This is likely to be our last Fork Brews release of 2015 - so do join us before the silly season kicks in and starts becoming a marathon/chore! Fork Brewing's final new brew for 2015 is a 4.0% Pacific Milk Stout. Its name partly pays homage to Wellington's most horizon-infiltrating edifice, the Majestic Building: close neighbour of Fork Brewing, and in the shadow of which Fork lies, await, for weary office workers that pour forth from its sliding doors at the end of a long day. ...READ MORE
Fire & Freckles was a bit of a twist on the Belgian Table Beer style, and came about as a bit of a happy accident. Belgian Table Beers are traditionally quite low in strength - often 1-2% - and imbued characteristic Belgian yeast notes: fruity esters, clove-like phenols and other such aromatics. This Ginger, Smoke & Milk Sugar Belgian Table Beer is 3.2% and (here's where the happy accident takes place) fermented with four different yeast strains. The original yeast added to the brew was a blend of Belgian Trappist High Gravity yeast and Bavarian Wheat Blend, a combination of German Wheat Beer yeasts and an Ale yeast. ...READ MORE
There's been a bit of a long, anticipated run up to this week's release of ORE, the ostentatiously hoppy 9% India Golden Ale that was the resultant love brew between two spirit brewers. Brewed way back in the early, heady days of August, when everyone was still bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in the lead up to Beervana, ORE was a collaboration between Fork Brewing and Breakside Brewery as part of Beervanas Portland Brewers exchange. ...READ MORE
Forget new-fangled flags. The people have spoken. And they want - nay, insist - on new-fangled, flag-inspired beers. Thankfully for them, our Beervana Media Brew flag-inspired beer, Jelly AnTipodean, answered their call (unlike indulgent PMs with pre-determined flag design options) winning the Media Brew People's Choice, and selling out at Beervana last August. ...READ MORE
It struck us about a week or so back, that we hadnt sufficiently made a big enough fuss about the fact that Fork Brewing took home the bronze at Malthouse's West Coast IPA Challenge with Kelly's 6.5% The Flower Arranger. We decided it's not wholly inappropriate to continue lauding this feat, as The Flower Arranger is currently pouring on tap at Fork & Brewer to much ovation and bravos. ...READ MORE
