Garage Project

Pernicious Weed

IPA - Imperial / Double

The arrival of hops to the brewing scene in England in the 1500’s led to a moral panic. Hops were condemned as a “wicked and pernicious weed”, one which… Read More

The arrival of hops to the brewing scene in England in the 1500’s led to a moral panic. Hops were condemned as a “wicked and pernicious weed”, one which would lead to the erosion of social and moral standards. Thank goodness they were right. Here’s hoping that our homage to the original pernicious weed continues this gradual decline. Organic Rakau and whole cone Nelson Sauvin go head to head in this strong, golden, hoppy brew. Bitter, yes. Intensely hoppy, absolutely. Too much, never. Read Less

Hāpi Daze

Pale Ale - New Zealand

Hāpi, the Maori word for hop, inspires this truly Pacific pale ale. Brewed with New Zealand barley and the best of the Kiwi hop harvest, Motueka, Wai-iti,… Read More

Hāpi, the Maori word for hop, inspires this truly Pacific pale ale. Brewed with New Zealand barley and the best of the Kiwi hop harvest, Motueka, Wai-iti, Riwawka and Nelson Sauvin. Assertively hoppy - exceptionally drinkable. Read Less

Garagista

IPA - American

Embrace the Garagista spirit - ignore convention, experiment, test the limits, and look at things a little differently. Brewed and double dry hopped with… Read More

Embrace the Garagista spirit - ignore convention, experiment, test the limits, and look at things a little differently. Brewed and double dry hopped with New Zealand, Australian and US hops. Great things can come from the garage. Read Less

Party & Bullshit

IPA - New England / Hazy

East Coast anthem IPA - A big ol' hop poppa of a beer, packing an intense mango, tropical fruit hit from US big guns, Simcoe and Mosaic. It's just bigger… Read More

East Coast anthem IPA - A big ol' hop poppa of a beer, packing an intense mango, tropical fruit hit from US big guns, Simcoe and Mosaic. It's just bigger and juicier than its bitter West Coast counterpart, like sippin' hazy hop nectar from a can. It's all good.

Explicit Haze Warning: If cloudy beer offends you please drink from the can or close your eyes. Read Less

Hops On Pointe

Pilsner - Other

Beer and ballet - an unusual Pas de Deux. Brewed by Garage Project for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Hops on Pointe teases the boundaries between high… Read More

Beer and ballet - an unusual Pas de Deux. Brewed by Garage Project for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Hops on Pointe teases the boundaries between high and low culture.

Brewed with premium German malts, Nelson Sauvin hops and finished with a champagne yeast, the result is a pale gold lager with a crisp, clean palate, rich tropical fruit aromas and tight champagne bubbles.

Available at all good barres. Read Less

White Mischief

Sour - Fruited Gose

Salted white peach sour. Refreshingly sour ale fermented with white peaches and a touch of salt. Light, palate-cleansing yet complex.

Salted white peach sour. Refreshingly sour ale fermented with white peaches and a touch of salt. Light, palate-cleansing yet complex. Read Less

Beer

Lager - Pale

It couldn’t be simpler. Pilsner malt, Saaz hops and Czech yeast. That’s it. Sometimes simple is exactly what you want. Why bother dressing it up? It is… Read More

It couldn’t be simpler.

Pilsner malt, Saaz hops and Czech yeast.

That’s it.

Sometimes simple is exactly what you want.

Why bother dressing it up?

It is what it is.

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Day of the Dead

Lager - Dark

Lager, but not as we know it. Garage Project’s Day of the Dead - a strong black lager inspired by the Aztec beverage xocolatl, “a bitter, frothy, spicy… Read More

Lager, but not as we know it. Garage Project’s Day of the Dead - a strong black lager inspired by the Aztec beverage xocolatl, “a bitter, frothy, spicy drink” combining cocoa and chili.

Brewed with smoked chipotle chili, refermented with organic blue agave syrup (the basis of Tequila) and conditioned over raw cocoa nibs - rich and dark, Day of the Dead is smooth and drinkable with a complex mix of smoke, chocolate and restrained chili heat. A true celebration of the dark side. Available on November 1, El Día de los Muertos - Mexico’s Day of the Dead. Read Less

Venusian Pale Ale

Pale Ale - New Zealand

Venusian Pale Ale, a precocious little number using some of the more unusual local flora and fauna you find hanging around here in the less civilized… Read More

Venusian Pale Ale, a precocious little number using some of the more unusual local flora and fauna you find hanging around here in the less civilized parts of the solar system. Lemon grass, kaffir lime leaf and grapefruit peel that we pinched from rations, meld seamlessly with Venusian Spear Fungus and that funny green stuff the local chappies seem to like licking off the rocks. Zesty is the word that springs to mind and at 7.5% abv it’s bloody good for morale. Incidentally, it works just like napalm on the natives, which is handy. Read Less

Cereal Milk Stout

Stout - Milk / Sweet

Cereal Milk. Let’s be honest, it’s the best bit of breakfast in a bowl. Here in this beer we’ve combined this creamy comfort food with the rich, roast… Read More

Cereal Milk. Let’s be honest, it’s the best bit of breakfast in a bowl. Here in this beer we’ve combined this creamy comfort food with the rich, roast character of the milk stout. Brewed with corn flakes, oats, chocolate wheat and a generous dose of milk sugar, Cereal Milk Stout is rich, smooth and redolent of the sweet remnants of the breakfast bowl. Grab a spoon and dig in. Read Less

Aro Noir

Stout - Other

Aro Noir is a pitch black and full flavoured stout. At its heart is a blend of four malts, with Columbus and Summit hops, creating a citric bitterness… Read More

Aro Noir is a pitch black and full flavoured stout. At its heart is a blend of four malts, with Columbus and Summit hops, creating a citric bitterness and aroma that marries nicely with the roast malt character. Yes, it is inspired by the darkness of a Wellington winter in Aro Valley, but truly it is a stout for all seasons. Join us on the dark side. Read Less

Golden Path

IPA - Session

A juicy, hazy, hop bomb with a surprisingly restrained alcohol content. A generous addition of Golden Naked Oats and Mosaic, Columbus and Strata hops… Read More

A juicy, hazy, hop bomb with a surprisingly restrained alcohol content. A generous addition of Golden Naked Oats and Mosaic, Columbus and Strata hops create a beer bursting with flavour, with a balance and body belying its moderate strength. A delicious hoppy offering that’s more than a match for even the richest burger. Read Less

La Calavera Catrina

Spiced / Herbed Beer

La Calevera Catrina, the elegant skull, little sister to our original dead head. La Catrina is as blonde as Day of the Dead is dark, but she’s no lightweight.… Read More

La Calevera Catrina, the elegant skull, little sister to our original dead head. La Catrina is as blonde as Day of the Dead is dark, but she’s no lightweight.

The base beer is a blonde lager with a cheeky, even ironic addition of maize. Maize is an ingredient you’d normally associate with much blander lager offerings, but here it is fired up with a generous addition of organic Habanero chillis, giving Calevera a far more assertive chilli heat than the smoky chipotle of her brother. To this blonde chilli base went an addition of rose water and watermelon. Read Less

Pils 'n' Thrills

Pilsner - Other

'Out of style' according to the rule books. Pils'n'Thrills is the Garage's irreverent take on the classic Bohemian Pilsner. German malts combined with… Read More

'Out of style' according to the rule books. Pils'n'Thrills is the Garage's irreverent take on the classic Bohemian Pilsner. German malts combined with American Summit hops create a refreshingly crisp, golden beer with a snappy bitterness and lifted lemon citrus notes. It's definitely not your average pilsner, but then some rules were meant to be broken. Read Less

Fuzz Box

IPA - New England / Hazy

Forget clarity, there's nothing clean cut about this beer. Galaxy, Nelson and Mosaic riffs drift in a warm fuzz of juicy malt and tropical fruit noise.… Read More

Forget clarity, there's nothing clean cut about this beer. Galaxy, Nelson and Mosaic riffs drift in a warm fuzz of juicy malt and tropical fruit noise. Plug it in, dial it up, crack the can. Its fuzzy ugly and you love it. Originally brewed in collaboration with Sydney's rock god pizza tossers Frankies. Read Less

Electric Dry Hop Acid Test

Sour - Other

Dry Hopped Kettle Sour

Dry Hopped Kettle Sour Read Less

Boss Level

IPA - Imperial / Double

Ultra IPA - five different US hop varities, 100 IBU's and a massive malt grist to match. A can load of weaponised hop firepower.

Ultra IPA - five different US hop varities, 100 IBU's and a massive malt grist to match. A can load of weaponised hop firepower. Read Less

Demus Favorem Amori

IPA - American

DFA is dead, long live DFA. Demus Favorem Amori - 'We choose to stand for love'. DFA, a surprising blend of flavours marrying mango, Vietnamese mint,… Read More

DFA is dead, long live DFA. Demus Favorem Amori - 'We choose to stand for love'. DFA, a surprising blend of flavours marrying mango, Vietnamese mint, lime, and chilli with the high citrus hit of centennial, amarillo, and citra hops. The result is a deliciously intense tryst of bittersweet heat, tropical fruit, and citrus hop character coming together to create a beer of rich, satisfying balance. Life is all about choices. Choose love. Read Less

Aro Street - Hāpi Sessions Vol 1: Trillium

IPA - New England / Hazy

Hāpi Sessions Vol. 1 Trillium X Garage Project The Hāpi Sessions - four collaborations, four breweries at the top of their game, four beers - each showcasing… Read More

Hāpi Sessions Vol. 1 Trillium X Garage Project The Hāpi Sessions - four collaborations, four breweries at the top of their game, four beers - each showcasing a different hop forward style in a playful ‘freestyle’ interpretation of one of each brewery’s flagship beers. Boston heavy hitters Trillium join us to create Aro Street - a big, juicy, hazy East Coast classic with a kiwi twist, creating a tropical fruit burst with specially selected US Mosaic, and harvest fresh Motueka from Freestyle Hop farm. Read Less

Dirty Boots

Pale Ale - American

Hop into the mosh pit. Dirty Boots, grunge inspired all American pale ale, especially for Music2Brew2, a hard core, hoppy celebration of the tunes that… Read More

Hop into the mosh pit. Dirty Boots, grunge inspired all American pale ale, especially for Music2Brew2, a hard core, hoppy celebration of the tunes that inspire the beer we brew. Read Less

Bliss

Lager - Pale

Bliss, a state of complete happiness and harmony. You can find it in the most familiar of things. Sun, freshly cut grass, the smell of a BBQ - in the… Read More

Bliss, a state of complete happiness and harmony. You can find it in the most familiar of things. Sun, freshly cut grass, the smell of a BBQ - in the right combination even the simplest elements can elevate an experience to another level. Brewed with New Zealand malt and Motueka hops, Bliss is fermented cold and stored at subzero temperatures to produce a delicately crisp, clean, easy drinking lager. Simple, familiar things taken to a new level. Drink yourself more Bliss. Originally brewed for Ben Shrewry’s Attica restaurant - the perfect accompaniment to their backyard BBQ. Read Less

Hakituri

Pilsner - Other

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Los Lobos

IPA - American

Californian road trip inspired IPA pouring for the first time at the 2015 Westcoast IPA Challenge at Malthouse. Packed full of Simcoe, Amarillo, and Citra… Read More

Californian road trip inspired IPA pouring for the first time at the 2015 Westcoast IPA Challenge at Malthouse. Packed full of Simcoe, Amarillo, and Citra hops and golden like the Golden State itself. Read Less

Unconditional Love

IPA - American

Brewed for the 2017 West Coast IPA challenge

Brewed for the 2017 West Coast IPA challenge Read Less

Sunrise Valley

IPA - Imperial / Double New England / Hazy

Home and away, a series of rebrews bringing some of our funnest overseas collaborations back to the garage. For this release we bring you Sunrise Valley,… Read More

Home and away, a series of rebrews bringing some of our funnest overseas collaborations back to the garage. For this release we bring you Sunrise Valley, originally brewed in Canton, Massachusetts with East Coast brewing legends Trillium using a radical hop free boil and massive dry hop addition of New Zealand Nelson Sauvin and Rakau hops. Read Less