{"id":1466,"date":"2011-01-12T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T11:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2011-06-27T16:37:59","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T04:37:59","slug":"wanaka-brewski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/01\/12\/wanaka-brewski\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanaka ‘Brewski’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Wanaka<\/a>
Wanaka 'Brewski'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This must be the first bar-but-not-\u201cbeer-bar\u201d-bar in the Diary<\/em> for quite some time. Either I should get out more, or more places should stock more interesting beer. Or, you know, both.<\/p>\n

I’d signed out of work early (ish<\/em>, if I must relativise these things for you “normal” daytime people), and was trying my hardest to be the guy who drank the last of the wonderfully-odd Portamarillo<\/a>. I nearly made it, honestly, but was convinced by my good friend Pieta that what I really<\/em> needed was a night out and a bit of old-fashioned silliness. So Mighty Mighty beckoned, as it does.<\/p>\n

People did look at me strangely when I set up to take this photo (the darkness necessitated my camera’s little tripod, which always<\/em> increases the wtf-stares), but I’ve long since left behind the days when I’d feel weird about that. And the result was totally worth it, and not a bad effort after all that Portamarillo, if I do say so myself.<\/p>\n

I’ve had ‘Brewski’ before, and I basically suspect it’s a “holiday beer” — something that people associate with enjoyable circumstances, which they then project into the thing itself. People do ask for it a lot, at work, and swear blind to its utter loveliness — but they do that about umpteen samey crisp little South East Asian lagers, and they do it for Fiji Bitter too, come to that. There’s nothing wrong<\/em> with that, of course; I’m a big advocate for keeping the ‘circumstantial’ side of beer enjoyment firmly in mind. I just think I’ll stick to having this stuff just when I’m actually in<\/em> Wanaka. It was a bit too thin, and the one-note hop focus is oddly-chosen (they use Motueka hops alone in all<\/em> of their three brews, apparently), so after finally Diarising this, I quickly switched to a Hop Rocker, to be honest.<\/p>\n

That said, the brewery has reportedly<\/a> been recently sold, so maybe we’ll see some more genuine interestingness and less mere-but-decent holidayishness soon.<\/p>\n

\"Wanaka<\/a>
Diary II entry #55, Wanaka Beerworks 'Brewski' Pilsener<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Wanaka Beerworks ‘Brewski’ Pilsener 12\/1\/11 4.8% 330ml $8 @ Mighty Mighty. An early night, in which I attempted to personally kill the Portamarillo, lead here, at the literally-dragging by Pieta. She’s having a Castlepoint, I’m having this. And terrified the Indie kids by taking a photo. I had this way<\/span> back in actual-Wanaka, so why not repeat & Diarise. Well, mostly because the band is painfully “ironic”. The beer is oddly-funked, and very pale. I suspect it’s a holiday beer, fondly remembered for circumstance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This must be the first bar-but-not-\u201cbeer-bar\u201d-bar in the Diary for quite some time. Either I should get out more, or more places should stock more interesting beer. Or, you know, both. 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