8 Wired Brewing

Microbrewery in Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Associated Venue: 8 Wired Brewing - Barrelworks

Established in 2009

Contact
26 Glenmore Drive, Warkworth, New Zealand
Description
8 Wired is a micro brewing company based in Warkworth, New Zealand.

Our mission is to produce mind blowing beers that will wow craft beer lovers, excite fellow beer geeks and educate the mis-guided who still believe that "beer is just beer". If you want to come on this journey with us, please get in touch.

8 Wired Brewing is inspired by the legendary Kiwi can-do mentality and fellow craft brewers who have dared to challenge the masses and show us all that beer is no longer “just beer”! Known for producing “New world interpretations of old world styles” 8 Wired have multiple shades of very hoppy IPAs, Saisons, Porters and Stouts in their permanent line up and have the biggest barrel aged and sour program in the southern hemisphere.

After 5 years of contract brewing, eventually at 4 different breweries across New Zealand we now finally have our very own brewery (In Warkworth, North of Auckland) where we brew and package everything.

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pitch black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is roasted, some coffee, mild rye and some toffee and alcohol tones. Flavour is coffee, some roasted, mild chocolate and some rye bready tones with a wee bit of alcohol and some spiciness.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2023 at 19:40


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Deep brown colour with a mediumsized beige head. Aroma is brett, some roasted tones, mild berries with some citrus as well. Flavour is floral, fruity, bretty, some toasted and mild wooden and citrusy tones.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2023 at 19:39


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottled. More or less black colour with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is vanilla, some chocolate, mild alcohol and some roasted elements. Flavour is roasted, some vanilla, alcohol, liquorice, mild bourbon and some wooden tones too.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2023 at 19:35


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. Hazy goldeny orange colour with a mediumsized foamy white head. Aroma is mild farmyardy elements, some citrus, yeast, and a bit grainy tones. Flavour is sweet citrus, some earth, mild funk and tartness with some bready and grainy tones.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2023 at 19:32


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Canned (Alko Web). Pitch black colour, small brown head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, some lactose, mild vanilla and also some alcohol sweetness. Flavour is roasted malts, some coffee, chocolate, vanilla, dried fruits, mild ashes and some toffee as well. Very dark chocolate in the aftertaste.

Tried from Can on 28 Apr 2023 at 19:30


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled (from K Supermarket Kampus, Pori). Black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is big time coffee, roasted malts and some slight vanilla and lactose to it. Flavour is overly roasted coffee overdose, the malts and lactose doesn't manage to balance the super roastiness up. One dimensional and plain boring.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2023 at 19:29


9.3
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Can as gift at home. Black colour with a tan head. Rich malty chocolate bitter. Roasted nutty. Slight maple. Rich full body. Wow. This is a really really good imperial stout.

Tried on 28 Apr 2023 at 17:58


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

22/4/2023. Bottle from LowCostBeer.com shared at SBGP2. Pours clear very pale gold with a large frothy white head. Aroma of lemon, herbs, grass, straw, passion fruit, acidic citrus. Moderate sweetness and light bitterness. Moderate body, slightly oily, average carbonation. 8373-13.34

Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2023 at 20:33


9.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

330ml can as part of a delivery from New Zealand Beer Collective and drunk at home. Black with a big loose light brown head. Pine, molasses, dark cooking chocolate and some Coffee and stone fruit in the aroma. Taste is achingly sweet, with lots of muscovado sugar, chocolate and citrus notes, followed by some hoppy bitterness at the end. Full syrupy body, light carbonation. A revelation.

Tried from Can on 23 Apr 2023 at 21:42


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

8/4/2023. Can shared at SBGP2. From New Zealand Beer Collective. Pours hazy very pale orange gold with a frothy white head. Aroma of citrus, flowers, tropical fruits, pineapple, orange, herb, pine. Medium sweetness, light to moderate bitterness, touch tart. Moderate body, slightly oily, average carbonation. Sweet fruity finish. Decent.

Tried from Can on 19 Apr 2023 at 20:23