Yeastie Boys
| Yeastie Boys |
| Location |
Wellington, New Zealand |
| Owner(s) |
Independent |
| Year opened |
2008 |
| Annual production |
Growing |
Yeastie Boys is an independent brewery based in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established by beer activists Stu McKinlay and Sam Possenniskie in 2008. The brewery's name is a play on that of the band Beastie Boys. Unlike more traditional breweries the Yeastie Boys do not have a roster of regular beers which are produced year round, instead they produce a limited release of seasonal beers which are released each spring, summer, autumn and winter.[1]
Each Yeastie Boys beer name is based on popular culture references, with some being straightforward and others more obscure. They Yeastie Boys themselves shun the popular practice of beer and food matching, instead choosing to match their beers with music, films, places or people.
Yeastie Boys beers are all developed by award-winning homebrewer (and Yeastie Boys director) Stu McKinlay in Wellington, New Zealand. The beers, as of 2010, have all been commercially produced at the Invercargill Brewery in Invercargill, New Zealand under the watchful eye of champion brewer Steve Nally.
Awards
Pot Kettle Black:
- Best in Class (Porters and Stouts) and Gold Medal - 2009 BrewNZ Beer Awards[2]
- People's Choice - Beervana 2009
- Silver Medal (Porters) - 2010 Australian International Beer Awards[3]
- Silver Medal (Ales) - 2011 Australian International Beer Awards[3]
- Silver Medal (Porters and Stouts) - 2011 BrewNZ Beer Awards
Rex Attitude:
- Morton Coutts Trophy for Innovation - 2011 BrewNZ Beer Awards
PKB Remix 2010:
- Bronze Medal (Ales) - 2011 Australian International Beer Awards[3]
His Majesty 2010:
- Silver Medal (Ales) - 2011 Australian International Beer Awards[3]
His Majesty 2009:
- Bronze Medal - 2009 BrewNZ Beer Awards[2]
Yakima Monster 2010:
- Silver Medal - 2010 BrewNZ Beer Awards[3]
Her Majesty 2010:
- Bronze Medal - 2010 BrewNZ Beer Awards[3]
All Year Bottled Beers
- Pot Kettle Black - 6.0% Black IPA a multiple award-winning beer and New Zealand's first Black IPA
- Hud-a-wa' Strong - 6.8% rich, strong, hoppy Amber Ale
- Rex Attitude - 7.0% peat-smoked strong Golden Ale
Seasonal Bottled Beers
- Her Majesty: Innaugral release at Beervana 2010.
- PKB Remix: a playful annual remix of Pot Kettle Black to celebrate its double trophy-winning effort at BrewNZ 2009. In 2009 the hoppy porter becomes a 6.66% hoppy stout, while 2010 saw the NZ hops replaced by US Cascade and the ABV was upped to 6.8%.
Seasonal Draught/Tap Beers
- Pot Kettle Black (Porter): a popular assertively hopped Porter, which has been called a 'Black IPA' due to its notably strong New Zealand hop character. Released in September 2008 (5.2%) and June 2009 (6.0%).
- Golden Boy - 4.7% Golden Ale: a single malt summer ale using Maris Otter malt and liberally hopped with New Zealand Styrian Golding and Nelson Sauvin. Released December 2008.
- Kid Chocolate - 3.6% Mild ale: a reddish session ale, in the Yeastie Boys self-proclaimed favourite style, with a mild balance of malt and hop. One of the lowest alcohol commercial beers released in New Zealand. Released March 2009.
- Plan K - 4.6% Belgian Pale Ale: a Belgian-styled pale ale released at Beervana, Wellington, in August 2009.
- PKB Remix 2009 - 6.66% (Stout): a playful remix of Pot Kettle Black to celebrate its double trophy-winning effort at BrewNZ 2009. The hoppy porter becomes a hoppy stout.
- The Nerdherders - 4.8% New Zealand Pale Ale: A modern pacific-styled pale ale (aromatic and highly bittered) with intercontinenatal and transatlantic influences. Two batches of this beer were produced - 'B' and 'D' (referring to the respective use of Motueka and Riwaka hops - formerly known as 'Saaz B' and 'Saaz D'). Released in December 2009.
- Return to Magenta - 5.0% Hoppy Belgian Amber Ale: An amber ale with a soul twist... aromatic new world hops, biscuity malt and a spicy Belgian yeast. Released in April 2010.
- The Monsters - 6.0% New Zealand IPA and American IPA: Two India Pale Ales for winter with 100% UK malt and a monster load of hops. Two near identical batches of this beer were produced - 'Yakima Monster' and 'Motueka Monster' (referring to the respective hop growing regions of the hops used in each beer: USA and NZ respectively). Released in June 2010.
- Punkadiddle - 3.7% Ordinary Bitter: a red-hued Ordinary Bitter with 100% English malt, East Kent Goldings and a London ESB yeast.
- Rapture and Europa - 4.2% Blonde Ale: a pair of mildly hopped blond session ales brewed for summer 2009/2010 utilising the same recipe but using different yeasts (a Belgian Abbey yeast for Rapture and a German Kolsch yeast for Europa).
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