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PRICING
$8 - 330ml or
$12 for 5 x tasters
Available only at the tasting bar
McCashin's Brewery
Black Forest IPA
McCashin's Brewery

Stoke, Nelson

IPA

5.8%

Rich dark chocolate malt base complemented with Nectaron, Superdelic and Pacifica hops to give tropical and berry-fruit aroma and flavour. Black Forest in a glass...

Eddyline Brewery
Southern Skies
Eddyline Brewery

Richmond, Tasman

Session Bright IPA

4.8%

Gluten Reduced, Dairy Free, Vegan

Bursting with zesty citrus and ripe tropical fruits, this easy-drinking IPA balances bold hop expression with a smooth, clean malt backbone. Expect juicy notes of stone fruit, passion fruit, and gooseberry, courtesy of the finest NZ-grown hops. Brewed sustainably and gluten-reduced, it’s the ultimate festival beer—designed for long afternoons under Nelson’s big, blue southern skies. Fresh. Crisp. Limitless.

The Mussel Inn
Bush Baby
The Mussel Inn

Onekaka, Golden Bay

NZ Bush Lager

5.7%

Gluten Reduced, Vegan, Dairy Free

Flavoured with a selection of fresh local bush herbs.

DNA Brewing
Chaotic Pale Ale
DNA Brewing

Marlborough

Non-filtered Pale Ale

4.3%

Dairy Free

A light bodied, refreshing Pale Ale featuring hops from NZ (Riwaka), Australia (Galaxy) and USA (Erebus). Hop forward but with a light touch in the bittering department. Flavours of passionfruit, grapefruit and blueberry from the trio of hops from the Pacific Rim.

Two Thumb Brewing
English Special Bitter
Two Thumb Brewing

Christchurch

ESB (hand-pulled)

5.2%

A classic English Extra Special Bitter adapted from an old Northern English recipe, but using NZ Green Bullet hops. A well-balanced malt profile is topped off with a touch of hop spiciness from the hops. Served as it should be, on the old handpull.

Hop Federation
Generations XPA
Hop Federation

Riwaka, Tasman

XPA

4.8%

An XPA using all Mac Hop grown hops to celebrate their 125th anniversary. This crisp clean XPA is a perfect way to showcase some of the hops they grow.

Sprig + Fern Brewing Co.
Harvest Hazy
Sprig + Fern Brewing Co.

Richmond, Tasman

Fresh Hop Hazy

5.4%

Dairy Free, Vegan

Fresh hops straight from the vine to the brew giving a juicy fruit hit with an abundance of citrus and tropical characters typical of the Riwaka hop. Pillowy, smooth and easy drinking.

The Cargo Collective
Hazy with a Chance of Lemons
The Cargo Collective

Queenstown

Hazy Summer Lemon

5.3%

Vegan, Dairy Free

A refreshing twist to a Hazy. Starting with a base of Pale and Vienna malt, wheat and oats are added to build the hazy base. Loaded with Zeus hops in the whirlpool, the beer is finished with a healthy dose of Southern Cross and Motueka hops to bring the summer lemon flavours forward.

Ground Up Brewing
Highway to Hell
Ground Up Brewing

Wanaka

West Coast IPA

5.0%

Vegan

This West Coast IPA delivers a bold blend of crisp apple, pear, and stone fruit aromas, with bursts of mango, pine, and citrus. Flavors of juicy pineapple, gooseberry, and white wine balance with a resinous bitterness and subtle herbal undertones. The mouthfeel is clean and crisp, with a dry, refreshing finish that enhances its bright, fruit-forward complexity

Acoustic Brewery
Mango Melody
Acoustic Brewery

Nelson

Fruited Hazy

5.2%

Vegan, Dairy Free

Mango Melody is a hazy fruity with fresh mango puree, and hopped with Galaxy, Citra, Nectaron and Freestyle’s new Mega Terps which all combine for a delicious fruit bomb. It is brewed as a dairy free version of a Milkshake Hazy, substituting oats for lactose. Tropical fruit, passionfruit, pinapple, citrus and of course mangoes combine with a smooth and creamy malt base to make a perfectly balanced hazy.

Flavourtorium
Punakaiki Pilsner
Flavourtorium

Nelson

Pilsner

4.7%

Vegan, Dairy Free

This west coast NZ pilsner has layers of flavour, much like the famous pancake rocks of Punakaiki. Oodles of Freestyle Motueka with a dab of Mot Cryo & Peacharine, lovingly fermented with Frothtech Sesh German Lager Yeast.

Ghost Brewing Co.
Rooted
Ghost Brewing Co.

Christchurch

Alcoholic Root Beer

4.5%

Dairy Free

These days anything goes in the beer world, so we took a childhood favourite and gave it a grown-up twist. Curious? Do yourself a favour—Get Rooted! Sarsaparilla | Vanilla | Star Anise | Malt | Sugar | Memories.

Thief Brewery
Tengu's Tropical Pale Ale
Thief Brewery

Christchurch

Pacific Pale Ale

5.0%

This Pacific Pale Ale is your portal to Palm Beach. A fruit-forward nose bursts with fresh-cut oranges, pineapple, and lemon zest. The light, crisp body of Pilsner malt and Golden Oats creates a bold copper hue with an orange tint, topped by a dazzling white head. On the palate, juicy oranges and lemon take center stage, balanced by sparkling carbonation and a playful bitterness.

Brood Fermentation
The Bear
Brood Fermentation

Nelson

Manuka Smoked Stout

5.4%

Dairy Free

Malt forward, smokey, salty, dry. Fermented warm with New Zealand grown malts and locally grown hops. The Bear is a sessionable, manuka smoked, saline, medium bodied beer.

Ground Up Brewing
Micro IPA
Ground Up Brewing

Wanaka

Micro IPA

2.5%

This Hazy Micro IPA bursts with zesty lemon, tropical fruit, and gooseberry aromas. Juicy citrus, pineapple, and soft pine flavors shine through, balanced by a smooth malt backbone. Light and silky on the palate, it finishes crisp and refreshing, making it an easy-drinking, fruit-forward brew with just the slight touch of bitterness.

Sprig and Fern Zero
Wingmate
Sprig and Fern Zero

Richmond, Tasman

Hazy IPA

0.5%

Our brewers have cracked the recipe to creft a truly smashable drop, with a pleasant hoppy aromatic from the combination of Idaho 7 and Nectaron hops used within.

It’s aromatic and full-flavoured, hazy and delicious, but entirely non-alcoholic. You can always rely on your Wingmate.

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