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Svend’s Beer Log 2021 11

(Rating system: 1-5. 1: undrinkable. 2: not nice. 3: decent/good. 4: very good. 5: one of the best I’ve ever had. Read more about my rating system)

Fortune Favours – The Nutter 4
Fortune Favours – The Wee Beasty 5
Fortune Favours – Lucky Fruits Cherry 5
Fortune Favours – The Saisonnier 4
Fortune Favours – The Sky Gardener 4
Fortune Favours – The Oracle 4
Mean Doses – Mean Haze 4
Garage Project – Heels To Jesus 4
Garage Project – Primal Stream 5
Garage Project – Shinrin Yoku 4
Garage Project – Norwegian Farmhouse Ale 3
Garage Project – Wildflower: Blackberry 3
Te Aro Brewing Co – Weasel Juice 4
Juice Head – Detonator 3
Garage Project – Boss Level 4
Renaissance Brewing Co – Renaissance Lager 3
Renaissance Brewing Co – Stonecutter 4
Parrotdog – Bitterbitch 4
Cassels Brewing Co – Triple Cream Milk Stout 5
Garage Project – Fresh IPA NOV 21 5
Garage Project – Oh What A Lovely Day, Let’s Go Out & Pick Some Blackberry 2020 4

Svend’s Cider & Perry Log 2021

South Cider – Crisp Apple 4
Capital Cider Co – Love & Money 4
Svatie Brewing – NZ Cider #1 4
Good George Brewing – Doris Plum Porter 3
Fortune Favours – The Sunchaser 3
Good George Brewing – Rose Cider 4
Good George Brewing – Rose Cider 4
Svatie Brewing – NZ Cider #2 Sweet As 5
Three Wise Birds – Summer Fling 4
Svatie Brewing – NZ Cider #2 Sweet As v2 5
Scoundrels And Rogues – Bad Habit 4
Kaiser Brothers Brewery Ltd – Gin Infused Cider 3
Peckham’s Cidery & Orchard – Solstice 5
Fortune Favours – The Sunchaser 3
Good George Brewing – Doris Plum Cider 4
Three Wise Birds – Hometown Hero 4
Momento Mori – Organic Apple Cider 5

Svend’s Beer Log 2021 10

(Rating system: 1-5. 1: undrinkable. 2: not nice. 3: decent/good. 4: very good. 5: one of the best I’ve ever had. Read more about my rating system)

The Sawmill Brewery – Extra Pale Ale 4
Garage Project – Fresh IPA OCT 21 5
Mean Doses – Mean IPA 4
Fork Brewing – Aronia Syndrome 4
Fork Brewing – Basic Beach 5
Fork Brewing – Hazy Train 4
Fork Brewing – Low Blow 5
North End Brewery – Super Alpha (Pacific Pale Ale) 5
Mean Doses – Mean Juice 4
Brains – Bitter 4
Garage Project – Fresh IPA SEP 21 5
8 Wired – Hop Salad 5
The Sawmill Brewery – Extra Pale Ale 4
Behemoth Brewing Co – ImPEACHment 2 4
Garage Project – Fresh IPA AUG 21 4
Garage Project – Angry Peaches 4

Svend’s Beer Log 2021 09

(Rating system: 1-5. 1: undrinkable. 2: not nice. 3: decent/good. 4: very good. 5: one of the best I’ve ever had. Read more about my rating system)

Garage Project – Peached As 5
Deep Creek Brewing Co – Aloha Guava Passionfruit Sour 4
Garage Project – Carillon 4
Garage Project – Fresh IPA AUG 21 5

Garage Project - Surrender To The Void

Garage Project – Surrender To The Void

Garage Project – Surrender To The Void 5
Garage Project – Pickle Beer 4
Sprig & Fern – Wee Heavy 4
Sprig & Fern – Cream Of The Hop 5
Sprig & Fern – Day For It 4
Sprig & Fern – Dog Town 4
Sprig & Fern – Sailor’s Warning 3
Sprig & Fern – Grizzly Porter 5
Garage Project – Raspberry Cabaret 4
Kereru Brewing Co – One Fin Day 4
Double Vision – The Classic Pilsner 4
North End Brewery – Petit Luna 3
Funk Estate – Jungle Boogie 3
Garage Project – Nitro Vanilla Latte 5

Svend’s Beer Log 2021 08

North End Brewery – ESB 5
North End Brewery – Crow & Crown 4
Sawmill – Coconut Stout 4
Heyday – Wellington Arms 5
Heyday – Blackbird 4
Heyday – Underwater Forest 4
Garage Project – Petite Mort 4
Choice Bros – Make It With You 3
Choice Bros – Death Crush 4
Choice Bros – Rebel Rebel 4
Choice Bros – Star Man 4
Eddyline Brewery – Eddy Lite 3
Te Aro – Razzle Dazzle 3
Shining Peak – Taranaki Amber 3
Rhyme And Reason Brewery – Misplaced Mistletoe 4
Urbanaut – Black IPA 4
Fork Brewing – Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster 5
Beer Baroness – Desserted 5
Fortune Favours – The Hedonist 4
Duncan’s – Tiramisu 5
The Occasional Brewer – Skyline Bush Beer 4
Townshend Brewery – Keystone 4
Derelict – Monkeymind 4
Renaissance Brewing Co – Black Forest Gateau 5
Garage Project – Fresh IPA VOL 9 5
Garage Project / Sierra Nevada – Campout Porter 5
Mata Beer – Fairy Hopmother Hoppity Hooch 4
Yeastie Boys – Gunnamatta Earl Grey IPA 5
North End Brewery – Sin Eater 5

Svend’s Beer Log 2021 07

(Rating system: 1-5. 1: undrinkable. 2: not nice. 3: decent/good. 4: very good. 5: one of the best I’ve ever had. Read more about my rating system)

Mean Doses – Mean Juice 4
Yeastie Boys / Urbanaut – Pot Kettle Black 5
Shining Peak Brewing – Cavalcade (WCIPA) 4
Fortune Favours – Bean To Beer 5
Garage Project – Fresh IPA JUN 21 4
Mean Doses – Mean Red IPA 4
Hey Day – The Wellington Arms 4
Hey Day – Daisy 4
North End Brewery – ESB 4
Kereru Brewing Co – For Great Justice 5
Zeelandt Brewery – Brunhilde’s Fate 3
Mean Doses – Mean Hazy XPA 4
Parrotdog Brewery – Birds eye (Hazy IPA) 5
Garage Project – Fresh IPA JUL 21 5
Heyday – Blackbird 4
Baylands Brewery – Hop Infiltrator 4
Mean Doses – Mean Haze 2045 5
8 Wired – Hippy Berliner 4
Garage Project – Transit Of Venus 4
Garage Project – Hāpi Daze 3

Svend’s Beer Log 2021 06

(Rating system: 1-5. 1: undrinkable. 2: not nice. 3: decent/good. 4: very good. 5: one of the best I’ve ever had. Read more about my rating system)

Garage Project – Bug Powder Dust 5
Double Vision – More Cowbell 5
Three Boys Brewery – American Pale Ale 4
Urbanaut – The Mission APA 4
Beer Baroness – Bite Me 5
Townshend’s – Black Strap Porter 5
Three Boys Brewery – Wheat 4
Wilderness – Neon Halo Sour 4
Cassels – Milk Stout 4
ChinChiller – Unfiltered Pale Ale 4
Kaiser Brothers Brewery Ltd – Blueberry Pancake Brown Ale 4
Three Boys Brewery – New Britain 3
Rhyme And Reason Brewery – Big Banana 3
New New New Corporation – The United Colours Of New 4
Great King Street Brewery – East Coast IPA 3
Three Boys Brewery – Oyster Stout 5
New New New Corporation – Legend Lager 4
New New New Corporation – Symmetry Ginger Beer 4
Sidecar Brewing Co – Nickel And Dime 5
Good George Brewing – Island Sling Guava Wheat Beer 4
New New New Corporation – Super 4
Citizen Collective / Sawmill Brewery – Light Lager 3
New New New Corporation – Obfuscate 4
Wigram Brewing Co – Mustang Pale Ale 5
Liberty Brewing – Something New 3
Urbanaut Brewing – The Mission APA 4
Deep Creek – Sentinel Hazy IPA 4
McLeod’s Brewery – Scotch Ale 4
Boneface – The Darkness Stout 4
Duncan’s Brewing – Coco Husk (Stout) 4
Three Boys Brewery – IPA 4
Two Thumb Brewing Co – Yorkshire Bitter 5
Cassels – Best Bitter 5
Emporium Brewing – Strawberry Session Pale Ale 4
Emporium Brewing – Run For The Hills 4
Three Boys Brewing – Passionfruit Gose 3
Boom Town Brewing Co – Baby Boom Pale Ale 4
Boom Town Brewing Co – Alabama APA 4
Rocky Knob – Undies Mini IPA 3
Renaissance Brewing Co – Hazelnut Beertini 4
Renaissance Brewing Co – Porter 4
Renaissance Brewing Co – Fellowship Aotearoa Pale Ale 4
Funk Estate – Soul Train 4

Svend’s Beer Log 2021 05

(Rating system: 1-5. 1: undrinkable. 2: not nice. 3: decent/good. 4: very good. 5: one of the best I’ve ever had. Read more about my rating system)

Parrotdog – L. B. Low Alc Hazy 5
Parrotdog – Yellowhammer 5
Garage Project – Hāpi Daze 4
Te Aro – Concorde Hazy Pale Ale 4
Fortune Favours – The Naturalist 4
Panhead – Blacktop Oat 3
8 Wired – Hop Salad 5
Garage Project – Hatsukoi Neo Tokyo Lager 3
Double Vision Brewing / Fork Brewing – Hopunzel 3
Double Vision Brewing – Tiny Mammoth 4
Double Vision Brewing – Chillax XPA 4
Double Vision Brewing – More Cowbell 4
Garage Project – Fresh IPA MAY 21 4
Townshend’s – Hopnoxious 5
Hey Day – Blackbird 4
Baylands Brewery – Petone Pale Ale 5
Garage Project – Hāpi Daze 4
Heart Of Darkness Brewery – Futile Purpose Cucumber Pilsner 4
Parrotdog – Pandemonium 3
Waitoa – Penny Black Porter 4

Svend’s Beer Log 2021 04

(Rating system: 1-5. 1: undrinkable. 2: not nice. 3: decent/good. 4: very good. 5: one of the best I’ve ever had. Read more about my rating system)

Garage Project – Garagista 4
North End Brewery – Sin Eater 5
North End Brewery – ESB 5
North End Brewery – Saison du Nectar 4
North End Brewery – Fieldway APA 4
North End Brewery – Super Alpha 3
North End Brewery – Saison de Terroir 4
North End Brewery – Petite Luna 3
North End Brewery / Small Gods – Sin Eater 5
Kereru Brewing Co – Happy Little Trees 5

North End Brewery / Small Gods – Sin Eater

North End Brewery / Small Gods – Sin Eater 5
Garage Project – Four Legs Good 3
Fortune Favours – The CIPA 3
Fortune Favours – Lucky Fruits Feijoa 4
North End Brewery – ESB 4
Kereru Brewing Co – For Great Justice 4
North End Brewery – Sin Eater 5
Heyday – Night Garden 4
Heyday – Cool Cats 4
North End Brewery – Quantum Leap 3
North End Brewery – Iron Sands 4
Isthmus – Gone Troppo 3
Hop Federation – Green Limousine 4
Baylands Brewery – Waifly 7 5
Behemoth Brewing Co – Irish Champagne 4
Fortune Favours – Fresh Hopped Trailblazer 2021 4
Fortune Favours – The Necromancer 5

Garage Project – Fresh IPA APR 21

Garage Project – Fresh IPA APR 21 5
North End Brewery – Sin Eater 5
Heyday – The Wellington Arms 5

Svend’s Beer Log 2021 03

(Rating system: 1-5. 1: undrinkable. 2: not nice. 3: decent/good. 4: very good. 5: one of the best I’ve ever had. Read more about my rating system)

Garage Project – Fresh IPA FEB 21 5
Garage Project – Garagista 4
Garage Project – Tournesol 5
Fortune Favours – The Wellingtonian IPA 5
Mac’s – Three Wolves 3
Mac’s – Black Mac 4
Garage Project – Garagista 4
8 Wired – Cucumber Hippie 5
Double Vision – Expatriate 4
Parrotdog – Bitterbitch 4
Garage Project – Fresh IPA MAR 21 5
Garage Project – Beer 4
Abandoned Brewery – Hazy #1 4
Sawmill Brewery – Hazy Nelson Sauvin IPA 4
Mac’s – Green Beret 3
Mac’s – Rockaway 2
Garage Project – Fresh IPA Vol. 8 3
Garage Project – Hazy Daze 4
Fortune Favours – The Sunny Disposition 4
Furtune Favours – The Paua Man 4
Fortune Favours – Leeds Street Estate Rosé Bier 4
Mac’s – Three Wolves 3
Mac’s – Black Mac 3