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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6.4/10 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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440ml can as part of a delivery from New Zealand Beer Collective and drunk at home. Blacker than black and viscous with a small ring of khaki head. Massive aroma of vanilla-laden caramel, espresso beans and maybe a tiny bit of liquorice. Taste is so, so sweet, like cold oversugared coffee (but still somehow really amazing) and some light toasty bitterness in the finish. Full, full body with light carbonation. Works incredibly well.
Tried from Can on 27 Mar 2023 at 22:14

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Can. Cloudy pale amber with a cm of white head. Aroma of mandarin, pine, Australian pineapple, light biscuit. Light bodied and dryish with more crackery malt than guessed, fruit that starts sweet and gradually leans astringent. Lowish bitterness with some earthy herbs. Odd.
Tried from Can on 15 Mar 2023 at 12:34

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Draft. Black beer with a brown head. Caramel and chocolate aroma with light roast. Caramel and chocolate flavor with dark fruit. Medium-plus bodied. Caramel and light toffee linger with chocolate and dark fruit.
Tried from Draft on 05 Mar 2023 at 20:53