Yeastie Boys: About

From the Yeastie Boys' website:

Yeastie Boys is the brewing brainchild of local brewer Stu McKinlay and New Zealand's most notorious beer hunter Sam "The Grandmaster" Possenniskie. In the name of research these two beer lovers have spent their informative years immersed within the secretive inner sanctum of the brewing world, tasting more than 2,000 different beers, in 70-plus different styles, from over 50 countries. Yeastie Boys are now unleashing this research with series of seasonal beers unlike anything else the New Zealand beer drinking public have tasted before.

Yeastie Boys' Range of Beers:

Pot Kettle Black - Pot Kettle Black is our multi-award winning 'Black IPA' (that some call a 'Hoppy Porter'). The different names convey the fact that this beer is a contradiction of styles: fresh and hoppy, yet dark and rich. Most importantly it is mindbendingly delicious and a complete original. Like all Yeastie Boys beer is is painstakingly crafted by people who love beer., then conditioned to optimum ripeness, before making its way into a bottle and then to your hands. Now take the next step and enjoy with thoughtful consideration.

Hud-a-wa' Strong - From a lineage of cryptic beer names ... Hud-a-wa' is Scots for "hold the wall" and was the nickname of one of our great-great-grandfathers. he was a strong fella who once held up a wall while his workmates escaped fro a collapsing mine. He'd have approved of this strong amber ale: rich and restorative, yet with enough hop to keep you wanting more. As hud-a-wa' would have said: "Here's tae us, wha's like us, damn few, and they're a' deid... mairs the pity!"

Rex Attitude - They said it couldn't be done, that it would be undrinkable, that we couldn't use more than 5% heavy peated malt in a beer. So we carefully considered their advice and went with 100% instead. Rex Attitude is inspired by French techno and the whisky of Scotland's west coast. like the 'Auld Alliance' it combines a little Scottish rogue with a dose of French 'je ne sais quoi'. It is, as far as we know, the world's first beer made from 100% heavy peated distilling malt.

His Majesty - His Majesty 2009 celebrates our 1st Anniversary. is year's model could be called a new world IPA but it doesn't quite toe the line. It was designed and tested by the Yeastie Boys in Wellington and then commercially brewed, conditioned to optimum ripeness, and boled at Invercargill Brewery (8 Wood St, Invercargill). It uses free range Southland water, imported malts from David Cryer Ltd, 100% NZ hops and a special ale yeast.

Her Majesty - Her Majesty 2010 is the second part of our 1st Anniversary. Some might call this a Dubbel Bruin or a Belgian Dark Strong Ale but it really just is what it is. It was designed and tested by the Yeastie Boys in Wellington and then commercially brewed, conditioned to optimum ripeness, and boled at Invercargill Brewery (8 Wood St, Invercargill). It uses free range Southland water, imported malts from David Cryer Ltd, 100% NZ hops and a special Belgian ale yeast.