Hop Federation Red IPA
An exuberant blend of colour, flavours and aromas, Red IPA is oursignature beer. Designed and first created in 2012.
The colour of a kaka’s wing. Where tart ruby grapefruit meets berries andpassionfruit. A comforting toasty malt on the palate, rounded off with asatisfying, sustained finish.
A clean, light malt base lays the canvas for freestyle Tropical Fusion, Krush and Idaho 7 hops. Think feijoa gummies, passionfruit and papaya, all on a pillowy soft body. A beer brewed for the scribblers, doodlers and day-dreamers
Prepare for a wild ride with Near Miss, the Red IIPA that’s as bold as the collaboration between the mad scientists at Double Vision Brewing and the seasoned pros at Emerson's! This brew is all about New Zealand brewing, and it turns out that this recipe has landed somewhere between Oreti Red (the predecessor of Daredevil) and Red Rascal (the first beer of ours Richard Emerson loved) in terms of malt bill, process, and hop schedules... but has the throttle turned up to 8.2% to maximise the flavour!Near Miss gets its name from one of the first times we were out in Dunedin with Richard and Greg. We got Flamingo Scooters to take to town from the brewery, and Richard had never used one. The only problem we realised at full speed was that he didn’t know how to stop! He was screaming, “How do you STOP?!” while we yelled back instructions. Only when we remembered he couldn’t hear us did we look back and gesture how to hit the brakes. He slammed the brakes, put his foot down, and came to a halt right before a busy intersection. It was truly a Near Miss!
Take a big bite of hops on a crisp malt base and you've got a grapefruit and passionfruit IPA that will drive you dental.
Classic West Coast IPA using the best of the US "C" hops. Columbus, Chinook, Centennial & Citra.
An IPA that will start the conversation flowing, hoppy & light it will see you right.
In the beginning, there was nothing. Then an impish brewer piled a ludicrous amount of hops into a batch of beer. This zymurgical big bang is Epic Armageddon, an apocalyptic assault on your preconceptions and taste buds. It may be too huge for this fragile planet so enjoy this beer like it was the last one on Earth.
No haze. No fluff. Just pure, high-altitude hop energy. Brewed in collaboration with AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand, Thrill Seeker is a 6.7% NZIPA loaded with Nelson Sauvin, Nectaron, and Riwaka hops — the ultimate trio of New Zealand flavour. Expect a clean, electric hit of tropical fruit, citrus, and crushed gooseberry with a dry, snappy finish.
