The clocks have leapt forward, the nights are drawing out, so it must mean only one thing – beer garden weather is firmly in the pipeline. Those hazy sun-soaked evenings where it’s warm enough to wear a light-jacket, or heaven forbid a tshirt, and good times are shared with pals over the course of several smashable pints. We’ve specifically designed Wavy Blue with this situation in mind, and brought in the expertise of three separate hop merchants to select their favourite cold side NZ hops to create a definitive beer garden beer. First up is an in house favourite Rakau, bringing intense fresh apricot, stonefruit and passionfruit notes to the party. Second, an infrequent visitor to Polly’s, but one we relish to work with whenever we get the opportunity in Wai-Iti, and with it a metric tonne of pithy lime citrus notes, before a final flourish of Mega Motueka – a blend born from collaboration beween Freestyle Hops and Phantasm to create the most sun-drenched, tropical burst of flavour they possibly can. The result? An easy drinking pale ale that is perfectly crushable and fully tuned into the longer evenings ahead.