Mad Brewers Hoppy Hefe

They’ve been having fun at the Malt Shovel brewery in recent times, throwing liquorice at a stout and everything bar the kitchen sink at their Scribbly Gum Lager. Now they’re taking a couple of styles, popping them in the kettle together and seeing what pops out at the end. One is the German hefeweizen style, the other the hoppier American wheat style, wrapped up together and finished with a Kiwi ribbon in the form of some Motueka hops. Don’t head into the bottle expecting to find much in the way of the banana or clove characters associated with a hefe, however. Instead enjoy a clean, full bodied, fluffy-headed beer that’s more about the hops – in particular the tropical lychee and passionfruit flavours of the Motueka – in much the same way that 8 Wired’s Saison Sauvin was more sauvin than saison.

Available:

Portland Hotel
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Style: Hoppy Hefeweizen
Strength: 7.0%