8 Wired Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Warkworth,
Auckland,
New Zealand 🇳🇿
Associated Venue: 8 Wired Brewing - Barrelworks
Established in 2009
Contact
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.
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.
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can. Just misted pale amber with a good cm of white head. Softly spoken but nice aroma of orange, preen pine twigs, peach, light bread and spices. The taste starts gently fruity but gathers to a fine piney spicy bitter finish.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2025
at 11:42
9/10
One of the best imperial stouts i have tried & I am no miso fan. Chocolate is dominant & the base stout is classy. Def buy again, I have bought a box.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Oct 2025
at 04:04
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
From a 440ml can on 12/10/2025. Pours a deep brown with a smallish light tan head. The nose is quite odd, mostly spicy with a dash of cinnamon It's just as confusing on the sip - kinda weedy and herbal with some dark chocolate, more cinnamon, and just a hint of the promised biscuit presenting. Doesn't really come across as dessert beer, with muted sweetness, with a slightly sour, chemical and lightly roasty bitterness, with a touch of booze lingering at the back. The palate is a touch oily, the carbonation moderate. Just messy and not at all what I was expecting. Really disappointing.
Tried
from Can
from
Plonk
on 12 Oct 2025
at 04:57
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2025
at 07:08
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
2021 bottle. More brown than red. Clear with a pale beige wisp that's very soon gone. Aroma of red wine vinegar, oak, some cherries. Quite sharp with some earthy notes softening the acidic and woody aspects a bit. Twiggy as well as oaky at the end. Good but a little too acidic for me.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2025
at 12:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Slightly murky mahogany beer with a cream head. Tart and red fruit aroma. Tart/light sour flavor with red fruit, oak, and light cocoa. Medium bodied. Tartness/light sourness lingers with cocoa, red fruit, and oak.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2025
at 17:12
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle. 2021 Aged in wine barrels. Mahogany beer with a dark cream head. Light sour and wine aroma with dark fruit, light acetic notes, and light oak. Sour and acetic flavor with red wine, dark fruit, and light oak. Medium bodied. Sourness and acetic notes linger with red wine, dark fruit, light oak, and dark fruit.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2025
at 17:05
7.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2025
at 08:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried
on 25 Aug 2025
at 16:09
8/10
Been ages since I've had an Enzed beer. Europe seems to have stopped importing them, sad. This is good! Classic old money English stout, heavy style.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jul 2025
at 23:45