Southpaw Brewing Company

Uncle Charlie APA

Pale Ale - American

Uncle Charlie APA is a full on hop packed American Style Pale Ale. Bursting with juicy tropical fruit flavours, citrus and pine aromas and punchy up front… Read More

Uncle Charlie APA is a full on hop packed American Style Pale Ale. Bursting with juicy tropical fruit flavours, citrus and pine aromas and punchy up front bitterness all from a combination of classic US and NZ hops. The bouquet of hops is complimented by a full malt backbone and delicate sweetness to balance the plethora of flavours and bitterness. Uncle Charlie looks as good as it tastes with a bright copper colour and a thick white head. The beer is really bursting with a mix of tropical and stone fruits while maintaining great drinkability, a great example of what happens when US and NZ flavours collide. Read Less

Say Hey Kid IPA

IPA - American

A classic West Coast style IPA with an NZ hop twist. A pale bright appearance with the zesty aroma of citrus. Full on hop flavour of grapefruit and lime… Read More

A classic West Coast style IPA with an NZ hop twist. A pale bright appearance with the zesty aroma of citrus. Full on hop flavour of grapefruit and lime with a punchy bitterness that you’d expect from an IPA. Read Less

Riding Pine Red IPA

IPA - Red

Riding Pine, our Red IPA, is ready to step up off the bench - and it won't let you down. Resinous pine needles and sweet fruit pie aromas from US Cascade… Read More

Riding Pine, our Red IPA, is ready to step up off the bench - and it won't let you down. Resinous pine needles and sweet fruit pie aromas from US Cascade and NZ Taiheke hops give a big-league perfume while a full, rich malt body filled with caramel sweetness & delicate toastiness will make this match winner your first choice! Read Less

Noble Art Pilsner

Pilsner - Other

A dry crisp NZ style pilsner. Aroma from the NZ hops gives way to subtle spicy bitterness from noble German hops balanced by a soft malt sweetness.

A dry crisp NZ style pilsner. Aroma from the NZ hops gives way to subtle spicy bitterness from noble German hops balanced by a soft malt sweetness. Read Less

Quick Pitch Hazy Pale Ale

Pale Ale - Other

Quick Pitch is designed to be full on flavour but a more sessionable option for hazy-lovers. A classic NZ/US hop mash-up of Waimea, Wakatu and Citra,… Read More

Quick Pitch is designed to be full on flavour but a more sessionable option for hazy-lovers. A classic NZ/US hop mash-up of Waimea, Wakatu and Citra, Quick Pitch has amazing aromas of Citrus, especially lime peel and spicy pine. It has a super refreshing light body, with no lingering bitterness. It is very pale, and super hazy of course, and a delightfully drinkable 5%! Read Less

Cool Papa

IPA - New England / Hazy

Cool Papa is a US/NZ Hazy IPA. Full bodied and juicy from massive amounts of oat malt, flaked barley and flaked oats. US Amarillo, Citra, Mosaic, Waimea… Read More

Cool Papa is a US/NZ Hazy IPA. Full bodied and juicy from massive amounts of oat malt, flaked barley and flaked oats. US Amarillo, Citra, Mosaic, Waimea and Moutere make for huge aromas and spicy, citrus juice flavours. Pale and opaque, a thing of beauty. Read Less

Floral Series: Holy Roller Hoppy Saison

Farmhouse Ale - Saison

Holy Roller is a hoppy take on a traditional Saison. It has a soft malt palate from low attenuating Saison yeast making a super fresh drinkable beer.… Read More

Holy Roller is a hoppy take on a traditional Saison. It has a soft malt palate from low attenuating Saison yeast making a super fresh drinkable beer. The yeast gives clove-like phenolics and spicy esters, which blend perfectly with the tropical and wine-like NZ hop combination of Motueka and Nelson Sauvin. Read Less

Fall Classic Fresh Hop Hazy

IPA - Other

Southpaw Fall Classic is our awesome hazy IPA creation, made with Fresh Hops, straight from the hop growers, into our beer. We brewed an awesome juicy… Read More

Southpaw Fall Classic is our awesome hazy IPA creation, made with Fresh Hops, straight from the hop growers, into our beer. We brewed an awesome juicy hazy, and dry hopped it with loads of fresh Nectaron hops. Fresh hops give an amazing grassy, green, fresh flavour to beer, and Fall Classic smells like you're standing amongst the growing hops. Delicious, drinkable and best fresh! Read Less

Stablemate Hazy IPA

IPA - New England / Hazy

Hazy IPA. Stablemate has a nice and soft malt base, very pale hue, super hazy 6.0% IPA. Using a lot of aroma hops from USA and NZ including, Citra, Nelson… Read More

Hazy IPA. Stablemate has a nice and soft malt base, very pale hue, super hazy 6.0% IPA. Using a lot of aroma hops from USA and NZ including, Citra, Nelson Sauvin, Simcoe, Motueka. It has a soft bitterness and full juicy body. Read Less

Shake Down NZ Pale Ale

Pale Ale - New Zealand

Shake Down is a refreshing, easy drinking hoppy NZ pale ale. Providing a nice focus on some classic NZ hops like Wakatu and Green Bullet, Shake Down has… Read More

Shake Down is a refreshing, easy drinking hoppy NZ pale ale. Providing a nice focus on some classic NZ hops like Wakatu and Green Bullet, Shake Down has lovely flavours and aromas of pear and ripe melon. A touch of sweet NZ malts make this beer very drinkable. Read Less

The Fix Fresh Hop Pale Ale

Pale Ale - New Zealand

The Fix is our fresh hop take on a classic NZ Pale ale. Full bodied with a punch bitterness, The Fix has spicy, oniony, green character from green Moutere… Read More

The Fix is our fresh hop take on a classic NZ Pale ale. Full bodied with a punch bitterness, The Fix has spicy, oniony, green character from green Moutere hops. Well balanced, vibrant, with fresh flavours that jump from the glass, get your Fix! Read Less

Uncle Charlie Fresh - Fresh Hop APA

Pale Ale - American

Fresh-hopped version of our Uncle Charlie APA. Fresh motueka hops.

Fresh-hopped version of our Uncle Charlie APA. Fresh motueka hops. Read Less

The Prince American ESB

Bitter - Extra Special / Strong (ESB)

The Prince is an American twist to a classic English style. Using a combination of US and English hops provides a depth of hop characteristics from spicy… Read More

The Prince is an American twist to a classic English style. Using a combination of US and English hops provides a depth of hop characteristics from spicy earthy English varieties to the citrus tropical US varieties. A rich malt backbone from traditional English malts balances the spicy bitterness with a light caramel finish with some mid-palate toastiness. The Prince is made to be intensely flavourful and aromatic, while maintaining its sessionability, so you may enjoy a plurality of pints. Read Less

Juice Box Hazy IPA

IPA - New England / Hazy

Juice Box is the perfect beer to crush (hey no pulp!). Even under the roof, sunshine just explodes from this beer. We’ve wrung massive ripe fruit flavours… Read More

Juice Box is the perfect beer to crush (hey no pulp!). Even under the roof, sunshine just explodes from this beer. We’ve wrung massive ripe fruit flavours from NZ Waimea and Nectaron hops, blitzed together with mango and passion fruit vibes from US Loral hops. Let your tastebuds ride out of the dust bowl and into the sunshine. It’s not a party without Juice Box Read Less

Floral Series: Tiger Flowers Botanical Wit

Wheat Beer - Witbier / Blanche

Nimble toes, dancing around the palate, landing fast, sharp blows. Tiger Flowers, another Southpaw legend. Inside lies a fresh imagining of a traditional… Read More

Nimble toes, dancing around the palate, landing fast, sharp blows. Tiger Flowers, another Southpaw legend. Inside lies a fresh imagining of a traditional wit bier, fiercely floral from a sparkling combination of botanicals: lemon verbena, orange-blossom, elderflower and coriander seed. Then, to really get you on the ropes, this wit is blended with a naturally soured ale, it freshens Tiger Flowers up faster than smelling salts! Elusive and complex, chalk up another in the win column. Read Less

New Brighton Lager

Lager - Pale

New Brighton Lager is a crisp clean easy drinking lager. Made with 100% NZ Pilsner malt and NZ hops, makes for a refreshing sessionable beer, best enjoyed… Read More

New Brighton Lager is a crisp clean easy drinking lager. Made with 100% NZ Pilsner malt and NZ hops, makes for a refreshing sessionable beer, best enjoyed by CHCH's best beach! Read Less

Sign Stealer - Raspberry & Boysenberry Sour

Sour - Fruited

Naturally kettle-soured, then fermented with real raspberries and boysenberries for the perfect balance of sweetness with the sour. Refreshing, summery… Read More

Naturally kettle-soured, then fermented with real raspberries and boysenberries for the perfect balance of sweetness with the sour. Refreshing, summery drink with a natural vibrant colour. Read Less

Sweet Science #4

Stout - Milk / Sweet

Sweet Science is a milk stout style, that focusses heavily on roasted malts, combined with rich sweetness from lactose and crystal malts. It is full and… Read More

Sweet Science is a milk stout style, that focusses heavily on roasted malts, combined with rich sweetness from lactose and crystal malts. It is full and drinkably sweet Read Less

Hedged Bet Fresh Hop Farmhouse Ale

Farmhouse Ale - Other

Picking a winner is almost as difficult as hops. The safest way to guarantee a win is with a Hedged Bet. This farmhouse ale has a bob each way with grassy… Read More

Picking a winner is almost as difficult as hops. The safest way to guarantee a win is with a Hedged Bet. This farmhouse ale has a bob each way with grassy flavour from freshly harvested NZ Nectaron hops, perfectly matched with the earthy, hay-like spices of a farmhouse-style ferment. Find a good fence to sit on, and enjoy a Hedged Bet! Read Less

Switch Hitter - Espresso Milk Stout

Stout - Milk / Sweet

Southpaw Switch Hitter Espresso Stout is what happens when two local legends combine. We’ve used Columbian single origin beans from our friends at Switch… Read More

Southpaw Switch Hitter Espresso Stout is what happens when two local legends combine. We’ve used Columbian single origin beans from our friends at Switch Espresso & combined them with our rich, full milk stout. Dark roasted malt & rich caramel sweetness blend beautifully with the rich berry flavours from the best coffee beans in Christchurch. Read Less

Baby Hook Session XPA

Pale Ale - New Zealand

Session XPA designed to be low on alcohol but high on flavour! Very pale malt base with some sneaky sweetness to balance the perfumy flowery pacifica… Read More

Session XPA designed to be low on alcohol but high on flavour!
Very pale malt base with some sneaky sweetness to balance the perfumy flowery pacifica hops and the citrusy US dry hop Read Less

Sweet Science #3

Stout - Russian Imperial

Our imperial stout, this time aged with cherries in the bourbon oak barrels for three months.

Our imperial stout, this time aged with cherries in the bourbon oak barrels for three months. Read Less

Heavy Hands Hazy IPA

IPA - New England / Hazy

Heavy Hands is a classic hop forward Hazy IPA using 100% NZ hops. Subtle hop bitterness to provide a full but drinkable beer to focus on aroma and flavour… Read More

Heavy Hands is a classic hop forward Hazy IPA using 100% NZ hops. Subtle hop bitterness to provide a full but drinkable beer to focus on aroma and flavour from NZ hops. Big notes of mango, white wine, grapes, stone fruit and passionfruit from the NZ hop combination of Rakau, Nelson Sauvin and Moutere. Read Less

Invisible Runner Low-Carb Hoppy Rice Lager

Lager - Other

Invisible Runner is starting the innings already on 2nd base. No willpower could resist the tangy citrus of Galaxy hops (they might as well be a superfood!)… Read More

Invisible Runner is starting the innings already on 2nd base. No willpower could resist the tangy citrus of Galaxy hops (they might as well be a superfood!) or the crisp malt body of an ultra-refreshing rice lager. Invisible Runner has an extra smooth stride from the addition of rice and is inconspicuously low on carbs (2g/100ml). No need to have a cheat day, have an Invisible Runner. Read Less

Floral Series: Hawaiian Punch Hoppy Mango Hefewiezen

Wheat Beer - Hefeweizen

Tastes like someone has spiked the punch! Traditionalists - DO NOT READ THIS - This is not your conventional Hefeweizen. When everyone's back was turned… Read More

Tastes like someone has spiked the punch! Traditionalists - DO NOT READ THIS - This is not your conventional Hefeweizen. When everyone's back was turned we loaded in the contraband; NZ Nectaron & US Amarillo hops (not exactly subtle) give the punch punch, combined with classic yeast- derived banana esters, hey it's fruity, but not enough! To really make the hefe Hawaiian, we've added mangoes & a lot of them, really squeezed them in there! Ladle yourself some more, Hawaiian punch is a hit! Read Less