(Editor's Note: Among
the brews produced in the Mussel Inn's micro-brewery, they make a Manuka beer.
Based on a recipe used by Captain Cook to avoid scurvy among his crews, the beer
is flavoured with the tips of leaves from the Manuka tree. Notwithstanding my
delightful experiences of English Real Ales, I have after much consideration,
concluded that:
"Captain
Cooker's Manuka Beer from the Mussel Inn in Takaka is AS GOOD AS BEER CAN
POSSIBLY GET."
This
decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.)