The XPA style is designed to showcase hops while Brut styles produce a dry beer with little or no malt character. With Bone Dry Brut XPA we combine both these styles to produce a beer which is lighter in colour than a pale ale and very dry, which allows the hops to shine through. This brew uses Nectaron hops which bring intense tropical fruit and citrus aroma. Bone Dry is an easy drinker, dry and crisp, with a noticeable hop experience, and low in carbohydrates compared to other beer styles. **Highly Commended - New World Beer & Cider Awards 2019 and 2024**
5.7% ABV

Porter is the oldest commercially brewed style and London Porter was Emerson’s first beer. Dark, dry and mellow with some hoppy characteristics, pours a deep brown colour with reddish tints. The aroma is toasty, with a hint of sweetness and some earthy hop notes. Firm-bodied but not heavy, with a creamy texture, the dryish palate is full of roasted malt, coffeeish notes and a sustained bitterness.

NEW RELEASE – NZIPA 2024 Winner Best Packaged Beer Smith’s NZIPA Challenge

After taking out 1st place in the Packaged Beer category and 3^rd place overall at Smith’s NZIPA Challenge we present this year’s entry NZIPA 2024 . We’ve taken inspiration from the nouveau Westy IPA styles of the US. A simple and light pilsner malt base layered with these three New Zealand hops Southern Cross, Wai-iti and Nectaron, we find flavours of pine, lemon citrus and stone fruits. An attempt to see where simplicity might intersect intrigue.

ABV: 6.5%

NEW RELEASE – Sunrise 07 Celebrating International Womens Day – Pink Boots Colab.

Sunrise Series, 07 Hazy Pale Ale Pink Boots Co-lab. Who runs the world!… Sunshine Brewery has paired up with Pink Boots for International Women’s Day. The 7th annual YCH hop blend includes Idaho 7, Ahtanum, El Dorado and HBC638 bringing hits of berry, tropical and stone fruit. Brewed by our two rising young brewers, Nona and Marion, we are sure this will be a banger.

ABV: 5%

Edgar, oak barrel aged farmhouse ale, laced with Sauvignon Blanc-derived Phantasm thiol-enrichment powder, and fermented with a unique blend of Wild Workshop and Sapwood Cellars’ own house cultures.

Brilliant gold farmhouse ale with otherworldly notes of bright citrus, gooseberry and white grape.

“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.” ― Edgar Allan Poe

Brewed in collaboration with Scott Janish from Maryland’s Sapwood Cellars.

Special release- 3 year aged wild ale

Pale golden colour with a foamy white head. Light biscuity malt notes carry the hops. A mix of American Citra and NZ Cascade hops give the beer a bright and vibrant citrus burst. Crisp and drinkable. Lower in alcohol than most IPAs.

5.8% ABV

Tropical Stout with notes of guava, pineapple and cacao. Delicate and moreish.

Grisette is a blond ale, related to the farmhouse ales of Hainaut in Francophone Wallonia. This beer style was cherished by thirsty Belgian miners, after a hard days work below ground. The grain bill comprises barley malt, raw wheat and oats with moderate hopping from New Zealand grown noble hops. The classic Ardennes yeast melds the drink into a perfect refresher after a hard day's work, the lower ABV in this version beckons a second glass. Sante! 

You can have too much of a good thing. London, October 17, 1814, one of the Horse Shoe Brewery’s massive beer vats collapses releasing over half a million litres of porter, demolishing nearby buildings and killing eight people - their causes of death variously described as drowning or drunkenness. The Great Deluge, brewed with barley, oats, roasted wheat and East Kent Goldings, then aged in oak barrels for over a year with brettanomyces and lactobacilli creating a throwback style porter with dark chocolate and coffee notes and a restrained tart twist. Enjoy in moderation.

Sour Porter - 13% ABV.

This Schwarzbier (black beer) is a dark German lager which takes the classic style and gives it a twist with a dash of roast grains. Resulting in an opaque black beer with hints of coffee and caramel. First brewed under a Super Blood Moon, we have otherwise kept ours as traditional as possible with imported German malts and hops. The result is a classic style that drinks like a Munich lager with hints of roast malts and spice from the hops. Rich yet easy drinking and finishing clean with a smooth bitterness.

THUNDERBIRD  |  BRIGHT IPA

5.8% alc./vol.

They say its wings bring thunder and its eyes flash lightning, but the Thunderbird’s intensity is benevolent, its appearance a good omen. This bright IPA borrows its name to give a fresh retelling to a familiar story by keeping things lean, lucid and enlivening. Its dazzling tropical character comes thanks to modern hop varieties from North America, where these tales were first told.

Brothers Beer ? Hazesteria Hazy Pale Ale 4.6% 

There was a buzz around town. ?All I know is they used Heidleburg and Lager for malt? said a source close to the Brothers Beer crew. Soon people started gathering around the brewery on Akiraho Street. ?I heard they are doing it keg only? said one young punk. ?Citra? said a bearded beer geek. ?Loads of Citra on the dry hop?

The crowd grew. ?My friend?s friend works with a guy that knows the brewer? said a girl wearing Docs ?and he says they used Mosiac AND Motueka in the boil!?

A chant began: ?Hazy! Hazy! Hazy! HAZY!?

As if answering their call a light came shining out of the brewery.

The crowd stood as one and raised their hands to it.

Prepare to be spellbound by "The Mystic" embark on a journey of discovery with every sip of this Hazy NZ IPA which showcases stone fruits, tropical notes, and a resinous kick. Single-hopped with Nelson Sauvin, it offers big body and bold flavors with a distinct twist.

5.8% ABV.