WELCOME TO THE NAKED HOP! A digital publication coming to you from the Glengarry team of beer experts, where we explore everything beer related. Here you’ll find an in depth look into the beer world and what makes it tick.
BONEFACE Boneface is the brainchild of husband and wife team, Matt and Selena Dainty. Head brewer Matt is by no means new to craft beer, first working at Renaissance Brewery in Blenheim with Soren Erikson, now the Head Brewer at 8 Wired. Over seven years, Matt worked his way up to the coveted role of Head Brewer before moving to Upper Hutt, where he worked briefly at Panhead as a production brewer.
In 2017 Boneface signed a five-year lease for a 1,000 square metre factory in Upper Hutt’s developing Brewtown complex. Matt and Selena ambitiously aimed for an annual capacity of 100,000 litres per year. Boneface The Big Unit received Wellington Region Beer of the Year in SOBA’s 2018 People’s Choice Awards. Today,
The concept behind Boneface came out of the couple’s mutual love of all things beer and sci-fi, with their creation, Planet Hoptron (complete with backstory), the source of all craft beer and the Boneface beers supposedly brewed in a parallel universe. The beers are hop-forward without being overly bitter, with extra hops added to those that wouldn’t conventionally have them, such as The Darkness India Stout, The Juice Dry Hopped Gose and Outlaw IPL.
The Boneface team are planning new summer seasonal beers. At their Brewtown brewery and tap room they have recently installed a kitchen to accommodate the hordes of beer-lovers that pour through its doors. A new beer cellar is planned for barrel-aging sour beers, and they get the Duty
they have amped up production to produce 300,000 litres per year. It is thanks to the success of Boneface that the Upper Hutt Brewtown has become a destination in its own right.
Managers at the brewery to brew small batch beers, available cellar door only. And what’s currently in Matt Dainty’s fridge? “Belgium-style sour beers, and the mandatory Hoptron APA of course."
-T.M
GARAGE PROJECT & PROPER CRISPS COLAB Beer and crisps, a match made in heaven no doubt. But what if you switched it up and made beer with potatoes and crisps with hops? Well,
Garage Project have brewed a crisp lager made with Proper Crisps’ very own potatoes, Nelson’s best hops and pilsner malt. The
the Garage Project team set out to find out. Embarking on yet another epic collaboration, Garage Project have teamed up with the Proper Crisps folk to answer this burning question.
result? The perfect Crisp Beer designed to be enjoyed with Beer Crisps. When it comes to packaging, both Garage Project and Proper Crisps agree, sustainability is key. They’ve used the eco-friendliest packaging available to them, aluminium cans and a home compostable bag with artwork inspired by potato stamps, so you can rest easy and enjoy your Crisp Beer and Beer Crisps, guilt-free.
-M.R
Proper Crisps have cooked up an all new beerinspired crisp, uniquely flavoured with Nelson Sauvin hops, yeast from the by-product of brewing, and maca and molasses to resemble malt notes, creating a crisp that is designed to complement Garage Project’s Crisp Beer, not just mimic it.
WHAT'S BREWING WITH METALLICA?
Based in the US, Stone Brewing are the Kings of Colabs, often collaborating with fellow craftsmen to create something unique and exciting. Traditionally, such colabs will be with other breweries, but in this case they have teamed up with Metallica. Enter Night is a beer with a Metallica-ish difference. At first glance a pale and refreshing, classic German pilsner, the addition of all-American hops turns it up to eleven. An absolutely smashable pilsner sitting at 5.7% ABV and 45 IBUs, you surely won’t get lost as you mosh your way to never-never land.
-W.M
That's it for this edition of The Naked Hop. Issue Fourteen will be hopping its way to your inbox next time. Cheers,