What's your favorite Beer?
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Some amazing beers made down here in NZ
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/liberty-renalls-towards-muriwai/183469/
This one here is probably extinct. A touching story if you read it though, the brewer made a beer "with fuckloads of booze and interesting flavors" for his 12th aniversery with his wife.
Same brewery but very much alive, a fantastic example of a new world imperial IPA. Good to get your buzz on by itself or pair with extremely spicy food for a great time.
fantastic NZ take on a Russian imperial stout - I have heard reports of this selling for $80 US a 500 mil bottle in america of course here we get it for about 8 pounds (im converting) a bottle in a bar.
finally
Made by some friends of mine not far from where I type this, Bourbon barrel aged porter and tastes every bit its 12.8%
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I did have a bottle of the Rennalls towards Muriwai that i was going to cellar but i might have drunk it with a lady friend several months ago. In hindsight I think I would have rather had the bottle; not that it wasn't a good time.
I'm aware of 3 more bottles in captivity. Though murder is probable the only way to get one
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I see you like the more sour beer going up the page a bit.
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mikkeller-blondeaux/173110/
One of my favourite beers on the sour end of the spectrum. Probably easier to source your way then it is down here.
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Definitely can get that here. Ya gotta pay through the nose but it can be had.
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I have the same attitude about American beer. The hops that I love so much are grown here. Never have had a foreign beer with the fresh hop bomb wallop I'm looking for.
The Aussies come close, really enjoyed an ale from Little Creatures of Perth.
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Well you need to try some NZ IPAs, I would say we are even more hop obsessed then the US. The Citra i posted earlier would be an easy bet though Citra being a US hop (the best showcase of it i have had) you are probably familiar with it.
some to look for
A version of an APA made with nz hops during the great us hop shortage of 2010.
99 on rate beer enough said
Admittedly an Australian hop but our brewers are way ahead in terms a skill (they are catching up over there). Pineapple flavor coming from the hop is uncanny.
Finally another beer from another mate of mine a little bit more sensibly hopped than the last 3.
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This is the finest beer I've ever had:
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/three-floyds-dreadnaught-imperial-ipa/8933/Runner-up:
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/russian-river-pliny-the-elder/8936/Another fine one, though I find the honey unnecessary and in some vintages cloying. This one has a huge cult following:
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bells-hopslam/35488/Another reliable go-to:
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/stone-ruination-ipa/14709/This is a hometown beer that, unlike these others, has a strong malt backbone. Combined with the hoppiness, makes it a very big beer:
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/surly-furious/55798/And, more my style, their seasonal IPA:
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A friend had a bottle of this
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/three-floyds-dark-lord-russian-imperial-stout/15917/
I was out of town when it was opened (I should really stop being friends with them)
Pliny is a legendary beer that I have had the pleasure of sampling.
The surly looks well worth a try. West coast US beers a fairly easy to come by here at not exorbitant cost. East coast are harder but can still be found. Non coastal beers like hens teeth
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And confirmed once more: this is the best beer under 8°… Only 6° but has more depth in both smell and taste... Pure fucking champagne... Even my brother likes it (he had a sip)... It's very smooth and almost sweet; the sourness is there but in the background...
I've never been so convinced of a beer's quality re-visiting it, but this is the one... Holy fucking cow isn't it just...
They could have put even more/fieryer ginger in it for my taste, but as it is, it is good.