The Hop Studio - Rakau India Pale Ale
Polly's Brew Co.

Through every iteration of our growth over the last demi-decade, one thing that has persisted throughout is this brewery’s love of hops, and how we’ve born an entire business that now looks after the livelihoods of fourteen team members from this love. The Hop Studio felt like a natural extension of this love - showcasing the single most complex, wonderfully diverse ingredient we use in our process bar none. A product of the New Zealand Hop Breeding Programme that we feel is overshadowed by some of its more popular contemporaries, we’re putting our flag in the ground for Rakau. Intentionally bred as a dual purpose bittering and aroma hop, this Kiwi variety bursts with incredible deep flavours and aromas of passionfruit, orchard fruits, and freshly cut citrus, with underlying notes of prickly pine and resin notes to keep everything in check. Perfect for a classic Polly’s IPA - all hail Rakau!