Indulge in a refreshing symphony of flavours with our vodka and lemon creation. It's like sipping on a bottled lemonade ice block. Cheers to the ultimate summer refreshment!
5 % ABV

Green tea umeshu 720ml

Nakano umeshu, infused with green tea (ryoku-cha).

A refreshing balance from the astringency of green tea, paired with the aroma and tartness of Nakano’s umeshu.

A Rifter is much like that of a forager or a fossicker from the early gold mining era; they explored the rifts around the hills of Arrowtown, searching for that elusive nugget. At the end of a long day, a refreshing gin was always welcomed.

Rifters is a small batch boutique gin. Handcrafted in New Zealand using flavourful botanicals and pure New Zealand artesian water. Made to be enjoyed in good company.

Rifters bottle represents those used by the foragers and fossickers of the Arrowtown founders. The search for it took them to the Arrowtown Museum. It was there that they discovered a number of original Dutch gin bottles that had been unearthed in the town?s surrounding hills. Those bottles had been left behind by gold miners over one hundred and fifty years ago. Rifters bottle is a representation of that Arrowtown history, coloured to match the schist in the mountains that surround them in Central Otago.

Rifters was started by a couple of kiwi builders who are pretty fond of gin. One day in the workshop, they decided they might have a nudge at creating their own. A couple of years later and a whole lot of trial, they figured things out.

Tasting Notes: An enhanced dry gin full of botanical flavour, pure, clean and balanced. Citrus forward, with a fresh dry finish.

Boneface Deadlift Double IPA Can 440ml

Stand well back, it's time for weightier matters. Deadlift drops a ton of Citra, Rakau and Nelson Sauvin into a powerful Double IPA that punches you in the nose, overwhelms your palate and leaves you in a daze of citrus, stonefruit, gooseberry, grape and pear. Heavy lifting even for the committed hop fanatic so bend your knees and don't use your back like crane.

A botanical gin, small batch distilled. Infused with Elderberries & Mint Tips, along with locally foraged Wild Thyme, Manuka and Douglas Fir. 

Experience the delight of these Central Otago flavours.

San Francisco World Spirits Competition: Gold Medal 2021

It is a blending of Calvados aged a minimum of 15 years. In fact, it contains percentages of older Calvados that gives it all its nobleness.

It lets in the mouth a subtle taste of apple that gradually gives way to the refined alliances of the tannin of old Calvados. It is perfect harmony between the apple and the wood, with underlying aromas. The Calvados of all the nice moments.

"A family recipe since 1926" 

Like being smacked in the face with a log of soft-eating liquorice. This little green fairy packs a PUNCH!

There are several different ways to drink this spirit: one of which is to drink it straight. Only absinthes of the very highest calibre taste good straight and we’re proud to boast that the No8 Absinthe tastes great even at these rocket fuel-levels.

Not everyone is prepared to wrestle the green fairy at full strength and many a bar will burn absinthe-soaked sugar until it caramelises and then add it, still burning, to the rest of the measure. The flames can be put out by adding cold water, which will bring the absinthe roughly to a reasonable 38% ABV to be savoured, preferably in a crystal glass. 

Kerry Gray from Choice Bros. suggested a connection beer and handed us a vial of The Dirty Dozen from East Coast Yeast. 

We made a strong version of our Grisette then poured it into a freshly emptied Gewürztraminer , batch 3 a pinot gris barrel, then threw in the brett.. Barrel aged 10 months, Autobarn is more funk than sour, with winey vanilla overtones from the wood. Organic beer.

Silver 
NZ BGNZ
AIBA 2017.
Gold 
AIBA 2018.

Collaboration with Choice Bros Brewing
Label art: road sign adapted by Michael O'Brien and Robin Crawford.

7.6% ABV

This Naughty Fruity Ale was inspired by a well-known Belgian 'one-of-a-kind' speciality beer.  A sustaining drink, this complex beer will develop over time, with a further ageing in the bottle.  Our interpretation is unfiltered, unpasteurised and bottle conditioned for full flavour.  The grain bill is a balance of organic pilsner and crystal malts.  A subtle combination of hops and 'secret' fruits are combined with the native Flemish yeast strain giving a sweet bouquet and a rewarding strong drink.. Pour gently into a goblet at cellar temperature.  Enjoy in moderation, with a smile and good company.

8% ABV.

With predominantly local hops and slightly above-average alcohol content, our Red IPA has the same confidence and individuality that characterise our own former colony. Tantalising passionfruit aromas give way to a delightful and unexpected combination of berries, tart ruby grapefruit and a comforting toasty malt on the palate, rounded off with a satisfying, sustained finish.

6.4% ABV

A pure celebration of NZ Hops – Southern Cross, Taiheke & Nectaron – packed in to create a tropical taste explosion. Get that in ya!

6.3% ABV