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!

ABV: 5.5%

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.

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.

ABV: 8%

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.

ABV: 7%

Dry Saison aged in ex-Viognier Barrels.
A blurred line between hop and vine, Saison du Brut is light, bright and refreshingly dry.

Saison esters overlay stone fruit aromas and vinuos characters from aging in viognier barrels

ABV: 7%

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.

ABV: 6%

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.

ABV: 6%
IBU: 24

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.

ABV: 6%

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.

ABV: 6%
IBU: 30

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.

ABV: 8.5%