{"id":390,"date":"2008-05-21T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=390"},"modified":"2011-03-02T15:09:44","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:09:44","slug":"macs-brewjolais-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/05\/21\/macs-brewjolais-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac’s ‘Brewjolais’ 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Verbatim:<\/strong> Mac’s new(ish) ‘Brewjolais’, their stab at a pale ale. And it’s a delightful little success, you’d have to say. A tasty, zingy little aromatic number that I’ve definitely taken a shine to.<\/p>\n

Afterthoughts, October 2010:<\/strong> Not just a ‘pale ale’, historical-me; a wet-hopped<\/em> pale ale. Which is a great and all-too-rare example of a big brewery making something properly Out There and Yum. Wet-hopped pale ales are made with the freshest-possible hops, which gives them an awesomely distinct flavour and nose. A few more will pop up in later entries, I’m happy to say.<\/p>\n

It’s also a bit sad to note the passing, since this photo was taken, of the brewery<\/em> at the Mac’s Brewery<\/em> Bar. That leaves Wellington (currently) without a commercial brewing operation in the City itself — Tuatara is nearest, but still an hour or so drive away. (And don’t ever let Maurice Bennett tell you that he<\/em> has a ‘Wellington brewery’, either. That’d be borderline fraud. But we might get back to him later.) Given the increased levels of beer-nerdery in this town, I do find that state of affairs rather bizarre and equally sad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Verbatim: Mac’s new(ish) ‘Brewjolais’, their stab at a pale ale. And it’s a delightful little success, you’d have to say. A tasty, zingy little aromatic number that I’ve definitely taken a shine to. Afterthoughts, October 2010: Not just a ‘pale ale’, historical-me; a wet-hopped pale ale. Which is a great and all-too-rare example of a … Continue reading Mac’s ‘Brewjolais’ 2008<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,29,12],"class_list":["post-390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-nz","tag-facebookers","tag-pale-ale"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":449,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2008\/10\/03\/james-squires-ipa-grand-ridge-hatlifter-stout\/","url_meta":{"origin":390,"position":0},"title":"James Squires IPA & Grand Ridge ‘Hatlifter’ Stout","author":"Phil","date":"October 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"In this, the first double-whammy entry, mine is the IPA. 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