8 wired

The “i” might be in lower case, but beware – this is a capital beer. Brimming with luscious roasted coffee and chocolate malt flavours drizzled ove...

Our Hippy Berliner was such a success that we ebbed to consumer demand and brewed a special edition with the addition of cooling cucumber. Bursting...

Another big stout from the cellar at 8 Wired. Brewed with an irresponsible amount of barley, then aged for a year in Hawke's Bay Merlot barrels. Bi...

American style IPA, brewed with the Dankest super hops we can find. Very aromatic - pungent, sweaty, grassy and sticky. Massive grapefruit and zest...

When 8 Wired does fruited sours, it's always a good idea to pay attention. This Hendrix inspired Kettle Sour is fermented on apricots and has a lov...

It's a rendition of an age old monastery beer, but we do it the 8 Wired way. Brewed and dry hopped with NZ grown Styrian Golding hops, fermented wi...

Hopwired was one of the first, true new world IPAs made exclusively with unique New Zealand hops. Although there is plenty of malt sweetness, this ...

Aged on currants and cascara with brettanomyces and pediococcus in Pinot Noir barrels. Then blended into a red wine foedre for further aging.

From a remarkable brewer comes another remarkable offering. An ale brewed with feijoas, vintaged and aged for two years in wine barrels.

Our highly rated imperial stout, iStout, aged for 3 years in Pinot Noir barrels with added brettanomyces. Roast and boozy as the original but also ...

Our interpretation of a New Zealand hopped pale ale can best be described as Tropidelic. With plenty of exotic fruit flavours from the hops, it's a...

It's intense, with a sharp and fruity hoppiness backed by a complex, caramel-like malty structure. The best characteristics of an American style IP...

If you don't like hops, don't buy this beer. The intense bitterness and pungent, fruity hoppiness may confuse your taste buds to an extent where th...

A sour ale brewed the traditional way. Aged in Pinot Noir barrels for 2 years with blackcurrants & a bunch of microbes, creating a complex mela...

This is the last barrel aged beer we brewed in Blenheim, before uprooting and setting up a new brewery in the North. A 100% spontaneous fermented a...

American style barley wine, brewed with New Zealand malt, Australian hops, English yeast and aged on French oak. A true globetrotter, a mighty Lord...

Beware, this is a BIG beer. Brimming with luscious roasted coffee and chocolate malt flavours which are balanced by a brisk bitterness and bold fre...

A refreshing, light, hoppy, sour and very fruity tasting beer inspired by traditional Berliner Weisse ales. Naturally soured by live cultures and h...

We’ve taken our best porter recipe and added a good measure of the famous Bamberg Rauchmalz (beechwood smoked malt). The smoke mingles beautifully ...

This Baltic Porter was brewed in New Zealand by 8 Wired with Polish brewers Browar PINTA in October 2017. Using Baltic hops we combined the Baltic ...

We barrel aged our first beer in 2010. Since then we have built up what we believe is one of the largest barrel ageing programmes of any brewery in...

Juicy, fruity, hop bomb. Extensive late hopping regime with Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy & ‘Ella. Defiantly in your face, definitely not your average ...