A distinctive brewery that I have seen offering its beers on taps at bars around Wellington for a while is Funk Estate. It's picture of a woman with a big afro stands out from the usual pictures of hops and brewery names. The three young guys behind Funk Estate look very different than their logo and seem to be a direct product of spending your formative University Years in a newly booming craft beer culture in Wellington. Long may the remain inspired.
Other than at the bars (which I am not at very often) I haven't really seen any Funk Estate beers for sale in bottles, so in a chance look in the Craft Beer Fridge at New World Railway Metro when I was supposed to be picking up family dinner I saw an opportunity that was not to be passed up, Funk Estate So'phisticuffs.
It is an IPA, which is a competitive market in NZ. I have already said that I think sometimes the IPA seems to be a competition for how much hoppyness a brewery can pack into its beer. So'phistocuffs is much more balanced, with the malts and the hops working together to produce a very tasty beer. This is just what I like when I drink an IPA and I will happily track this one down again.
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