Type: New Zealand Session Lager Malts: Pilsener, Crystal Hops: Green Bullet, Dr Rudi, Motueka Serve at: 5-7 °C Alc/vol: 3.8% IBU's: 24
Enjoyed in the sun, since 1989.
We called it Gold because it came first. Part local legend, part New Zealand icon – Gisborne Gold is a lightly hopped drop with solid malt backbone guaranteed to quench any hard-earned thirst.
Drop into this extra special sessionable Hazy IPA. As accessible as its namesake surf break, Stockies combines power and depth with a citrusy twist to leave you feeling refreshed. Using a mix of Australian and New Zealand hops, this satisfying beer will have you hanging out for another set.
Type: New Zealand Pilsner Malts: NZ Pilsner Malt Hops: Motueka, Riwaka and Nelson Sauvin Serve at:5-7 °C Alc vol:5% IBU’s: 30 We threw together some Motueka, Riwaka and Nelson Sauvin hops to create a refreshingly modern Kiwi pilsner and the perfect palate cleanser after a long afternoon surfing The Pipe.
A Mexican lager made the Gisborne way, with a blend of Riwaka and Citra hops and locally grown maize. Crisp and refreshing with grapefruit and citrus aromas, it’s definitely worth crossing the border for.
Type:Extra Pale Ale Malts: Gladfield Pilsner Hops: Citra, Amarillo, Mosaic Serve at: 5-7 °C Alc vol: 4.5% IBU’s: 30
We cranked up the aroma and dialled down the bitterness to create the taste of Kiwi summer: a lightly malted ale with refreshingly tropical notes for fans of mango, pineapple, lemon – and summers that never end.
Type: Pale Ale Malts: American Ale, Caramalt and Carahell Hops: Mosaic, Simcoe and Nelson Sauvin Serve at:6-8°C Alc vol: 5% IBU’s: 50
If you like medium bodied, easy to drink, golden pale ales, this one’s for you. Tropicalfruit aromas over a sweet malt base makes this a go-to beer for every occasion.
Citra and Mosaic hops combine to create a refreshingly crisp, flavour-driven light pilsner. With subtle lime and lemongrass notes, it’s the ideal brew for kicking back on long sunny days.
Type:India Pale Ale Malts: Pilsner, Toffee, Vienna and Caragold Hops: Cascade, Mosaic, Columbus, Simcoe, Amarillo and Centennial Serve at:6-8°C Alc vol: 6% IBU’s: 60 Awards: Bronze Medal - Australian International Beer Awards, 2017
Inspired by Gisborne’s long Indian summers, this India Pale Ale is an explosion of earthy pine and citrus over a nutty malt base. Savour the bittersweet hit of soft caramel notes and 6 different American hops.
The black sheep of the Sunshine family, this luscious stout is a smooth, velvety blend of chocolate, coffee and vanilla with roasted malt. Rich but balanced, this is a brew that demands to be savoured.
How many Blueberries you ask?!
More than enough to make Violette Beauregarde blush in their presence. But this illustration is post recovery.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and today Violette is very fond of these local blues from Hauiti Berries. Blended with Tongan vanilla, this dry-Berliner Weisse-Philly Sour hopes to bring out an inner child so that we all receive golden tickets!
You can count pomegranate orchards in NZ on one hand. Luckily, Dean and Sheree farm theirs just up the road.
Most of us didn't even know how to harvest this fruit, but with a bit of help from GOOGLE and some extra stone fruit, we have produced another sour combination. Apricots supply a fleshy thickness to the red fruit and floral background to the antioxidant champion. As usual, the combination is added to a wheat and oat heavy malt base that will provide all the quenching needed.
We're over the moon to introduce The Eclipse Series, Sunshine Brewing's exploration into darkness. Whether classic dark styles or something new on the event horizon. The sky really is the limit!
Tiramisu Stout - A dessert inspired stout laced with Tongan vanilla, NZ cold brew and Cacao. A delectable treat the EVERYONE can enjoy without the use of lactose.
The First of the East Coast IPA series. No Access is a solid and consistent
peaking wave.
A mash of barley, oats and wheat give a solid palate weight to allow the juicy
swell of 3 aromatic hops to peak explosively in unison. Surges of tropical fruit
and lime lead through to an easy bitterness and hazy goodness.
Part of the East Coast Surf Series - Mahia Editions
The report says large swell and long interval. On the horizon, just another big hazy. The alcohol is as tame as the ski ride out to the break, but upon arrival on the palate, this is a whole other beast. Coconut cream and ripe papaya softens the blow, but the huge hit of pineapple and lime citrus could break your tongue in half, much like a bail at this iconic East coast break.
A Makorori Beach Break. Red Bus was originally a collaboration brew with
Thornbridge Brewery in the UK.
A mash of caramalts, oats and wheat delivers a solid palate whack with
toffee flavours predominant. Peeling this beer back delivers honeydew
melon, apricot and tropical notes, which come at you from all directions.
A perfectly balanced beer with a low bitterness.
An amalgamation of two hop-centric brewing styles; Cold IPA, meet my friend Dip Hop!
This beer has been produces using multiple modern techniques to provide a clean malt base with pilsner and rice to allow the El Dorado and Simcoe hops shine to their maximum potential. Much like the name, Sunshine beers will continue to roll in set after set but will never be the same as the one before it.
White Fence explores the blending of two great styles, a hazy IPA and a
Belgian wheat beer.
Notes of citrus and Lemongrass alongside Belgian yeast esters lift from the
glass and play on the palate as the yeast helps work the Vienna and wheat
malts into an ale of great complexity and flavour.
Local Pauariki honey combined with a belgium yeast create a lifted bouquet of wild thyme and mandarin marmalade notes that play alongside the spicy orange citrus phenolics. A broad malt palate is cleansed by the warming but soft alcohol finish.
It's all reminiscent of the changing tides on a sunny spring day here on the East Coast.
The black sheep of the Sunshine family, this luscious stout is a smooth, velvety blend of chocolate, coffee and vanilla with roasted malt. Rich but balanced, this is a brew that demands to be savoured.
Type:India Pale Ale Malts: Pilsner, Toffee, Vienna and Caragold Hops: Cascade, Mosaic, Columbus, Simcoe, Amarillo and Centennial Serve at:6-8°C Alc vol: 6% IBU’s: 60 Awards: Bronze Medal - Australian International Beer Awards, 2017
Inspired by Gisborne’s long Indian summers, this India Pale Ale is an explosion of earthy pine and citrus over a nutty malt base. Savour the bittersweet hit of soft caramel notes and 6 different American hops.
Citra and Mosaic hops combine to create a refreshingly crisp, flavour-driven light pilsner. With subtle lime and lemongrass notes, it’s the ideal brew for kicking back on long sunny days.
Type: Pale Ale Malts: American Ale, Caramalt and Carahell Hops: Mosaic, Simcoe and Nelson Sauvin Serve at:6-8°C Alc vol: 5% IBU’s: 50
If you like medium bodied, easy to drink, golden pale ales, this one’s for you. Tropicalfruit aromas over a sweet malt base makes this a go-to beer for every occasion.
Type:Extra Pale Ale Malts: Gladfield Pilsner Hops: Citra, Amarillo, Mosaic Serve at: 5-7 °C Alc vol: 4.5% IBU’s: 30
We cranked up the aroma and dialled down the bitterness to create the taste of Kiwi summer: a lightly malted ale with refreshingly tropical notes for fans of mango, pineapple, lemon – and summers that never end.
A Mexican lager made the Gisborne way, with a blend of Riwaka and Citra hops and locally grown maize. Crisp and refreshing with grapefruit and citrus aromas, it’s definitely worth crossing the border for.
Type: New Zealand Pilsner Malts: NZ Pilsner Malt Hops: Motueka, Riwaka and Nelson Sauvin Serve at:5-7 °C Alc vol:5% IBU’s: 30 We threw together some Motueka, Riwaka and Nelson Sauvin hops to create a refreshingly modern Kiwi pilsner and the perfect palate cleanser after a long afternoon surfing The Pipe.
Drop into this extra special sessionable Hazy IPA. As accessible as its namesake surf break, Stockies combines power and depth with a citrusy twist to leave you feeling refreshed. Using a mix of Australian and New Zealand hops, this satisfying beer will have you hanging out for another set.
Type: New Zealand Session Lager Malts: Pilsener, Crystal Hops: Green Bullet, Dr Rudi, Motueka Serve at: 5-7 °C Alc/vol: 3.8% IBU's: 24
Enjoyed in the sun, since 1989.
We called it Gold because it came first. Part local legend, part New Zealand icon – Gisborne Gold is a lightly hopped drop with solid malt backbone guaranteed to quench any hard-earned thirst.
How many Blueberries you ask?!
More than enough to make Violette Beauregarde blush in their presence. But this illustration is post recovery.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and today Violette is very fond of these local blues from Hauiti Berries. Blended with Tongan vanilla, this dry-Berliner Weisse-Philly Sour hopes to bring out an inner child so that we all receive golden tickets!
You can count pomegranate orchards in NZ on one hand. Luckily, Dean and Sheree farm theirs just up the road.
Most of us didn't even know how to harvest this fruit, but with a bit of help from GOOGLE and some extra stone fruit, we have produced another sour combination. Apricots supply a fleshy thickness to the red fruit and floral background to the antioxidant champion. As usual, the combination is added to a wheat and oat heavy malt base that will provide all the quenching needed.
We're over the moon to introduce The Eclipse Series, Sunshine Brewing's exploration into darkness. Whether classic dark styles or something new on the event horizon. The sky really is the limit!
Tiramisu Stout - A dessert inspired stout laced with Tongan vanilla, NZ cold brew and Cacao. A delectable treat the EVERYONE can enjoy without the use of lactose.
The First of the East Coast IPA series. No Access is a solid and consistent
peaking wave.
A mash of barley, oats and wheat give a solid palate weight to allow the juicy
swell of 3 aromatic hops to peak explosively in unison. Surges of tropical fruit
and lime lead through to an easy bitterness and hazy goodness.
Part of the East Coast Surf Series - Mahia Editions
The report says large swell and long interval. On the horizon, just another big hazy. The alcohol is as tame as the ski ride out to the break, but upon arrival on the palate, this is a whole other beast. Coconut cream and ripe papaya softens the blow, but the huge hit of pineapple and lime citrus could break your tongue in half, much like a bail at this iconic East coast break.
A Makorori Beach Break. Red Bus was originally a collaboration brew with
Thornbridge Brewery in the UK.
A mash of caramalts, oats and wheat delivers a solid palate whack with
toffee flavours predominant. Peeling this beer back delivers honeydew
melon, apricot and tropical notes, which come at you from all directions.
A perfectly balanced beer with a low bitterness.
An amalgamation of two hop-centric brewing styles; Cold IPA, meet my friend Dip Hop!
This beer has been produces using multiple modern techniques to provide a clean malt base with pilsner and rice to allow the El Dorado and Simcoe hops shine to their maximum potential. Much like the name, Sunshine beers will continue to roll in set after set but will never be the same as the one before it.
White Fence explores the blending of two great styles, a hazy IPA and a
Belgian wheat beer.
Notes of citrus and Lemongrass alongside Belgian yeast esters lift from the
glass and play on the palate as the yeast helps work the Vienna and wheat
malts into an ale of great complexity and flavour.
Local Pauariki honey combined with a belgium yeast create a lifted bouquet of wild thyme and mandarin marmalade notes that play alongside the spicy orange citrus phenolics. A broad malt palate is cleansed by the warming but soft alcohol finish.
It's all reminiscent of the changing tides on a sunny spring day here on the East Coast.