[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Below is an email I got from Carlos – its too good for it to remain there! I’ve made a few modifications here an there, but for the most part the original message is there! Improving a beer with time requires certain conditions. Everything from the recipe of the beer, the ingredients used, the […]
Quickly, what do each of these 3 words have in common? butter, dragon, paper – ? melon, logged, proof -? cart, barrow, chair -? While you probably figured it was fly (butterfly, dragonfly, flypaper), water (watermelon, waterlogged, waterproof) and wheel (cartwheel, wheelbarrow, wheelchair), your ever so-slightly imbibed self probably answered correctly and quicker than your […]
We like to officially welcome our latest creation, Suragga! Suragga is an imperial tropical milk stout – think of it as winter beer who likes to holiday in tropics when its cold out. Its made with generous amounts of coconuts and copious heaps of mint to give it’s unique flavour profile. Unfortunately – if you […]
This is a short, but heart felt thank for all of you from SOBA who have voted our beer Cloudburst as Auckland’s Beer of the Year. Thank you so much, we were amazed by this result due to all the competition and excellent beers and breweries. You believed in us, and that is what keeps […]
Global trends show that alcohol consumption is declining. The youth of Britain, Australia, Iceland are drinking less, and even the stalwart drinking Russians are laying off the tipple. New Zealand is bucking this trend, both the younger demographic and older demographic are prone to hazardous drinking. Why is the global trend declining yet New Zealand falling […]
Let’s face it, the best ideas had are usually in the shower or after a sip. Unfortunately, showers aren’t terrible portable – and people aren’t always comfortable sharing ideas in the shower. That’s why beer is hands down the best idea generator! When we first started planning what Outlier Cartel would be, we went down to our favourite […]
If you are an indy brewer, then you know how much sway that Untappd reviews have. It’s a superb way of getting feedback, especially if you do non-traditional, obscure or experimental brews. Though not everyone may not like your product, but it is a good way to gauge your product’s quality. However, sometimes people are […]
What’s so bad about big breweries? Do they not offer consumers a wide range of products, from premium brews to cheapswill? On paper, the consumer wins. So are complaints by independent brewers just much ado about nothing? After all, if the beer tastes good, why should the consumer care at all? Independent Brewers associations across […]
When thinking of German beer, most people think of clean crisp beer, stringently made and perfected – and boring. The Reinheitsgebot is a major region for this thinking, but did you know there were several regional varieties exempt of the German Purity law? Not only are these beers exempted, but they are also exceptional and […]
The wallet held a single dollar bill from USA, and in it’s photo compartment it had a five leaf clover that that I had discovered in Auckland Domain. There were no further contents, it was stationed in my desk drawer along other personal items, ranging from a little red address book from the University of […]