With winter upon us, you are going to love this month’s stop on the NZ Brewery Tour™. It’s a Monster release from Lakeman! 

It’s been a while since our last Lakeman release, so we thought we’d make this one a Big Hairy One. Stacked with their 7 latest 440ml brews (which are all massive) and one of the best 330ml line-ups in NZ, this is the perfect box of beers to enjoy over the cooler months (if they last that long!). 

Using water sourced from the aquifer which is directly beneath the brewery in Taupo, Lakeman beers are crisp and clean yet pack a real punch, particularly their latest 440ml releases. Including 2 x Double Hazy IPA’s you’ll be wanting to sit down for this one. 

Exclusive to Beer Hug, this release is full of Big Hazies, Hop Bombs and Award-Winning Crowd-Pleasers. Included in your Lakeman Legendary Line-up are the following 7x 440ml plus 5x 330ml brews;

• 🐵Love Doctor Double Hazy IPA 440ml (8.7%): For the lovers of Double hazy’s Cryo Sabro, Cryo Talus, Citra, and Nelson Sauvin produces a tropical juice bomb with a glorious flavour profile of coconut, mango, peach, citrus, and grape.
• 🐵Mastermind Hazy IPA 440ml (6.4%): Channelling the flavours of a Pina Colada, this beer bursts with tropical juiciness, coconut, tangerine, and a hint of sauvignon.
• 🐵Jocks and Socks Hazy IPA 440ml (6.5%): We promise you this is not a can of sweat and must but a can of sweet scents. Brimming with papaya, citrus and stone fruit which is guaranteed to impress and not depress.
• 🐵CopyCat West Coast IPA 440ml (6.7%): This copycat, based on the original West Coast IPA, delivers upfront citrus and tropical fruits with a great dankness and bitterness throughout because sometimes it is just better to copy a classic. 
• 🐵Flying Circus Bright IPA 440ml (6.3%): If you hanker for a vibrant, clean IPA low on bitterness but big on flavour jump on the Flying Circus. It will barrel roll you with popping sweet navel and tropical delights leaving a trace of low altitude bitterness.
• 🐵Stout 440ml (6.0%): Don’t be fooled this no adjunct stout has real depth with decadent roast malt flavours and a mild bitterness that carries throughout finishing with a note of cold-brewed coffee.
• 🐵Dragon Slayer Double IPA 440ml (8.5%): A big hitter with power notes of citrus and apricot, Dragon Slayer cuts through the chaos with a great dankness. This is a smooth, stealth-like hunter you will not see coming.
• 🐵Hairy Hop IPA 330ml (6.3%): A bold hop forward IPA with aromas of summer fruit, citrus, and a hint of pine. A smooth malt ends with a pop of citrus (Champion NZ IPA 2018).
• 🐵Taupo Thunder NZPA 330ml (5.7%): Lakeman is truly Taupo proud, and this New Zealand Pale Ale pays homage to our home. It is brewed with iconic Kiwi hops Riwaka and Moutere, giving bursts of passion fruit and citrus on an approachable malt (NW Top 30)
• 🐵Primate Pilsner 330ml (5.2%): Get your opposable thumb around our crisp new world style Pilsner. Straw in colour and of light malt character with lemon citrus notes and pacific jade hops providing a soft bitter finish (NZ Supreme Beer Winner 2023).
• 🐵Sundowner Hazy IPA 330ml (5.8%): Sundowner is a little gem with its creamy body dominated by stone fruit and tropical flavours and comes in at 5.8%.
  🐵Lager 330ml (5.0%): Extremely drinkable is this clean, refreshing lager brewed on a light malt base subtly hopped to give soft lemon tastes.