Epic Beer

[well this blog post isn't really about the arrival more of the departure to be fair. I am going to be in Wellington for the launch of Epic Armageddon IPA on Thursday 17th July, and will be staying over for the International Brewers Day on Friday 18th July, please come by if you can to try this new hop sensation - "the beer that caused the global hop crisis"]

My car can fit 8 empty kegs comfortably, but number nine becomes a hazard to the driver when going round corners. I picked up these cleaned empty kegs from Steam Brewing the night before.

Filling kegs takes sometime, and you have to be patient. It also leads to interesting conversation and a little sampling of the beers you are filling into the kegs

Because the cut off time for the freight company for a pick up from Hallertau in Riverhead is 11am, and you have to book the pick up before 9am, we frantically put four kegs each in our cars and drove safely to the Brewery in Otahuhu, where the other Epic kegs are normally picked up from.

This is the pallet of kegs that was shrink wrapped for transport to the Malthouse. They received 4 x Epic Armageddon IPA, 3 x Hallertau Maximus Humulus Lupulus and 1 x NHC Bock