Mike's is another NZ brewery that has been around for a while, in Taranaki since 1989, but has really taken off since the craft beer boom. Their angle is that their beers are organic, being brewed from all natural ingredients. Now, most small brewers are probably organic anyway if they are just using water, malt, hops and yeast, but is nice that they embrace their organicness. I fondly remember that a Mike's Organic Ale was one of the first beers I had upon returning to Wellington nearly two years ago, before I realised what a huge industry craft beer now is.
They have a wide range of standard beers for a small brewery, but they also like to experiment with some more random stuff. That is what I am drinking today, a member of the Mike's X range. They have standard label with a small sticker over the top telling you what you are drinking. Today it is the Hemp IPA. Can't get much more green and organic than hemp. It was an interesting drink. It was an IPA and there were definitely some hops there, but there was something else too which made the taste kind of oily. Not sure if it was the hemp or the hops were just green, but I'm undecided about this one. Could be worth another look but as it is part of the X range they may never make it again...
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