Yeastie Boys
brewing company based in Wellington, New Zealand
Yeastie Boys is an independent brewing company based in Wellington, New Zealand. Stu McKinlay and Sam Possenniskie established it in 2008. Yeastie Boys have a roster of three regular beers which they produce year round, and also produce a limited release of seasonal beers which they release each spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Yeastie Boys themselves do not practice beer and food matching, instead choosing to match their beers with music, films, places or people.
Stu McKinlay in Sevenoaks, England develops Yeastie Boys beers. The beers are commercially produced in New Zealand, Australia and United Kingdom.
Year-round beers
Pot Kettle Black - 6.0% porter a multiple award-winning beer
Hud-a-wa' Strong - 6.8% rich, strong, hoppy amber ale
Rex Attitude- 7.0% peat-smoked strong golden ale
Gunnamatta - 6.5% Earl grey tea infused IPA
Digital - 5.7% Tropical balanced IPA
Seasonal beers
His Majesty - The inaugural release, in 2009, was an assertively bitter, 6.5% India Pale Ale.
Her Majesty: Inaugural release at Beervana 2010.
PKB Remix: a playful annual remix of Pot Kettle Black to celebrate its double trophy-winning effort at BrewNZ 2009. In 2009 the hoppy porter became a 6.66% hoppy stout, while 2010 saw the NZ hops replaced by US Cascade and the ABV was upped to 6.8%.
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