Sour Beer

Step into the Ripple... Refreshingly sour yet oh so smooth. Juicy, yet tart boysenberry paired with notes of smooth vanilla ice cream create the classic kiwi duet. Supported by a steady backbone of wheat, this beer presents an all-star performance suitable for any occasion!

5% ABV

8.0% - Mango & Raspberry Milkshake Sour

Grab a can and take your mouth to the dance floor. Mangoberry Tango - Mango and Raspberry Milkshake Sour, juicy sour with ripe red raspberries, balanced with sweet mango puree, vanilla beans and smooth creamy milk sugar. One sip will have your tastebuds dancing.

This jammy journey of mouth FOMO keeps going! The unique and piquant vibrancy of sea buckthorns take centre stage in this dance, partnering with sweet juicy strawberries for a carefully choreographed combo of yum. A thick orange pour is slightly pinkened by the strawberry and delivers an aroma of tangy citrus with a sweet strawberry poke. Despite the huge sweet and sour punch, there is a balanced, luscious mouthfeel and clean sour base to finish out the beer.

BERLINER WEISSE

440ml Cans

4.5% ALC./VOL.

We've remixed this love-child of a Berliner Weisse and an IPA with bushels of sweet, legendary and local Ike's Mandarins. American and New Zealand hops deliver juicy fruit flavours and gentle bitterness, while live cultures create a natural thirst-quenching sourness to the beer. The result is juicy, bold, light, and totally outta sight.

Back Block Wild Sour 6.7%

Wildflower ale, spontaneous fermented using only the wild yeast from freshly foraged m?nuka flowers, aged in oak barrels and then blended with a batch of fresh beer ?hopped? with m?nuka tips. The result is a deliciously drinkable dark ale, with a delicately tart citrus, floral, honey flavour and a light, spicy m?nuka twist. Go wild. Brewed for the Hokitika Wild Foods festival.

This beer started out as two seperate barrels that we filled in 2018. Three years later we blended the two barrels together before separating the blend out into two different finishing barrels. This part of the blend was finished in an american oak barrel with 250g/L blueberries and raspberries.

7.4% ABV

This complex brown sour beer was inspired by the traditional Oud Bruin styles of West Flanders, Belgium. Aged in a single large oak foudre (vat) for 5 Years, a collection of wild yeast and bacteria go to work, slowly transforming the beer. The result is a unique beer, with a chocolatey-malt base mixed with sherry, leather, tobacco and a hint of smoke. Lactic acid bacteria add a distinct tartness, and Brettanomyces provide that classic wild funk.

11% ABV

A refreshing, light, hoppy, sour and very fruity tasting beer inspired by traditional Berliner Weisse ales. 

Naturally soured by live cultures and hopped with American and New Zealand hops. Probably the closest thing I have tasted to fruit juice, that didn't contain any fruit at all! 

- It's a Juicy trip, dude.

4.0% ABV.

Fruit World Famous is a series of fruit sours. Always made from the finest fruit purée. This rendition is packed with the brightest raspberries we could find.

6% ABV

An Ode to Limoncello. A joy to sip, a pleasure to share. Smooth and creamy with a healthy dose of citrus. Stay Classy, Wanaka.

*Contains Lactose (milk product).

6%

We love sour beer, and we also love a good sour cocktail, especially a bramble. So, it was pretty natural for us to add a ton of blackberries to a Berliner Weisse and create this fantastic, refreshing beer you're holding right now.

We love sour beers, and with sunny drinking weather on the way we figured we’d take a crack at an Imperial this time around.  The idea coming from a beloved English pudding – Eton Mess. We have thrown in every berry we could get our hands on and topped it all off with lashings of vanilla and milk sugar.  Our new favourite dessert.

8.0% ABV

This jammy journey of mouth FOMO keeps on going! Rich, soft banana pairs oh so well with the earthy, floral sweetness of ripe blueberries with the fruity threesome completed by luscious tropical coconut. A thick, pink to purple pour makes you blink a few times before delivering the aroma of Hawaiian beaches. Flavour-wise, this brew is indexed in your tongue library under T for tropical. A delicious smooth sweet and tangy punch and vanillary earthiness finished by a balanced, luscious mouthfeel and clean sour base to finish out the beer.

Low Bro -Tropical Chilli Sour 2.5%

Howdy partner, are you ready to buck up and double down? This hombre is taking all the flavours of the big dawgs and dropping it low. The juicy tropical fruit of mango and passion fruit combined with the kick of habanero chillis to kick it up a notch! 

Flavours: Pilsner malt, wheat, oats and a bit of Gladiator malts kettler soured to kick up the mouth feel and match the punch from the passion fruit, mango and habaneros!

5.8% - Key Lime Pie Cream Sour

Serving up your sour by the slice. Aunt Sally?s Slice of Sunshine - Key Lime Pie Cream Sour. Made with sweet light lager malt, wheat and honey Graham Crackers, kettle soured and infused with creamy lactose milk sugar and key lime puree. An absurdly juicy sweet and zesty sour. It?s sunshine in a can.