Although it may sound like the latest reality television series starring Bear Grylls, ‘Mild versus Wild’ is actually a major philosophical debate bubbling away in the global beer community. 

Welcome to the first Malthouse blog for 2010.  This weekly column returns after a brief blogging hiatus certain in the knowledge that this will be another great year for craft beer in New Zealand generally and the licensed victuallers located at 48 Courtenay Place specifically.

One of the many, many joys of being a professional beer writer is that talking to interesting people about my favourite topic (beer) over my favourite adult beverage (also beer) at my favourite watering hole (Malthouse) totally counts as work.

When it comes to any change – political change, economic change or even just a change of underwear

It is officially Day Two of summer in Wellington and is fair to say that the weather so far has been consistent.  Unfortunately, it has been consistently horrible with plenty of rain, strong winds and low temperatures.

The Random House dictionary defines mayhem as “random or deliberate violence or damage.”  It is apt then that the stated original purpose of Epic Mayhem Pale Ale was to “willfully maim and cripple the palates of the most extreme hop head.”