Black is the new hoppy. There's a lot a brewer can do with dark beers, barrel-age them in whisky or rum barrels, add spices like vanilla, chilli, coffee, chocolate, even peanut butter, hop them, and so on. There're as many ways to make a dark beer as there are ingredients in the world. So in this list, you'll find some traditional dark beers like porters and stouts, as well as some crazy stuff.
Again, if you need recommendations, just chat with us online.
8Wired Batch 2.18 Oak Aged Imperial Stout
8Wired Batch 2.18 Oak Aged Imperial Stout
Imperial stout brewed with dates, jaggery and vanilla beans. Fermented in open oak-foudres and further oak aged.
Style: Imperial Stout
Vol: 500ml
ABV: 11%
8Wired Dynamo Merlot Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
8Wired Dynamo Merlot Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
A big sticky beast of a Stout brewed with a large amount of dates, aged for a year, and then further rounded out with a touch of Vanilla.
Style: Imperial Stout
ABV: 11%
Vol: 500ml
8Wired Flat White Coffee Milk Nitro Stout can
8Wired Flat White Coffee Milk Nitro Stout can
Honourably named after New Zealand's national style of barista coffee. A title that has been wrestled away from freeze dried instant coffee and made our country one of the best coffee nations in the world. In our own humble opinion.... Brewed with coffee,
8Wired iStout can
8Wired iStout can
The "I" might be in lower case, but beware - this is a capital beer. Brimming with luscious roasted coffee and chocolate malt flavours, iStout is balanced by a brisk bitterness and bold hoppy freshness. As with all our beers, this beer is a very modern in
8Wired Texas Dolly Hoppy Hazy Brown Ale
8Wired Texas Dolly Hoppy Hazy Brown Ale
If history has taught Poker players anything, it's better to be lucky than good. Of course, if like Doyle Brunsen, one is both lucky and good, that's an even better combination. Making it to the final table of the World Series of Poker two years in a row
Carbon Brew The Baltic Proper Porter
Carbon Brew The Baltic Proper Porter
On the nose espresso, coffee, chocolate. On the palate silky smooth with toasty biscuit and coffee coming through.
Style: Baltic Porter
ABV: 7.7%
Vol: 330ml
de Struise Black Damnation 13 More Anger
de Struise Black Damnation 13 More Anger
The Black Damnation series is a dark twist of Urban's mind. His idea was to realize a double dozen ales with the use of Black Albert over a period of several years, that are as black as hell, filthy rich in the nose and with massive taste. More Anger is a
de Struise Black Damnation 15 Drone
de Struise Black Damnation 15 Drone
The Struise Black Damnation series is a dark twist of Urban's mind.
His idea was to realize a double dozen ales with the use of Black Albert, over a period of years, that are black as hell, filthy rich in the nose and with massive taste. Black Damnation
de Struise Black Damnation 17 Ben
de Struise Black Damnation 17 Ben
The Struise Black Damnation series is a dark twist of Urban's mind.
His idea was to realize a double dozen ales with the use of Black Albert, over a period of years, that are black as hell, filthy rich in the nose and with massive taste. Black Damnation
de Struise Black Damnation 18 Major Tom
de Struise Black Damnation 18 Major Tom
The Black Damnation series is a dark twist of Urban's mind. His idea was to realize a double dozen ales with the use of Black Albert over a period of several years, that are as black as hell, filthy rich in the nose and with massive taste. Major Tom is a
de Struise Black Damnation 20 Ma Boule
de Struise Black Damnation 20 Ma Boule
The Black Damnation series is a dark twist of Urban's mind. His idea was to realize a double dozen ales with the use of Black Albert over a period of several years, that are as black as hell, filthy rich in the nose and with massive taste. Ma Boule is a m
de Struise Black Damnation 22 Willy
de Struise Black Damnation 22 Willy
The Black Damnation series is a dark twist of Urban's mind. His idea was to realize a double dozen ales with the use of Black Albert over a period of several years, that are as black as hell, filthy rich in the nose and with massive taste. Willy is a mass
Deschutes Abyss Barrel-aged in Brandy Barrels 2016
Deschutes Abyss Barrel-aged in Brandy Barrels 2016
Warm, smooth, sweet dried fruit and vanilla complement a commanding Brandy character. This remarkably limited version was 100% barrel-aged for 12 months in Brandy casks.
Style: Imperial Stout
ABV: 13.3%
Vol: 650ml
Deschutes The Abyss 2015 Imperial Stout
Deschutes The Abyss 2015 Imperial Stout
A deep, dark Imperial Stout, The Abyss has almost immeasurable depth and complexity. Hints of molasses, licorice and other alluring flavors make it something not just to quaff, but contemplate.
As for the great “drink it now or let it age” debate, we s
Deschutes The Abyss 2016 Imperial Stout
Deschutes The Abyss 2016 Imperial Stout
A deep, dark Imperial Stout, The Abyss has almost immeasurable depth and complexity. Hints of molasses, licorice and other alluring flavors make it something not just to quaff, but contemplate. 50% aged for 12 months in Bourbon, Oregon Oak, & Pinot Noir c
Garage Project Cabbages & Kings Horopito Oyster Stout
Garage Project Cabbages & Kings Horopito Oyster Stout
Name inspired by the Lewis Carrol poem The Walrus and the Carpenter, Through the Looking Glass and Alice in Wonderland. In the poem the Walrus is like the pied piper of oysters and he lures the oysters from the ocean and into our beer. From Te Matuku Bay
Garage Project Chateau Aro Solera Barrelled Pinot Noir Dark Ale
Garage Project Chateau Aro Solera Barrelled Pinot Noir Dark Ale
Château Aro, a dark rubescent ale, conditioned on freshly crushed pinot noir juice and skins, then aged in French oak barrels - all from award winning Escarpment Winery. This very special ‘solera’ release blends together 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 vintages
Garage Project Out of the Woods Dark Ale
Garage Project Out of the Woods Dark Ale
Out of the Woods, inspired by and infused with the New Zealand forest.
Ten different malts create a dark complex malt base, infused with totara rimu and manuka, fermented with a mixture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Brettanomyces in an open topped wood
Garage Project Whittakers Dark Chocolate Stout
Garage Project Whittakers Dark Chocolate Stout
Beautifully bitter dark chocolate stout. Brewed with Canterbury malts, oats and roasted barley, infused with Whittaker's finest roasted Garnaian cocoa beans then finished with a hint of espresso coffee, hazelnut and seville orange. Each can is dosed with
Garage Project Whittakers White Chocolate Milk Stout
Garage Project Whittakers White Chocolate Milk Stout
Brewed with New Zealand lactose, barley and oats and unfused with a delicate touch of Whittaker's cacao beans, vanilla, golden raspberry and Gisbourne lemon. Each can is dosed with nitrogen creating a beer with a silky smooth mouthfeel, lush vanilla milk
La Sirene Praline Hazelnut Vanilla Cacao Stout
La Sirene Praline Hazelnut Vanilla Cacao Stout
A very special Belgian chocolate ale. Building on a Belgian stout base, it is brewed with organic vanilla pods, cacao nibs from Mexico and hazelnuts and with a creamy body, it is velvety, dark and seductive.
Style: Stout
ABV: 6%
Vol: 375ml
Lion Rock Oriental Pearl Oatmeal Stout
Lion Rock Oriental Pearl Oatmeal Stout
Lion Rock Oriental Pearl (Oatmeal Stout)
Smooth silkiness, complexity, lingering aftertaste, emphasis on malty sweetness. Filled with licorice, chocolate and coffee aroma without too much bitterness. Makes you feel warm after drinking.
Style: Stout
Omnipollo Barrel Aged Mammut Imperial Stout
Omnipollo Barrel Aged Mammut Imperial Stout
In the summer of 2019, we released Mammut, a slick imperial stout full of maple syrup, vanilla and toasted hazelnuts. We took half the batch and laid it to rest on bourbon barrels before treating it with coconut, vanilla and toasted hazelnuts. Think nutty
Omnipollo Mads No Bake Carrot Cake Imperial Stout
Omnipollo Mads No Bake Carrot Cake Imperial Stout
No bake carrot cake. A thick stout base with our own blend of spices and seeds intended to remind you of the cake and frosting of your favorite carrot cake.
Style: Imperial Stout
ABV: 12%
Vol: 330ml
