8 Wired/Renaissance/Nøgne Ø - Ø for awesome

Brewed by 8 Wired Brewing
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Blenheim, New Zealand

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle. Pours a very deep mahogany. Dense tan coloured head that falls away very slowly leaving beautiful lacing all the way down the glass. Aromas are superb. Floral pine / citrus hops brilliantly balances by deep rich toffee sweetness. Brilliant stuff. Flavours are quite sweet initial with lots of very complex malt. Resiny hop bitterness on the finish. Medium mouthfeel. Brilliant beer.

500 ml bottle 21/5/2012. Pours clear amber brown with good tan head. Aroma of alcohol, tangerine fruitiness, peach, toffee, wood, bitumen (sorry does kinda smell like newly resurfaced road with deep inhalation guessing it’s the complexity). Bitterness, tart like baobab, smooth, sweet tangerine, bitter hops not overwhelming, smooth toffee. Smooth long lasting flavour, medium to full bodied. Creamy aftertaste. Well balanced mixture. Well done, like it.

OK, so this aims to be a menage a trois between three of my all time favourites. And it does not disappoint. The balls-out hops are suitably tempered by the similarly testicularly external malts. Suffice to say, I find this rather drinkable.

Bottle. Fairly clear but very dark brown pour with a foamt tan head that quickly shrinks to surface cover. Big hoppy aroma has notes of grapefruit, lime, pine, toffee, hazelnuts and pepper. Flavour is still hugely hoppy but it also has a massive malt profile as well; having largely the same characteristics as the aroma but in more balance and abundance the flavour, at this fresh stage anyway, is almost heavy it is so big and rich, although it is still quite pleasant. Full bodied with a slick, oily mouthfeel, lively carbonation and a long bitter finish. Similar to Batch #100 as this is, it is a great brew. Very tasty and surprisingly easy to drink.

500ml bottle from mane liquor. Very dark in colour. Lots of malts not too hoppy. Very smooth amber ale. Dangerous beer at 9%

Bottle from Mane Liquor. Pours toffee brown with a small off white head. Nose is awesome. Massive, thick toffee on the nose with light chocolate notes and citrus behind it all. Very nice and quite unique. Taste is toffee front up with a long finish of smooth milk chocolate. Very tasty. As it warms, more milk chocolate comes out with lots of toffee and fruit driven notes. Medium to full mouth feel with soft carbonation helps it transition well. Very nice beer

500mL bottle and is listed as Imperial amber ale. Pours deep dark cherry red with a tan head and an amazing tropical fruit aroma followed by a toffee/chocolate malt. The flavour in the beer... wow so complex, so much going on. Tropical fruit on the tip of the tounge followed by a big bitter hop resin hit and then a creamy warming chocolate as it rolls down the back of the throat. I cant believe we got this beer in australia and i’m so glad we did, ill be back for more.

One of the better beers I have tried recently. For a train smash of three good beers this has actually worked very well. Moment you pour this you know you are in for a serious treat as it is has pungent aromas and is a dark rich mahogany. It is also very soft and balanced. I had four big beers to try tonight and though this might be a good place to start. Thinking that plan has been shot down in flames.

When I say clear, I mean that through the part of this beer that I could see, there was no haze: deep mahogany colour with tawny port tinges. A soft creamy-green colour to the head that sat happily on this beer and left good lace. The smell is something unique: spicy aromatic, herbal and unctuous. Plenty of mellow hop and spun caramel, apricot, nectarine and peach tart. So so rich. Wow. To taste it is full bodied, spicy and rich. Plenty of sticky date sweetness. While there is an initial burst of hop greenness, it softens and then develops into a chlorophyll tang that squats in the middle of the tongue and refuses to move. Then the beer develops a marmalade character, sweet and bitter at the same time with candied peel. I doubt my review has done this beer an adequate justice. I can only add that as it left my mouth I thought I heard strains of Verdi. (What a poofter you may point out: mere beer snobbery and fanciful lingo. Well you can either taste it for yourself or come here and say that and see what happens). Just WOW.