Like walking the streets of San Francisco in a fog. A flavour shockwave delivering awesome automatic dankness for your pleasurable needs. The reverberating level of fun in your mouth hole snaps shut like a wet green alligator in a technicolour dreamcoat. Synthesthesia for the masses. Launch Events: Friday 14 October – The Brewers Co-op 1st Birthday Beer Style: India Pale Ale More about the beer: ABV: 7.6% IBU: 55 Brewed with Nelson Sauvin, Comet and Simcoe hops. Where and when you can get it: First launch will be at Brewer's Co-op - watch this space. Distribution New Zealand

If you read the post from yesterday titled "How Google Translate turned Luke into a God", you know how it can be a little tricky to get some of the finer points of what's happening at the events that Luke is attending on his trip around China. Regardless, it is easy to see that there are a lot of people in China that love our beer - and Luke! Luke's first event soon after arriving in Beijing was at Drunk Restaurant, where a group had the opportunity to taste Hop Zombie and Lupulingus and discuss the intricacies of the beer,...

Some of you may have seen the WeChat link to an event that Luke will be attending in Changsha. The original article is obviously written in Chinese, so to understand it I had to get a little bit of help from Google Translate. This is what I got... Acacia know what day meet God --Epic grade tasting, Luke will meet with Each master in his field to accomplish something, and when I saw their names will always let me have physiological responses. For example, see Essay master Mr. Blan name, my mouth will not stop streaming down; see Yang Zhichun...

Following the shock and awe of Armageddon, the world was ignited with hop hysteria. Relentless cloning, cross pollenating and genetic modification still continues today as the Gods of War battle to the top of the hop mountain. Launch Events: Friday 23 September - Vultures Lane 3rd Birthday Beer Style: India Pale Ale (funnily enough) More about the beer: ABV: 6.7% IBU: 55 First in the IPA Hysteria series, this IPA showcases American Chinook and Simcoe hops. Where and when you can get it: As mentioned above, the first exclusive release will be to help celebrate Vultures Lane's 3rd Birthday party....

One question I was asked recently is what do you do while you are in Yakima during hop harvest? The short answer is I visit hop farms and meet with the hop growers and select my hops for the year. This year I am visiting the following hop farms, from which I selected some of my varieties from last year's harvest. Van Horn Farms - Columbus Black Star Farms - Mosaic C&C Farms - Centennial Perrault Farms - to visit the hop breeding plot. What does a hop farm visit entail? It is a chance to meet up with the...