The now annual Malthouse Session Beer Session showcase of mid-strength brews kicks off on Friday 13 October 2017 and is officially scheduled to run until close of play on Sunday 15 October 2017.

 It has become extremely fashionable to brew sessionable.

Malthouse is hosting the launch of Te Aro Brewing Company’s mouth watering Double Dragon Imperial IPA (8%) this Friday.

 It is now four sleeps until Election Day in Aotearoa/New Zealand – possibly less given my current horrendous sleeping patterns which sadly do not involve nearly enough sleeping.

It is just over a week until the 2017 General Election in New Zealand. To say this campaign has been a rollercoaster is to deeply misunderestimate rollercoasters. It has been more akin to Richard Hammond trying to parallel park a rocket car while high on LSD. Let’s recap for those who have not been following events as closely as this political tragic 

Malthouse is hosting an impromptu mini tap takeover this weekend (8 and 9 September 2017). The Featured Brewery is the highly decorated Siren Craft Beer from Berkshire. Actually, it is hard to know exactly how “impromptu” this tap takeover really is given the beers had to come all the way from the United Kingdom and there is already a Facebook event page. Still, the beers are well worth checking out on their own merits.