7.00
Renaissance Stonecutter Scotch Ale (Blenheim) 7%
This beer is BIG in flavour brought on by using 9 different malts. It is dark and resplendent with hints of stonefruit, molasses, Christmas cake, toffee, chocolate and liquorice. A fantastic beer. 500ml $12.50
Epic Pale Ale (Auckland) 5.4%
Epic was crowned Supreme Champion Beer of New Zealand just weeks after it was launched. The brewer uses a lot of hops which, he says, makes the flavour.
330ml $6.50
Tui (New Zealand) 4%
One of the biggest selling beers in New Zealand well known for its advertising style and content. 330ml $4.00
Renaissance Perfection Pale Ale
Creamy and Tart with toffee notes a classic hoppy English Ale. 500ml $13.00
Victoria Bitter (Australia) 4.8%
VB is a full flavoured brew, less malty in character and slightly darker than CUB's traditional lagers. A gentle fruitiness in the aroma complements the sweet malt on the mid-palate balancing perfectly with a robust, hop bitterness $4.50
Tuatara Ardennes (Waikanae) 6.5%
This wonderful ale is suitably robust and boisterous based on the Belgian strong ale style. The big chewy body follows through with more orange, spice and
pepper. A complex, bitter and fruity aftertaste rounds out this brew. 500ml $7.00
Wigram Harvard Honey Ale (Wigram, Christchurch) 6%
This copper coloured ale has a faint honey aroma. This mild, medium body beer has a distinct honey flavour balanced well with a clean crisp hoppy finish. At the end, a slight sweetness stays on the palate. 330ml $10.00
Tuatara IPA. (Waikanae) 5%
This Indian Pale Ale gives us a good example of the popular style of strong, hoppy beer originally developed to survive the long journey of British colonists and soldiers. Full in the mouth, there is tropical fruitiness before an imperial
bitter finish. 330ml $7.00
Renaissance Stonecutter Scotch Ale (Blenheim) 7%
This beer is BIG in flavour brought on by using 9 different malts. It is dark and resplendent with hints of stonefruit, molasses, Christmas cake, toffee, chocolate and liquorice. A fantastic beer. 500ml $12.50
Epic Pale Ale (Auckland) 5.4%
Epic was crowned Supreme Champion Beer of New Zealand just weeks after it was launched. The brewer uses a lot of hops which, he says, makes the flavour.
330ml $6.50
Tui (New Zealand) 4%
One of the biggest selling beers in New Zealand well known for its advertising style and content. 330ml $4.00
Renaissance Perfection Pale Ale
Creamy and Tart with toffee notes a classic hoppy English Ale. 500ml $13.00
Victoria Bitter (Australia) 4.8%
VB is a full flavoured brew, less malty in character and slightly darker than CUB's traditional lagers. A gentle fruitiness in the aroma complements the sweet malt on the mid-palate balancing perfectly with a robust, hop bitterness $4.50
Tuatara Ardennes (Waikanae) 6.5%
This wonderful ale is suitably robust and boisterous based on the Belgian strong ale style. The big chewy body follows through with more orange, spice and
pepper. A complex, bitter and fruity aftertaste rounds out this brew. 500ml $7.00
Wigram Harvard Honey Ale (Wigram, Christchurch) 6%
This copper coloured ale has a faint honey aroma. This mild, medium body beer has a distinct honey flavour balanced well with a clean crisp hoppy finish. At the end, a slight sweetness stays on the palate. 330ml $10.00
Tuatara IPA. (Waikanae) 5%
This Indian Pale Ale gives us a good example of the popular style of strong, hoppy beer originally developed to survive the long journey of British colonists and soldiers. Full in the mouth, there is tropical fruitiness before an imperial
bitter finish. 330ml $7.00
Renaissance Stonecutter Scotch Ale (Blenheim) 7%
This beer is BIG in flavour brought on by using 9 different malts. It is dark and resplendent with hints of stonefruit, molasses, Christmas cake, toffee, chocolate and liquorice. A fantastic beer. 500ml $12.50
Epic Pale Ale (Auckland) 5.4%
Epic was crowned Supreme Champion Beer of New Zealand just weeks after it was launched. The brewer uses a lot of hops which, he says, makes the flavour.
330ml $6.50
Tui (New Zealand) 4%
One of the biggest selling beers in New Zealand well known for its advertising style and content. 330ml $4.00
Renaissance Perfection Pale Ale
Creamy and Tart with toffee notes a classic hoppy English Ale. 500ml $13.00
Victoria Bitter (Australia) 4.8%
VB is a full flavoured brew, less malty in character and slightly darker than CUB's traditional lagers. A gentle fruitiness in the aroma complements the sweet malt on the mid-palate balancing perfectly with a robust, hop bitterness $4.50
Tuatara Ardennes (Waikanae) 6.5%
This wonderful ale is suitably robust and boisterous based on the Belgian strong ale style. The big chewy body follows through with more orange, spice and
pepper. A complex, bitter and fruity aftertaste rounds out this brew. 500ml $7.00
FRUITY FLAVOURED BEER
Monteiths Radler (West Coast?) 5%
This is a refreshing fruity lager, based on the original style brewed in Bavaria in the 1920's. In search of an invigorating brew, locals developed an easy drinking lager bier with a citrus twist - flavoured with lemon and lime. This beer recreates the experience, brewed to full strength with distinctive hoppy notes, a hint of natural lemon juice and a zesty citrus finish 330ml $5.00
LOW ALCHOHOL BEERS.
Amstel Light (Netherlands) 3.5%
This is unlike many light beers in that it has good strong flavour which has not been diminished by the low alcohol. It is also unusually also low in Carbs having around 35% less than other beers. 330ml $5.50
Light Ice (New Zealand) 2.5%
Lion Light Ice is 99.9% fat free and has 30% fewer calories than full strength beer. Light Ice is a crisp, refreshing full-flavoured beer with malty floral notes 330ml $5.00
WEIRD AND WONDERFUL.
Cave Creek Chili Beer (Now Mexico)
Scattered F16 parts, and lizards the size of beagles. All baked to a crisp 130 degrees. The Arizona desert. Home to 20 million rattlesnakes, It's the kind of wide open desolation that makes people think twice before shutting off the car. And a place where a cold beer is pretty damned important. For Crazy Ed Chilleen, of Cave Creek, Arizona, (Pop.1328 including coyotes and cattle) beer was much too important to be trusted to outsiders. So, in 1989, he started brewing his own beer. The town was suspicious. And became even more so when an entire
brewery arrived in crates at the foot of Black Mountain, along with a German named Arnold. But after the first batch the people began to come around. The beer was good, damn good, So good in fact, the yuppies started driving in from all over to try it. Something had to be done, So , whenever one of them whined for a "wedge of lime" Ed started putting a hot Serrano chili pepper into the beer
instead. Amazingly, about 2 out of ten actually liked the stuff. Surely, thought Ed, the Eighties had come to close.
Today the Brewery in Cave Creek is closed but Chili Beer Lives on and is being made in Tecate, Mexico and being distributed worldwide.
This is a beer for the VERY brave indeed! 330ml $6.50