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WHAT'S  POURING  AT  PB?

Here you can check out our selection of what's pouring at Punky Brewster, along with some tasting notes so you know what you're in for! 


Handpull :  Pomeroy's-  Bestest  Bitter

4.2%
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duncans  -  yum  yum  yuzu  lager

4.7%
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Yum Yum is a Japanese style lager brew with Yuzu - an aromatic Japanese citrus fruit.

ALTITUDE  -  HIGH  FIVE  APA  

5.5%
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The classic celebration - stereotyped with Americans but practiced the world over. Just like the classic APA. We have brewed our simply and classically with no fussy messing around - like a high five should be. Its point of difference is the new hops of the block: Talus and Mosaic. Result - A balanced and sessionable ale with plenty of flavour. Soft citrus and floral aromas with a hint of tropicality. Fresh bitterness and a lovely biscuity edge. 

cELL  DIVISION  -  WHITE  IPA  

6.5%
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One of two Christmas beer releases for 2025. White is a white IPA which melds a Belgian wit beer with a punchy citrus-forward and bitter IPA. Brewed with a Belgian wit yeast, orange zest and coriander seeds, and hopped with US Cascade and NZ Willamette.

Mount Brewing  -  Relax,  its  only  a  lager  

4%
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The sun is high and the waves are pumping! So all you need is a refreshing lager to quench your hard earned thirst. Relax, it’s only a lager - easy drinking, clean, and sessionable
Don’t overthink it, just crack into it.
Pairs well with backyard BBQs and summer adventures.

Urbanaut  -  Pickle Lemonade Sour

3.8%
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Lock in for the ultimate team up - PICKLE LEMONADE!
This beer hits like a fresh-fruit cocktail - juicy, tangy, tart and refreshing. Zesty sour citrus notes are perfectly balanced by the herbaceous salinity of dill pickle juice in an all-round thirst-quenching combo!

Garage  Project  -  Pohutukawa Daze  Pilsner 

5%
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Kiwi summer vibes. Crystal clear, crisp New Zealand Pilsner,brewed with NZ Cascade, Riwaka,and Nelson Sauvin. Ultra clean with the perfect balance of sweet malt and snappy bitterness finished with bright citrus, white grape, and passionfruit notes. Bring on the sunshine. 

8 WIred  -  Hop Salad Hazy IPA

6%
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Hop Salad has been brewed using Nelson Sauvin, Mosaic, Citra and Galaxy hops. Imagine a big juicy bowl of Kiwi Fruit, strawberry, blueberry,peach, orange and pear, jam it all in a blender and call it an IPA.

Garage Project  -  Brown Kiwi Brown Ale

6%
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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.

Townshend  -  Sutton  Hoo  Amber  Ale  

4.7%
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An American Amber Ale with a treasure trove or flavours waiting to be discovered.

Altitude  -  Dog  LEG:  White  WATER  SERIES  #7  HAZY  IPA 

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Offered an exclusive opportunity to brew with new hop 'Dolcita' gave us the chance to whip out a new volume of our experimental hop series of hazys. This new hop on the scene from the USA offers pronounced peach candy aromas with a bit of pineapple cake and clotted cream. We have paired it with a smidge of our own hand selected nelson grown motueka. Big juicy sweet stonefruit is evident in the beer and is all wrapped up in our signature soft mouthfeel. 

Mount Brewing  -  blackbeard coffee stout

6%
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Blackbeard Coffee Stout is a result of a long term relationship with our friends and neighbours from Little Drum Coffee. We used huge amounts of carefully hand selected Brazilian single origin coffee beans, along with dark speciality malts. To deliver espresso flavours and aromas with hints of bitter dark chocolate and toffee with medium but rich complex body. A perfect beer to enjoy not only on colder winter nights but all year around, for all of the coffee and dark beer lovers out there!

Behemoth  -  Something  Hoppy  IPA 

5.9%
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Our India Pale Ale with Citra, Azacca and El Dorado hops over a lovely malt cushion. Sometimes all you need is something hoppy. This beers are for those times. To be fair most times are those times

Rhyme  X  Reason  -  Big  Banana  Wheat  Beer 

4.9%
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Don’t fear the Big Banana, while it looks awfully intimidating its fluffy mouthfeel and nostalgic flavours will surely please ya. State of mind of exactly where you’d rather be.
 

DUncan's  -  Raspberry Ripple  Ice Cream  Sour  * CONTAINS  LACTOSE 

5%
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A rare sour beer to come out of Duncan’s, and an odd one at that. This is a dessert style sour, brewed with vanilla and lactose sugar to give a slight sweetness to the delicious tartness of raspberries.

Rhyme x reason  -  Fruity Patootie Hazy IPA

4.9%
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The legend on the label of this beer almost jumped out of her signature Carhartts and shouted, "FRUITY PATOOTIE!" on trying this beer. Well Jessy, we agree, this one ticks all the boxes.

Hops: Mosaic, Citra, Loral and Rakau 

Garage  project  -  aro  valley  esb  

5.5%
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Old school ESB, fresh from the Valley. Mouth watering juicy bitterness, beautifully balanced with big chewy biscuit and toffee malt character and finished with lifted orange citrus and floral hop aroma. Does it get any more wholesome than this?
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8 Wired  -  Super  Conductor  Double  IPA 

8.8%
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Bone dry and ultra hoppy Double IPA. Brewed with 80% more hops than our already extremely hoppy HopWired IPA. Will be launched at the Annual Westcoast IPA Challenge at the Malthose in Wellington on Thursday July 14th 2011

Rhyme x Reason  -  Little deck energy Hazy IPA

2.5%
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Little Deck Energy!

2.5%, Punchy and delicious,

this wonderfully sessionable Hazy IPA is epic.

It's not about the size, it's what you do with it...

Paradise  -  Prosecco

11%
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Paradise Prosecco is a dry, fresh and crisp style of Prosecco with fresh citrus and stonefruit aromas and flavour and a long, dry finish.
Paradise Prosecco has been our best-selling wine by number of bottles sold since 2022. Delicious on its own or when paired with Aperol or Campari in a spritz (it makes for a great cocktail as it is light, fresh and dry).

Kihi  -  Pink Apple Cider

5%
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This delish cider is loaded with crisp green apples and just a splash of tart blueberry juice lending a pinkish hue that is as radiant as a sun-kissed summer’s day. Fruity and easy-drinking with a light dry finish, this is a cider made to celebrate the good times with friends and whanau.

Mount  Brewing  -  Strawberry  &  Lime  Cider

4.5%
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Flavoured with the finest NZ apples and infused with the taste of summer, strawberry and zesty lime these flavours offer a medium sweetness and a tart finish

sidetracks - limoncello spritz

4%
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This Limoncello Spritz is carefully crafted in small batches with Freshly squeezed New Zealand Meyer Lemons & all-natural ingredients. It offers a balanced zesty bite resulting in a mouth-watering beverage

Sidetracks  -  Alcoholic  ginger  beer

4.2%
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Ginger Beer carefully crafted in small batches using real brewed ginger & all-natural ingredients.

Location

OPENING HOURS 

Monday/Tuesday - Closed 
Wednesday/Thursday - 12pm - 9pm
Friday/Saturday - 12pm - 10pm
​Sunday - 12pm - 7pm