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! 

RHYME  X  REASON  -  BLACK  LIPS  PORTER

5.3%
A London style Porter with beautiful milk chocolate, nutty, and biscuitty notes. A medium body creates a more sessionable dark ale. A medium bodied, creamy, yet thirst quenching porter.

MCLEODS  -  BOMBORA  AUSTRALIAN  PALE  ALE 

5.3%
McLeods' kiwi interpretation of an Australian pale ale using all Aussie malts in tandem with three of our favorite Aussie hops ; Vic Secret , Ella & Galaxy. Expect bright, tropical stone fruit up front to soft, integrated malts with a touch of caramel & solid lingering bitterness at the end . A beaut beer whether you're throwing shrimps on the barbie, or just been rippin' up bommie.

PARROTDOG  -  BITTERBITCH  IPA 

5.8%
The troublesome original release, named for the problematic first brew day which hugely emphasised its hop bitterness. It’s matured and evolved nicely over the years. Big tropical hop flavour from local varieties with strong bitterness from an English hop to honour its origins, all balanced by plenty of malt.

DOUBLE  VISION  -  RED  RASCAL  RED  IPA

6.3%
Red IPA - fresh, fruity, gooseberry and citrus hop characteristics with a gentle red malt flavour to balance.
A rascal lives in us all, sometimes big, sometimes dormant, never extinct.  Our playful nature is something close to the core and too often forgotten.  Go on, make a snowman, give it some devil horns, kick it over and make a snow angel!!

EMPORIUM  -  DROP, COVER, HOLD  TROPICAL  SOUR 

3.8%
Drop, cover, hold! A beer to commemorate the first commercial batch we did at our new brewery. It was only a 50l batch but the quake knocked it over! The small amount left went to Punky Brewster for their Xmas party, but now we are adding it to our line up as our first permanent sour beer. It also acts as a public awareness campaign...

BAYLANDS - GALACTIC  WARFARE  DOUBLE  NEIPA

8.5%
Brand new Hazy Double IPA smashed full of Galaxy, Citra and Falconers Flight hops. Think super juicy, tropical and pineapple with a cleansing bitterness, just to remind you of its strength!

EMPORIUM - BRETTIBIX  PINOT  BARREL  AGED  bretted  STOUT

6.0%
Our stout, Obsidian, aged in Pinot Noir barrels for 2 years with a brett culture from Belgium. Funky but not sour.

MCLEODS  -  NORTHERN  LIGHT  LAGER 

2.3%
Classic Lager Taste. Half the size. Meet 2.3% ABV Northern Light Vienna Lager. Crisp lager profile upfront with cracker-like aroma. It drinks smooth & hits above its weight with a surprisingly full body for such a low ABV beer. Toasty & bready malt palate hints of biscuits to a clean, dry finish with just enough bitterness to keep it refreshing.

TOWNSHEND  -  BLACK  ARROW  PILSNER

5.0%
Like the British Black Arrow rocket, our legendary Pilsner carries a payload of flavours. A combo of UK Target and NZ Hops are fired into this crisp and refreshing Pilsner.

Down the hatch!

TOWNSHEND  -  KEYSTONE  MILK  STOUT 

5.1%
Infused with cocoa husks, a by product of the chocolate making process, this stout possesses rich, deep flavour and aroma.

BEHEMOTH  -  GROUND  HOP  DAY  IPA 

6.9%
Cryo hops are essentially ground hops with the delicious lupulin extracted. So here we have Ground Hop Day (I mean who does not love Bill Murray!). This beer is full of Cryo Mosaic, Cryo Simcoe and Cryo Sabro. Giving it big fruity, piney, resiny and coconutty characters. Enjoy!

CRAFTWORK/RHYME  X  REASON  -  LEGITIMATE  LOVECHILD  BERLINER  WEISSE 

3.3%
Love Child is a coloboration with Craftwork Brewery. The Legitimate Love Child, a traditional Berliner Weisse at a respectful 3.3%. This is a super delicate, elegant brew. Clean sourness with light bready malt flavor. This is served with a house made fruited syrup. A bit of fun and something different for NZ. This is possibly the most refreshing beer RxR have ever created! 

NORTH  END  -  EXTRA  SPECIAL  BITTER 

5.3%
A new world take on the ESB style combining fruity New Zealand Hops, NZ and English malts and a fruity English yeast make for a complex and robust strong bitter.

LIBERTY  -  Juice,  BRO  HAZY  PALE  ALE

5.4%
Brand spankin' new beer from Liberty - Juice, Bro is a hazy pale ale brewed with Citra, Amarillo, & Mosaic 

Karamu  BREWING  -  SAISON

6.6%
SOBA National Homebrewing Competition 2019 champion brewer Daryl Bryant chose to brew his "house saison" as his prize here at Brewaucracy. Daryl's a hell of a nice guy, and he's considering launching his own small-scale barrelworks so you'll all soon be able to taste some of his incredible creations. Karamu Saison is pale, naturally cloudy, and dry as a bone. The aroma and palate are complex with subtle notes of white pepper, banana, and bready malt. Try stopping at just one glass... we can't!

EMPORIUM  -  DUSKY  DELIGHT  HAZY  IPA

5.9%
An unfiltered IPA brewed with Concept Brewing. A soft malt base with a hit of citrusy hops. Enjoy!

LIBERTY  -  NO  REGERTS  HAZY  IPA

6.8%
Here to make you feel better about your life choices is a special edition hazy IPA. Brewed with world famous Verdant yeast and featuring an experimental new hop variety as well as the all new Nectaron® for intense tropical fruit flavours with a citrus zing. Make no mistake, this is a beer for those who live life with no regerts.

BONEFACE  -  THE UNIT  IPA 

6.0%
The unit is the Boneface version of NZ Hopped I.P.A. With hints of grapefruit, passion-fruit & spicy citrus, backed up with those hop aromas only found in Aotearoa, it seems a lot for one beer, but it ain't called The Unit for nothing!

NORTH  END  -  SCIENCE  PILSNER

4.5%
Hoppy session Pilsner. Crisp, dry & generously hopped work NZ & US experimental hop varieties

MCLEODS  -  SUNSET  WIT

5.0%
Our nod to a neo-classic style, we made our Belgian Wit traditionally with Belgian yeast, wheat, malted oats & coriander. Of course, there's a Northland twist with fresh, hand-zested local Seville & Naval oranges from right up the road. Expect  spicy orange & fruit on the nose followed by a quintessentially soft, tart & refreshing palate. This is one of our favourite summer beers, & we expect it'll be yours, too!

BOHEMIAN  -  ORIGINAL  CYN  APPLE  CIDER 

4.9%
This is the Cider you’ve been waiting for. The Cider that you had a torrid love affair with in a past life. While most NZ cider is made from simple culinary apples, Bohemian hand harvested cider apples to make this cider!  Kingston Black, Slack Ma Girdle and Winter Banana are some of the 15+ different apples we’ve blended into this Cider. It’s wild, luscious and fruity, but with enough crispness and complexity to create a real deal flavour sensation. Needless to say it’s also Supremely Sessionable!

ZEFFER  -  RED  APPLE  CIDER 

5.0%
A lovely blush colour with toffee apple nose and off dry sweetness. It’s a perfect all-rounder and tastes just like biting into a crunchy red Hawke’s Bay apple.

CRIMSON  BADGER  GINGER  BEER 

4.0%
Small in size but huge in personality. Sweet and spicy and effortlessly refreshing.