Yeastie Boys

Regional Brewery in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿

Established in 2008

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Wellington, New Zealand
Description
The Yeastie Boys - Stu McKinlay and Sam Possenniskie are the dynamic duo of New Zealand's craft beer scene. They burst onto the beer landscape with two trophies for their flagship porter Pot Kettle Black at BrewNZ 2009 and have remained firmly ensconced there ever since.

Yeastie Boys is a deliciously irreverent brewing company and, quite possibly, the world's smallest multinational. We take beer and people very seriously... everything else is unmitigated fun!

We brew in opposite ends of the earth - New Zealand, Australia & United Kingdom - to keep the world in good beer balance.

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
2/3rds of a pint at The Raven, Renfield Street, Glasgow. A reasonable session IPA. But considering it's Yeastie Boys - underwhelming.
Tried from Draft on 04 May 2025 at 20:07

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
[33cl can from Beer52.] An opaque, glossy peaty brown coloured pour with a thick beige head that falls back slowly; aroma of heavily roasted malts; dry in the mouth with a taste of burnt toast and a pleasantly fruity bitterness; then a lingering fruity finish with blackcurrant and blueberry. An impressive porter.
Tried from Can from Beer52 on 18 Apr 2025 at 22:11

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Been a while since I've seen a new Yeastie Boy. Can. Hazy pale amber, thick 3/2cm white head. Aroma pf tropical and light citrus fruit, some bread and herbal notes. Fruity but not all that sweet, despite some stone fruit joining the melange. Leans towards herbal astringency with moderate bitterness. Pretty good.
Tried on 18 Apr 2025 at 12:17

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
330ml can. Pours a dark brown with beige head and decent retention. Aroma and taste of caramel, orange, light roast with light tropical and spicy elements. Finish has another fruity hop burst with a light herbal and dry finish. Medium bodied, moderate to soft carbonation.

I really enjoyed this although I'm aware malt wise it does not have much complexity. This one is all about the hops.
Tried from Can from Beer52 on 28 Mar 2025 at 23:30

7/10
Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2025 at 07:28

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Can. Pours a dark gold colour with a tight white head, plenty of hops and citrus fruits especially lemon in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish.
Tried from Can from Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations) on 15 Mar 2025 at 18:29

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can. Slightly unclear body with a fine white head. Nice aroma that's actually smells like floral tea with some citric fruit and soft malt in the background. Flavor is rich, soft floral tea, fruit, a bit like ice tea with soft malt and moderate bitterness. Fine balanced body and long lasting aftertaste. An interesting version of an IPA, and it works great.
Tried from Can on 12 Mar 2025 at 07:46

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Hazy yellow body with a big white head. Aroma is peat, peat and some more peat with bacon and smoked ham. Flavor is the same peat dominated thing, no balance really just very peaty and sweet. I guess this is one of these typical love or hate kind of beer, but I actually find myself a bit in the middle. It’s not bad at all and there is actually some kind of balance to be found here, getting a bit used to this it’s kinda nice. Still pretty one dimensional but I think its made in a nice and uncompromising way. This is not just a silly novelty beer, this is some kind of experiment that end up god on its own premises. It has been done before and as far as I remember this tastes more than less the same as Nøgne Ø 100% Peat from about 5 years ago. It’s kinda nice and definitively fun for the open mind beer taster.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2025 at 07:45

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Hazy golden pour with white head
A - tropical notes mango
F - interesting flavour piney grapefruit bitterness touch of candy
Fair bitterness fairly soft mouth feel
Tried from Can from Beer52 on 07 Mar 2025 at 20:09

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Aroma of malt, grass, soft chocolate, some roast, fruity notes, some grapefruit, citrus, "sinas snippers", hops. Flavour is light sweet with a moderate bitter finish. Body is medium. Very easily drinkable and refreshing fruity malty hoppy chocolate Porter, soft but tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:01