Lakeman is truly Taupo proud, and this New Zealand Pale Ale pays homage to our home. It is brewed with iconic Kiwi hops Riwaka and Moutere, giving bursts of passion fruit and citrus on an approachable malt.

ABV 5.7%

A Golden American Pale Ale with so many hops jam-packed somethin’ has gotta give and that is a rodeo of stonefruit and citrus flavours with mild malt sweetness. So, saddle up partner and say yeehah!

Hopped with Citra, Simcoe, and Centennial.

ABV 6%

Cloud Cuckoo Land is an imaginary state of absurd over optimism – something that we at Wild & Wilder are often accused of. Indeed, not so long ago, if we’d said that we wanted to make high quality, low intervention wines made from Mediterranean varieties in the Riverland, Cloud Cuckoo land is exactly where people would have said that we lived! But, we believe that anything is possible if you don’t see the obstacles, you challenge the “received wisdom” and resist the naysayers. Cloud Cuckoo Land is for everyone who feels the same.

47% Nero D’Avola, 22% Montepulciano, 17% Aglianico, 14% Grenache

Jammy with generous fruit sweetness.

100% Graciano

Grapes were selected from the best plots to make this wine. Fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks at a temperature of 25-28 °C, with automated pumpover control to ensure that aromatic and colour compounds were extracted.

Great aromatic complexity and intensity. Outstanding notes of red and dark berries, chocolate and cream, together with toasty and balsamic notes, all of these well-integrated by their passage through barrels.

Tasty in the mouth, well-structured and powerful. The tannins are noble and mature, and the wine has is full bodied, providing a very full mouthfeel. Jammy notes with toasty and cocoa hints.

A new addition to our regular range, Transient is the first core beer in the UK to showcases Strata as its lead hop. Brewed with Incognito hop oils in the whirlpool and then dry hopped to 20g/l, with Strata backed up with the ever popular tropical flavours of Citra, this is IPA is a haze of passion fruit, orange zest, mango and dank pine

7% ABV

Best Before: 2026/03/03

Inspired by the thick layers of Buxton's famous limestone quarry, this Black Forest Pancake Stout has stacks of flavour. Rich and malty with satisfying hints of sweet cherry and decadent chocolate.

9.7% ABV

Best Before: 2027/03/25

Lifted aromas of fresh cut culinary herbs, white flowers, lavender and lemon curd, with nuances of nutty spicy oak. As the wine opens, aromas of hazelnut, lilac, jasmine, white peach and orange blossom emerge. The palate is super intense and beautifully defined. Complex fruit aromas mingle with savoury depth, as the palate is driven by bright citrus line and length. The tightness and power to the finish is outstanding. There is a delightfully fine texture, beautiful acid thread and super fine phenolics on the finish. Power, intensity, elegance and grace. Cellar 6-12 years.

Concentrated aromas of spice, toasted cedar and savoury notes with a hint of vanilla.

Generous and rich, luxurious mouthfeel. The palate has a complex array of flavours with savoury notes, ripe peach, preserved lemon and a toasty finish. 

Drinking beautifully now, this wine will continue to evolve and reward over the next five to ten years with careful cellaring.

Alcohol 13% v/v

Residual sugar 2.36g/litre 

Acidity 5.8g/litre

pH 3.11

Apricot, Lime, Oak

"The 2023 Kaikora Vineyard Chardonnay is salty and spicy, with shaved fennel and salted peach, white flowers, and ground white pepper. The wine is soft through the finish, in watercolour as opposed to oil, and this potentially fits with the wet conditions of the season. This is a remarkable effort given the conditions, and more than that, the year has gifted the wine with levity and lacy detail. This is a lovely wine" Robert Parker, Wine Advocate

The aim is to produce a wine that speaks of Chardonnay. It is a youthful wine, evenly structured with emphasis on a fresh, food-friendly style and balanced palate. Stonefruit and citrus on the nose and palate with texture, character, freshness and a line af acidity through the palate. This wine is ready to drink on release and will continue to develop and fill out for 4 – 6 years.

The 2023 growing season was not without its challenges but Hawke’s Bay shows its finest under duress. The fruit was harvested in good condition with great flavours.

2023 Bilancia Chardonnay was sourced from three Hawke’s Bay vineyards; two at Roys Hill; la collina and Trelinnoe, and a small component from Central Hawke’s Bay, Kaikora, at Ōtāne. The Chardonnay fruit was all hand picked, with each vineyard kept separate as ferments. The fruit was whole-bunch pressed with some of the juice run straight to barrels from the press and some to tank for gentle settling. The juice was fermented in new and older French oak. The wine spent 11 months in oak prior to blending and bottling; there was no fining or cold settling.

A really lovely bouquet with enticing scents of pineapple and barrel spices, vanilla and clove then a creamed Brazil-nut and butter quality. A dry wine on the palate, full-bodied with a flinty reductive character then flavours of grapefruit and peach, clove and lots of texture. Fine tannins and medium+ acid line, plush, elegant and delicious. Best drinking from day of purchase through 2029.

95 Points

Oustanding

-Cam Douglas

6% - NZ Hoppy Brown Ale

It’s a kiwi success story. Brown Kiwi, hoppy New Zealand Brown Ale, brewed to celebrate the achievements of the Capital Kiwi project, successfully bringing a wild, sustainable population of  brown kiwi back to our capital for the first time in over 100 years. It just goes to show what  vision, hard work and a little kiwi ingenuity can achieve.

6% - Simcoe, Strata & Southern Cross Cali Pils

My turn. I Spy With My Little Eye Something Beginning With S. I’ll give you a hint. It’s green, and hoppy. Cali style dry hopped Pils, packed with Simcoe, Strata & Southern Cross hops in every form we could find, all in a crisp clean bright pilsner. Simply sensational.

4.2% - Apricot Witbier

Here comes the sun. Sungold, Apricot Wit. Hazy, refreshing witbier, brewed with plump white wheat, infused with juicy apricot and fermented with a classic Belgian yeast strain. Deliciously crisp, dry, lightly spicy wheat, balanced with sweet sun ripened apricots. Let the sunshine in.