8 Wired Hopwired NZ IPA

This beer claims on the bottle to be one of the first IPAs to use all NZ hops. There's a decent bitterness, which to me was the dominant feature, a nice use of complex malts to balance that bitterness well. The hops aroma wasn't huge and I didn't get a big display of NZ hop flavours, but that might be a sign of the times, with more modern beers having less bitterness and more aroma.

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ABV: 7.3%

Brewery: 8 Wired

Region: Matakana

Style: NZ IPA

Wife check: "Very bitter, I didn't think it was that Hoppy and not a big depth of flavour."