Beer Friday! - Yeastie Boys Brewery

Hello folks, and welcome to another edition of Beer Friday!. This week, I'd first like to share a fantastic discovery I made. Here, in Dunedin, there is a CRAFT BEER STORE. Yeah. A place where I can go to pick up all sorts of NZ (and international) microbrews, as well as delicious scotch (if I could afford it) and fantastic wines (if I was Peter Dinklage). SO, I raise my literal and metaphorical glass to Castle MacAdam Wine. May we have a wonderful, alcohol based friendship over the next 100 or so (is that a hint as to my return date? MAYBE?) days.

As for the beer(s) this week, I went with two selections, purchased from the aforementioned Castle MacAdam, from Yeastie Boys Brewery. Based out of Miramar in Wellington, YB was founded by Stu McKinlay and Sam Posseniskie. They exploded onto the craft brewing scene in 2009 with their fantastically named Pot Kettle Black porter (winning two trophies at BrewNZ 2009), and have since been putting out top quality brown pops and making it rain, PACMAN JONES STYLE, international beer awards. Everything I've heard and read about these guys had been overwhelmingly positive, so I'm very excited to review TWO of their beers for you, as always, after the jump.