BECAUSE THIS DESERVES A TOAST!
We're feeling rather proud of the results from this year's New Zealand Beer Awards, and want to acknowledge the hard mahi from the 8 Wired brewery team!
Here are the beers that got us the wins!3 x Gold: Oude Imperiale, Mahu Lager & Hop Salad
5 x Silver: Wild Feijoa, A Fistful Of Raspberries, Brave Old World Imperial English Stout, iStout and Lo-Fi
4 x Bronze: Semiconductor, Ernest, Hippy Berliner and Mando a Mando
Huge congrats to all of the breweries celebrating their success - quality in the beer, but also the breweries themselves, whose work makes the NZ brewing industry what it is!
Mahu - Lager 4.5%
Hop Salad - Hazy IPA 6%
Brave Old World - English Imperial Stout 9.5%
iStout - Imperial Stout 10%
Lo-Fi - Low Alcohol Sour 2%
Ernest - Daiquiri Inspired Sour 5.2%
Hippy Berliner - Sour Hoppy Ale 4%
Oude Imperiale - Spontaneously Fermented Sour 8%
Wild Feijoa 2021 - Sour Pale Ale 6.3%