Yeastie Boys Latest Release Punches Above Its Weight

[Sam Possenniskie (TGM)]

Not ones to let Luke steal all the thunder with new releases, Yeastie Boys have one of their own to announce. And as always seems to be the case, you Wellingtonians get first dibs on tasting...


An advanced tasting of Yeastie Boys 'Kid Chocolate' will be available to keen beer enthusiasts at the BeerNZ stand during this weekend's New Zealand Beer Festival in Wellington's Waitangi Park.

Already known for pushing limits and breaking free of styles, Kid Chocolate may be Yeastie Boys most outrageous beer yet. As most other craft brewers push the upper ends of beer flavour (and alcohol limits) the Yeastie Boys drop down to the lower end (to our favourite beer style) in an attempt squeeze as much flavour as they can from an ale of only 3.6% ABV.

"It was an obvious choice to go with a mild ale" says Yeastie Boy Stu McKinlay. "We created Pot Kettle Black for our beer loving friends, Golden Boy for those who were curious but less initiated in the world of flavoursome beer, and now this one is for us - the perfect quaffer for thirsty boys".

English Mild Ales are refreshing, flavourful, light-flavored, malt-accented beers that are difficult to make but are readily suited to drinking in quantity by thirsty (and 'Yeastie') men and women. The Yeastie Boys version, with a uniquely New Zealand hop twist, is chestnut coloured with a little autumn fruit on both the nose and the palate (from the combination of new world Nelson 'Rakau' hops and our old world 'West Yorkshire' yeast). Perfect, we think, for drinking through the latter days of summer.

Yeastie Boys, everything we do gohn be funky.

About the beer:
Style:
English-style Dark Mild Ale
Stats:
ABV 3.6%
Bitterness = 14 IBU
Colour = 18 SRM
Ingredients:
Malt: Maris Otter Pale Malt, Caramunich Type I, Brown Malt, Dark Caramalt, Black Malt
Hops: Pacific Gem, Rakau (organic, to please the brewing gods)
Yeast: Wyeast "West Yorkshire Ale"
http://www.yeastieboys.co.nz/kid-chocolate/

[Reviled]

Is there gonna be any at the AKL Beer festival??

[HerrSchnapps]

Any idea when it'll appear at Pomeroys?

[Sam Possenniskie (TGM)]

Unfortunately, it is not going to make it to the Auckland beer fest. So just a lucky first taster for those Wellingtonians.

We'll be working with Craig to get out to the masses in March, so will keep you posted on that.

Sam

[Reviled]

Gaaah :o( We allways miss out, not fair! I really need to come home :o(

[Stu McKinlay]

We'll get a few bottles to Beerstore again too. Very limited again though.

Perfect, we think, for drinking through the latter days of summer.
It's anything but late summer out there today...

[Sam Possenniskie (TGM)]

Auckland Tap News - Kid Chocolate to go on at Galbraiths!

Keith confirmed an order this week, so if you missed out at the beer festival, you'll get a second chance to taste Kid Chocolate - that's if I don't drink it all first.

I'll post when it is about to go on, but the challenge is to see if we can get through the keg quicker than the 72 hours it took for Pot Kettle Black to run dry.

[denimglen]

Will be down for that.

Hand pump too aye? Ooooooooh would be so good on pump.

[Sam Possenniskie (TGM)]

unfortunately no handpump, would have to travel down to Chch and Dunedin for that. some people get all the luck!

[denimglen]

Aww sucks, oh well better than most of the other tripe that's served on tap around AK. Ahem Radler.

[Ally Mcg]

Handpump in Chch? Where about?

I've only seen it on tap at Poms and at the Hops beer festival on Saturday past. Is there another location in Chch i don't know about?

Struggles to contain self

[Sam Possenniskie (TGM)]

join the staff at Canterbury Uni and you could be in luck

[Ally Mcg]

Argh - now i did used to have a friend who worked there but she's moved to Auckland.

Foiled then. Or perhaps time to re-invent myself as an Eastern European Professor of Philosophy...