updated on the 1st April 2013
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.... and now for the beers.....
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Beers on tap
PRODUCTS IN RED HIGHLIGHTER AVAILABLE NOW
Captain Cooker Manuka Beer - The Mussel Inn flagship - A red brown beer flavoured with the freshly picked tips of the Manuka tree.
Read our story or read Neil Miller's story
Availability: Retail outlets Fresh from the brewery The Beer Cellar Trade enquiries
Also brewed in Invercargill , Belgium , in Salt Lake City, Utah, by the Squatters brewery and the Hawkshead Brewery , UK
Over the years there have also been several interesting sub breeds of the pig - check them out..
The other two regulars on tap....
Golden Goose Lager - A hoppy golden lager. No shell, no feathers, just pure gold. 4%
Also available in 1.3 litre PETs and 330ml bottles in selected supermarkets or by mail order (brewery) (The Beer Cellar)
Dark Horse Black Beer - Very dark and roasty not too dry. A solid and dependable performer - pulls away strong at the finish. 4%4%
Also available in 1.3 litre PETs and 330ml bottles in selected supermarkets or by mail order (brewery) (The Beer Cellar)
New Brews:
and for GABS this year - BUSH BABY - think manuka / kawakawa / rata honey
Available after the 27th of May
Beers in bottles
Look out for these puppies in your fav bottle store and if they haven't got them, tell the owners to get in contact with Craig at BeerNZ .
Bitter Ass- Extra bitter brown ale - 8.5% - So here she is - the baddest ass your like to encounter this summer. From an extremely high hopping Stallion and a kick ass funky Donkey - approach with caution!
Strong Ox Strong Dark Ale - Malt driven with a moderate whipping of hops. For strength and endurance. 7%
Pale Whale Ale - Big body long tail! Good for a stranding or just getting beached. New brew out. Vinny reckons it's awesome.7%.
Monkey Puzzle
extra strong ale -
White Heron Wheat Beer - Sharp at the top - long legs underneath. Wickedly quaffable. Best served with a slice of lemon. 4%
Lean Lamb - Farm house sour ale form our barrel of joy our - slightly tart 'n somewhat frisky! New version out now - Very limited supply
Heat Rash Chilli Beer - Golden Goose with a chilli added to the bottle. The older the hotter. Small runs available depending on supply of chilies. Usually available after the Easter chili harvest. Served with the chilli for those who can hack it. 4%
Weka - Tasty Dark Ale - a barrel aged strong darkish ale. This years version started life as Captain Cooker, then did quite a few months in an ex bourbon barrel which had just seen service of seven years of GRAPPA. Back blended with a little Strong OX. One of a kind and extremely rare! Quite strong.
Seasonal /
occasional and past beers
Laughing Owl - Lager of extinction.
FOXY TALE - Session ale / Luncheon ale. 3.7% A sneaky little number offering some easy drinking light relief from all those hop bombers. Ideal for those who like to spin a yarn over some time or have expensive / dangerous machinery to operate after lunch.
Lawn Moa Lager - makes the toil worth the while. Made from 100% homegrown 'Onekaka' hops.
Padddington Bear - English Breakfast Beer - 5% MARCHFeST special - 8 litres of marmalade and 5 loves of white bread toast!
MOUSEY TONGUE - 6% Great leap lager. 2011 MARCHFeST special (Revolution theme)
WHITE TIGER - 5.7% SAISON. Big and fluffy but watch those teeth. Good for a mauling. Now sadly extinct.
Missing Lynx - MARCHFeST 2010 special limited edition 5.2%. (Evolution theme) 330ml bottle
LOVE MUSSEL - porter MARCHFeST 2013 special
Red Deer Draught - Rich red lager with a trophy head. 4% . Just like Tui - yeah right!
Red Herring Autumn Ale - Lightly smoked golden ale 5.8%
Whiskey Kiss Bourbon Barrel Fermented Beer - A brown beer fermented and matured in a bourbon barrel. 6%
Black Swan - Dark wheat beer. Substantial body - long neck. 4%
Bison Weizen Dark Wheat Beer - Big and round and roly poly - nothing better to settle the dust after a good stampede. 4%
Black Sheep Unusual Dark Beer - A label reserved for that occasional dark beer that refuses to be easily categorised. 3-7%
Polar Beer - Pale - not seen since the big blizzard of '98
Other products
Apple Roughy Cider - dry organic apple cider. A great mix of Sturmers, Grannies and other random apples from around the hood. Rough 'n country as it should be! 4% (pressing 09).
Freckled Frog Feijoa Fizz - A fun and frivolous 100% feijoa cider (contains no apple). A worryingly easy quaffer. 4%. ALL GONE FOR THIS SEASON SORRY but coming back soon - it's been a bumper crop!
Savvy Blonde Sauvignon blanc. She was a feisty wee number but alas, no competition for the cheap bombshells that are so common these days.
Weasel's 2% - Any of our 4% beers cut 50/50 with soda water. A shandy without the sugar. Great for drivers and wowsers.
Side Winder - Bourbon barrel matured cider. Cider with a bite!
Alcohol free:
Ginger Beer real ginger and raw sugar with a touch of mint. Grandma's envy.
Lemming Aid lemon juice, crushed lemons and sugar. Of course its good for ya!
Pink Panther - Cut the legs off a lemming and smack it with a raspberry! Watch those kids go!!!
Lemonashi Organic nashi pear and lemon juice from fruit grown in Onekaka. No added sugar. Very seasonal - comes out around late Jan to mid Feb. if the fruit behaves itself.
Karanji Crystal - Pure water as used in all of our liquid products - straight from the source, filtered through the forest of Kahurangi National Park. This water is un-pasteurized and has had nothing removed from it, bringing you all the life giving goodness that the modern world does it's best to deprive us of. Bottled in recycled bottles. Available on tap NOW.
Products in the pipeline.....
Kaka-Cola and Para-Phanta - we're workin' on it!
The main ingredient for our beers the water comes
from a small stream in the hills behind the Mussel Inn bush filtered and low
in dissolved minerals. The hops we use are locally grown organic whole cone varieties with
a couple of special brews being made from our own hops which grow around the
front of the Mussel Inn. For bittering we mainly use Pacific Gem followed by
either Wakatu (NZ Hallatau) or Riwaka (Saaz D) for aroma. Our organic pale malt which makes up the bulk of
the grist is grown
and malted in
All of our beers are produced in the traditional way, using a gravitational system in the brewing process. We use a straight infusion mash and a gas fired kettle. Except for our bottle conditioned ales which use various top fermenting ale yeasts, a bottom fermenting lager yeast is used in both our lagers and dark beers, fermented at 13°. All beers are unfiltered and are naturally carbonated in the conditioning tanks through secondary fermentation (no added Co²). Our beers are vegan friendly - being kettle fined with carageenan. This is, of course, if you don't consider yeast to be an animal.
WHY NO TAKE AWAYS? (click to find out)
However - due to popular demand, the Goose, Pig and Horse are now available in 1.3 litre PET bottles and 330ml glass bottles in our local Fresh Choice Super market and spreading. (availability)
Want beer delivered to your door? email us haveabeer@musselinn.co.nz or try The Beer Cellar
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