On a Friday night i usually settle back and have a mixed 6 pack of beers that i handpick from Dan the mans, reason i do this is for recipe and ingredient ideas [biggrin] ok and to get half shot before i switch back to my homebrew [roll]
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Stoke Dark by the Mc Cashen family Nelson NZ
notes very smooth dark beer missing the Nelson Suavin i was expecting (maybe their nelson organic hop isnt the sauvin) rated a 3 out of 5
Tui East India Pale Ale also from the land of the long white c
Hi guys.
The XPA beers are very interesting to me right now on a commercial level. It is an emerging category that is yet to be truly categorized. Craft breweries are brewing them in different ways to different levels atm. The category appears to be headed toward a very light (pilsner-like) EBC with any amount of hopping to follow that using a yet to be designated yeast profile, but appears to be clean American styled.
I've bought & tried quite a few offerings now & apart from