Hello Hivians and all you beer lovers.
It's Saturday Monday morning, but it's #beersaturday, and I had a beer with dinner on Saturday, just cba to write this post!! I will get back into the swing of posting on a Saturday, but at the moment it is still a battle posting with any consistency on Hive fullstop!
My thoughts are with everyone in Venezuela and indeed with everyone who has troubles.
A new beer for Beer Saturday
I was in Aldi last week and thought of @forykw when I saw this beer. I almost had a pub in New Zealand. When I was working in Gabon in West Africa, I was great mates with a Maori who owned some land around New Plymouth. We had great plans to open a Scottish pub there, and he even had an acre of land for me to build a house on! Never happened, but still a fun wee story!
I had sauntered past the beer aisle .... and seen this New Zealand beer!
PACIFIC AVENUE HAZY NEW ZEALAND IPA
I did a double take and picked up the can to have more of a look see!
With the warm weather I digged the sunshine vibes emanating from Pacific Avenue!
What really intrigued me was the two hops Nelson Sauvin and Nectaron!
Beer poured and yes it had that hazy appearance ... and it was sweet but not sickly sweet and had a wee bit of a zesty feel in your mouth!
I have drunk a few of their beers now .... And this was nice and frothy!
Right that's all for me today!
Cheers!!!
The Beer ...
Pacific Avenue is a hazy New Zealand IPA brewed by the award-winning Scottish craft brewery Fierce Beer, who operate out of Dyce in Aberdeen.
The Style: New Zealand IPA / Hazy IPA.
ABV: 5.8%.
The Hops: As I mentioned earlier, the standout feature of this IPA is its focus on two heavyweight, highly-coveted southern hemisphere hops...
- Nelson Sauvin: Famous for delivering distinct, vibrant crushed white grape and gooseberry-like notes.
- Nectaron: Renowned for pumping intense, sweet tropical stone fruit characters into the brew—think massive hits of peach, apricot, and passionfruit.
Aroma: The beer pours a classic murky, hazy golden blonde with a frothy white head. On the nose, it erupts with zesty lemon, orange blossom, and a distinct apricot or peach sweetness.
The Taste: It balances that sweet, juicy tropical fruit character with a pithy, bittersweet citrus finish. The mouthfeel is soft, smooth, and medium-bodied, giving you that satisfyingly creamy texture you want from a properly executed hazy IPA.
Words courtesy of Gemini... Yep I agree with it...
My Verdict
🍺 ☑️ Beer was great
It really was a very smooth enjoyable beer, and did pack a wee punch. A couple of cans with dinner and a couple of cans afterwards was a great feeling.
I shall be back buying more, so I can't rate it higher than that!
Did you have a beer? Share in the comments if you have!
Posting about a beer on a Saturday on the Beer Community ....
It's a whole bunch of fun, so check out The #BeerSaturday Challenge - Week 469 from the one and only @detlev.
This #BeerSaturday week I would like to invite @asiaymalay to share a beer with us..
Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!
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@tengolotodo June 29th 2026
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