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the best beers of new zealand The following are the highest rated beers brewed in New Zealand as they appear in the ranks at RateBeer.com. Beer scores are weighted means so that more ratings for a beer increase the score's tendency to the beer's actual mean. show min. 10 ratings     score count   style 1 8 Wired Batch 18 - Barrel Aged Imperial Stout    3.88 51   Imperial Stout 2 8 Wired iStout    3.87 115   Imperial Stout 3 Epic Armageddon IPA    3.77 212   India Pale Ale (IPA) 4 8 Wired HopWired IPA    3.75 196   India Pale Ale (IPA) 5 Renaissance Elemental Porter    3.73 101   Porter 6 Pink Elephant Imperious Rushin Stowt    3.71 24   Imperial Stout 7 Epic Hop Zombie    3.68 28   Imperial/Double IPA 8 8 Wired Saison Sauvin    3.68 74   Saison 9 Epic Pale Ale    3.67 117   American Pale Ale 10 Pink Elephant Mothers Bruin    3.66 3   Old Ale 11 Yeastie Boys Pot Kettle Black    3.65 76   Porter 12 Emersons Pilsner (Organic)    3.65 173   Pilsener 13 Macs Hop Harvest      R   3.64 7   Pale Lager 14 8 Wired Tall Poppy India Red Ale    3.63 92   Amber Ale 15 Renaissance Stonecutter Scotch Ale    3.62 137   Scotch Ale 16 Emersons APA     R   3.61 114   American Pale Ale 17 Emersons Brewers Reserve Weizenbock    3.60 4   Weizen Bock 18 Epic Mayhem    3.58 140   American Strong Ale 19 8 Wired ReWired Brown Ale    3.58 110   Brown Ale 20 8 Wired The Big Smoke    3.57 153   Smoked 21 Invercargill Sa!son    3.56 20   Saison 22 Australis Romanov Baltic Stout     R   3.56 13   Imperial Stout 23 Three Boys Oyster Stout    3.56 42   Stout 24 Croucher Patriot American Black Ale    3.56 25   Black IPA 25 Mussel Inn Monkey Puzzle    3.55 7   Belgian Strong Ale 26 Epic Portamarillo    3.55 70   Porter 27 Mike’s Premium Organic India Pale Ale    3.54 22   Imperial/Double IPA 28 Yeastie Boys Digital IPA    3.54 27   India Pale Ale (IPA) 29 Emersons Weissbier Dunkel     R   3.53 20   Dunkelweizen 30 Emersons Brewers Reserve Over A Barrel    3.53 3   Porter 31 Tuatara APA    3.52 32   American Pale Ale 32 Renaissance Marlborough Pale Ale (2010)    3.52 31   Imperial/Double IPA 33 The Twisted Hop Golding Bitter    3.51 23   Bitter 34 Invercargill Smokin Bishop    3.50 47   Smoked 35 Epic Barrel Aged IPA    3.50 38   India Pale Ale (IPA) 36 The Twisted Hop IPA    3.49 25   India Pale Ale (IPA) 37 Emersons Brewers Reserve Imperial Pilsner    3.49 3   Pilsener 38 The Twisted Hop Twisted Ankle    3.47 26   Old Ale 39 Emersons Bourbon Porter     R   3.47 29   Imperial/Strong Porter 40 Galbraith Resurrection    3.47 15   Abbey Tripel 41 Emersons Brewers Reserve Smoking Gun    3.46 2   Smoked 42 Emersons Old 95    3.45 122   Old Ale 43 Emersons 1812 India Pale Ale    3.45 109   India Pale Ale (IPA) 44 Renaissance Marlborough Pale Ale (2009)     R   3.44 32   Imperial/Double IPA 45 Emersons Bookbinder Bitter    3.43 53   Bitter 46 Yeastie Boys His Majesty 2009    3.42 8   India Pale Ale (IPA) 47 Harringtons Big John Special Reserve    3.42 44   Scotch Ale 48 Pink Elephant Mammoth    3.41 48   Brown Ale 49 Wellington Brewing Sorcery Spellbinder     R   3.41 2   Traditional Ale 50 Mussel Inn General Swinelager     3.41 1   Spice/Herb/Vegetable show all     score count   style 1 8 Wired Batch 18 - Barrel Aged Imperial Stout    3.88 51   Imperial Stout 2 8 Wired iStout    3.87 115   Imperial Stout 3 Epic Armageddon IPA    3.77 212   India Pale Ale (IPA) 4 8 Wired HopWired IPA    3.75 196   India Pale Ale (IPA) 5 Renaissance Elemental Porter    3.73 101   Porter 6 Pink Elephant Imperious Rushin Stowt    3.71 24   Imperial Stout 7 Epic Hop Zombie    3.68 28   Imperial/Double IPA 8 8 Wired Saison Sauvin    3.68 74   Saison 9 Epic Pale Ale    3.67 117   American Pale Ale 10 Yeastie Boys Pot Kettle Black    3.65 76   Porter 11 Emersons Pilsner (Organic)    3.65 173   Pilsener 12 8 Wired Tall Poppy India Red Ale    3.63 92   Amber Ale 13 Renaissance Stonecutter Scotch Ale    3.62 137   Scotch Ale 14 Epic Mayhem    3.58 140   American Strong Ale 15 8 Wired ReWired Brown Ale    3.58 110   Brown Ale 16 8 Wired The Big Smoke    3.57 153   Smoked 17 Invercargill Sa!son    3.56 20   Saison 18 Three Boys Oyster Stout    3.56 42   Stout 19 Croucher Patriot American Black Ale    3.56 25   Black IPA 20 Epic Portamarillo    3.55 70   Porter 21 Mike’s Premium Organic India Pale Ale    3.54 22   Imperial/Double IPA 22 Yeastie Boys Digital IPA    3.54 27   India Pale Ale (IPA) 23 Tuatara APA    3.52 32   American Pale Ale 24 Renaissance Marlborough Pale Ale (2010)    3.52 31   Imperial/Double IPA 25 The Twisted Hop Golding Bitter    3.51 23   Bitter 26 Invercargill Smokin Bishop    3.50 47   Smoked 27 Epic Barrel Aged IPA    3.50 38   India Pale Ale (IPA) 28 The Twisted Hop IPA    3.49 25   India Pale Ale (IPA) 29 The Twisted Hop Twisted Ankle    3.47 26   Old Ale 30 Galbraith Resurrection    3.47 15   Abbey Tripel 31 Emersons Old 95    3.45 122   Old Ale 32 Emersons 1812 India Pale Ale    3.45 109   India Pale Ale (IPA) 33 Emersons Bookbinder Bitter    3.43 53   Bitter 34 Harringtons Big John Special Reserve    3.42 44   Scotch Ale 35 Pink Elephant Mammoth    3.41 48   Brown Ale 36 The Twisted Hop Enigma    3.39 20   Barley Wine 37 Yeastie Boys Hud-a-wa’ Strong    3.38 19   English Strong Ale 38 Emersons Weizenbock    3.38 19   Weizen Bock 39 Moa St Josephs Belgian Tripel    3.37 48   Abbey Tripel 40 Hallertau Porter Noir    3.37 14   Porter 41 Wanaka Brewski    3.36 43   Bohemian Pilsener 42 Emersons London Porter    3.36 97   Porter 43 Epic Flying Nun 30 Year Ale    3.36 12   American Pale Ale 44 Cock and Bull Monks Habit    3.36 19   India Pale Ale (IPA) 45 Epic Thornbridge Oak Barrel Aged Stout    3.36 29   Stout 46 Mussel Inn Captain Cooker Manuka Beer    3.36 35   Spice/Herb/Vegetable 47 8 Wired The Sultan Quadrupel    3.35 56   Abt/Quadrupel 48 Epic Thornbridge Stout    3.35 55   Stout 49 Tuatara Pilsner     3.35 77   Bohemian Pilsener 50 Galbraith Bitter and Twisted    3.34 20   Premium Bitter/ESB

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