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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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ben4321 (12003) reviewed
HopWired IPA from 8 Wired Brewing
15 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Location: 500 ml bottle from Buy Rite - Jersey City, 3/13/11

Aroma: This one has a really nice fresh fruity and hoppy nose, lots of peach, some grapefruit and orange too
Appearance: The pour is a cloudy dark orange-amber color with beige head and medium lace
Flavor: The taste is note quite as fresh and hoppy, nice sweetness, fairly big bitterness
Palate: The body is fairly full it has a somewhat smooth body and a long dry finish
Overall Impression: My 3rd rating from New Zealand, I had to look that up out of curiosity, as I couldn't remember if I'd ever had anything from New Zealand. Well, I had, but nothing nearly this quality. This was a really nice IPA with a lot of citrus (peach) feel to it. Nice stuff, the nose is really the standout here, but I enjoyed the whole beer.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2011 at 18:09
NotABeerProfessor (3597) reviewed
The Big Smoke from 8 Wired Brewing
15 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Dark brown. Light smoky meaty (like a smoked ham) semi-dry finish, a very easy drinker.
Tried on 13 Mar 2011 at 08:29
Davros (5342) reviewed
Tall Poppy India Red Ale from 8 Wired Brewing
15 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours copper/ruby with a large lasting head.Nose shows big piney, resinous hops along with softer passion-fruit and peach. Underneath is lots of sweet malt with caramel character. Good stuff!First off the mark upon tasting is the same caramel and light toasty malt, with a big piney, resinous hoppy hit taking over soon after. It’s all finished off by a powerful bitterness. Personally I find the bitter a little overwhelming, it has a sharp, almost metallic character to it.Nice moderate carbonation though!
Tried on 12 Mar 2011 at 23:17
Beer5000 (11657) reviewed
HopWired IPA from 8 Wired Brewing
15 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
500 ml bottle provided by Meilby. Murky orange body with a thin off-white head. Strong fruity aroma typical grapefruit, and tropical fruits with pine and some caramel. Flavor is dominated by bitterness, citric and tropical fruit, some malt, pine and light caramel. A really fruity and bitter beer that becomes milder in the aftertaste. A bit unusually, quite interesting.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Mar 2011 at 09:27
Meilby (14945) reviewed
The Big Smoke from 8 Wired Brewing
15 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle 500ml @ yngwie
Pours black with a small off-white head. Aroma has notes of roasted smoaked malt. Taste is medium sweet, light bitter with a long smoked finish. Body is medium, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Mar 2011 at 14:28
Sledutah (12649) reviewed
HopWired IPA from 8 Wired Brewing
15 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle shared at RBWG 2011
Appearance: Slightly hazy amber with a nice off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Floral and caramel malts
Taste: Floral, fruity and caramel
Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Mar 2011 at 10:35
Pinball (16279) reviewed
HopWired IPA from 8 Wired Brewing
15 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
bottle shared by faroeviking orange-brown, smooth small yellow head. very nice hoppy aroma, exotic fruits, pine, faint grape. very interesting hop profile. flavor is hops, grapefruity hops, exotic fruity hops, quite bitter, nice malts. pretty bitter hoppy.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2011 at 10:49
pivnizub (12822) reviewed
ReWired Brown Ale from 8 Wired Brewing
15 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle: Almost clear, deep amber coloured, mid-sized lacy beige head; dry toasty to chocolatey nose with exotic fruits and a good dash of piney hops underneat; soloid dryish bitter-sweet flavour,light to medium bodied; lingering, mainly dry piney-citrussy hoppy finish, some chocolatey flavours around. A Kiwi goody.....
Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2011 at 04:18
yngwie (25067) reviewed
The Big Smoke from 8 Wired Brewing
15 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle, shared by meilby. A clear, ruby dark brown beer with a finger-thick off-white to beige head. Meaty, roasted aroma. Some coffee. Roasted flavor with a good dash of meaty smoke malt. Some dark berries too, and a touch of bitterness. Medium body, smooth. Tasteful, lasting bitterness. A nice one indeed, pleasant as a porter, pleasant as a smoked beer. 110301
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2011 at 12:56
yngwie (25067) reviewed
HopWired IPA from 8 Wired Brewing
15 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. An almost clear one, amber in color and with a small, beige head. Fruity, peachy nose with grapefruit, a cellary maltyness and some hints of alcohol. Some bitterness sting, a touch of alcohol and fruity, peachy flavors. Full body, pleasant low carbonation. Lasting bitterness and peachy, piney flavors. A nice one, the aroma being a bit unusual and feeling slightly unclean. The flavor is the best part, like it. 110301
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2011 at 10:15