GABS is happening in Auckland for the first time this year. There is a pretty good representation of the festival beers; but a disappointing lineup of other beers from our Australian mates. Any must - trys amongst the festival beers? The Pirate Life Loose Lips is at the top of my list.
Never tried Feral Watermelon Warhead or Feral Karma Citra? Edit: did you mean from this years list? As to the OP, the list for Auckland is a bit different to the Melbourne one, Morningtons peach ISA was ok from memory.
Yes, we've got a smaller selection. Getting smaller by the day - was looking forward to Red Carpet but it was scratched last night! Watermelon Warhead is one of my favourite drinks. Its astounding how much flavour they packed into a 2.9% beer.
The event was pretty disappointing in terms of the beers offered in Sydney and I would think that Beervana would be more worth your time. That said, from the ones I tried I enjoyed: Pirate Life Loose Lips La Sirene Biere Henri (certainly gimmicky but I enjoyed it) Kereru Coffee Imperial Stout 8 Wired Sour IPA thing Liberty Black IPA So mostly the New Zealand beers anyway...
I liked the Killer Sprocket "Shiny" Coffee IPA though it's not for everyone. I missed the Nail stuff this year. I was hoping for Flaming Lamington to make a comeback but that might be later in the year.
