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%
Only the best is good enough for our Bestest Bitter. English grown and malted Maris Otter provide the backbone for this malt heavy English Ale while small amounts of Crystal and Biscuit malts provide sweet raisin, biscuit and dried fruit flavours. Delicately hopped with the traditional English hops of East Kent Goldings and Fuggle, bring a mixture of floral, earthy and lifted blackberry aromas.

duncans  -  yum  yum  yuzu  lager

4.7%
A dry Japanese style Lager brewed with Yuzu to give a big refreshing citrus hit. Yuzu is a type of Japanese citrus that has similar flavours to lemon, grapefruit and lime.

Chinchiller  -  Ready FIre Aim  APA 

5%
Classic APA - Hopped with Citra, Simcoe, Centennial

Emporium  -  Green Freshies  Fresh  Hop  XPA

5.7%
Our second Fresh hop beer of the season. We always add the beautifully fresh NELSON SAUVIN from Freestyle Hops as a dry hop to this XPA. This means that each year when you visit Emporium during Fresh hop season you can be enjoying the aromas of those hops, freshly picked from the fields in Nelson to your glass in as little as 3 days.

Mcleod's  -  Longboarder  Lager  

5%
A German Pilsner at heart with a heavy dose of New Zealand hops. Brewed with our house lager yeast and cold-conditioned for six weeks before we release it, the aroma is clean and bright with citrus and melon hoppiness. The taste is smooth with cracker-like maltiness and fine balanced bitterness, making it the perfect beer after a day on your longboard. Slainte mhath.

Karamu -  Cherry Peach Barrel aged sour

4.8%
Fruited lambic-style. Spontaneously fermented ale aged in oak for 12 months and then on sour cherries and peaches.

Urbanaut - golden lane bohemian pilsner

4.5%
Take a journey to Golden Lane, a bright Bohemian pilsner fashioned true to the Czech style with floor-malted Bohemian pilsner malts providing bready notes and a sturdy backbone for the hops to shine. We’ve used Saaz hops for traditional floral and herbal aromatics complemented by adding Most hops for a modern twist, bringing berry, stone fruit and citrus notes to the bouquet. This beer is crisp, hoppy and finishes with a delicate bitterness that is supremely refreshing!

Chinchiller-  Strike 111 unfiltered pale ale

5.2%
Bract Trial Hop NZH-111. It's golden in colour with a beautiful cloudiness and brewed to be enjoyed pint after pint. The malted wheat adds complexity for a well-rounded beer. With very low bitterness, it's a drink for everyone, purposefully designed to let the new bract hops shine. Singled hopped with a generous dry hop addition, the floral and tropical aromas are truly amazing.
Melon and peach are very well-balanced and pleasant, with a touch of spiciness and herbal notes in the background to complement the tropical notes.

Wilderness -  Heavy Petal Fresh Hop Pale Ale

5.4%
For fresh hops this year Wilderness are showcasing local Bold River hops. Starting with a restrained malt base for this unfiltered pale ale using all Gladfield malt. And then drove out to Bold River hops when they were harvesting their Nectaron. This beer was 'Dry hopped' straight away with the freshly picked Nectaron. The result is intense, green, dank and tropical fruit!

Garage Project  -  Oh, Vienna amber lager

4.7%
If you had to sum up this beer in three words, you’d have to say smooth, clean and balanced. Classic Vienna Style amber lager, brewed with a blend of Pilsner, Vienna and Munich with a touch of melanoidin and debittered black malt for colour and flavour. The hops are german grown Herkules and Hallertau Mittelfrüh, functioning to balance malt sweetness and bring a subtle noble character. If it was taking a road trip hops would be chilling out in the back seat enjoying the view, malts up front doing the driving and Ultravox is playing on the stereo.

Behemoth  -  Juice  Wayne  Hazy  IPA 

6.1%
Hazy IPA here to fight crime! Citra, Mosaic, Taiheke and Sabro!

Parrotdog  -  Coconut Stout

7%
Limited Release 27 is a Coconut Stout brewed with coconut and cacao nibs. Think liquid Bounty Bar packed full of coconut and chocolate, with just the right amount of sweetness. 

garage  project  -  fresh  april '26  hazy  ipa

7%
Brewed with a base of light lager, supported by a double hit of wheat malt and chitted wheat, heavily hopped with Citra, using T90 and Cryo.
The result is a rich honey gold haze crowned with bright white foam. Fresh white grape, grapefruit and pineapple lead the nose, with subtle vanilla beneath. On the palate, butter shortbread sweetness gives way to bittersweet orange, dried lime, juicy tangerine, pineapple candy and white peach.
More than enough sunny citrus and juicy stonefruit to ease any seasonal shift.

Mcleod's - sparkling   ipa

6.2%
Like sunlight on a Paua shell, this IPA shines bright. Lively and refreshing, it glimmers with zesty citrus and tropical fruit, balanced by a gentle, satisfying bitterness.

Full strength and full of flavour, Sparkling IPA is vibrant, crisp, and made to go down like a dream. A true reflection of that Northland sparkle.

Chinchiller  -  Pucker up!  Raspberry Sour

3.5%
This ridiculously refreshing beer, is our take on the classic Sour Ale style. Bursting with bright raspberry flavours, balanced by zippy tartness and a crisp, dry finish. It’s Summer in a glass.

Heyday + Shining Peak  -  Burnt Honey Brown Ale

5%
Malt driven & complex, our Burnt Honey Brown Ale features 48 kgs of in-house burnt wild honey from Egmont Honey in South Taranaki. Saddle brown in colour, a layered grain bill from Simpsons, Weyeremann & Gladfield brings notes of malty, honey, slight roast & floral along with spice.

Beer  Baroness  -  Be  Witty  Witbier 

5.5%
 

Rhyme x reason  -  Krusher  WCIPA

5.6%
 

Chinchiller  -  LIL  GC  Hoppy  Pale  ale 

2.5%
A lil hoppy 2.5% Pale Ale just for chilling - Full flavoured, light bodied taste, subtle hop and malts, perfect for relaxed, easy drinking!

Paradise  -  prosecco

11%
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%
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  -  Cherry  &  Dragonfruit  Cider  

4.5%
Replaced the wonderful rhubarb cider. Great flavour, perhaps a bit sweet.

Duncan's  -  Alcoholic Yuzu Lemonade

5%
A fruity and smash-able collaboration between Duncan’s x Monster Truck Tattoo.

Sidetracks  -  Alcoholic  ginger  beer

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