At the heart of Bach Brewing is our passion for craft beer and our love for the Kiwi Bach…escape, freedom, simplicity and time together with family and friends.
Bach Brewing is a family owned gypsy brewing company located between the shores of Auckland’s harbours. Our passion is brewing fresh aromatic beer that compliments our coastal way of living.
A beer with as many A’s as we can cram into it, featuring hops from America, Australia, Aotearoa and malts from Anglia (England).
Inspired from pre-prohibition North American Cream Ales that broke from tradition to blend ale and lager yeast, then cold lagered.
Beachstone is a serious NZ hopped Pilsner – tropical fruit and citrus aromas and upfront flavour.
Crayporter is brewed with eight malts and forty whole crayfish plunged into the kettle boil, for a subtle fusion of sea and land.
Perfectly balanced Session Pale Ale featuring Nelson Riwaka hops and Canterbury’s Gladfield malts.
Duskrider is a superbly balanced Red India Pale Ale – a young love marriage between a half dozen specialty malts and the NZ and American hops.
Hopsmacker is brewed with English and NZ malts and loaded with a plethora of NZ and American hops – Riwaka, Amarillo, Mosaic and Simcoe.
Kingtide is loaded with a caravan full of five character hops from the NZ and USA coasts of the Pacific Ocean.
An all American hopped IPA, cruising on a juicy base of Gladfield malts from the Canterbury plains.
Hopsmacker is brewed with English and NZ malts and loaded with a plethora of NZ and American hops – Riwaka, Amarillo, Mosaic and Simcoe.
Tasting Notes:
Pale in colour, clean enough to let the hops blaze through, full on tropical fruits, passionfruit, grapefruit, pine and lychee.
A beer with as many A’s as we can cram into it, featuring hops from America, Australia, Aotearoa and malts from Anglia (England).
Gold Medal Winner:
2017 Australian International Beer Awards
Tasting Notes:
Although slightly lower in alcohol than an IPA, this beer still has good weight and great flavour, with juicy stonefruit and tropical notes and very refreshing.
Inspired from pre-prohibition North American Cream Ales that broke from tradition to blend ale and lager yeast, then cold lagered.
Tasting Notes:
Our refresh of this old favourite includes spicy and citrus aroma hops, golden malts and Hauraki Gulf sourced Pohtukawa honey.
This Imperial Ale with a combination of hearty malts and aromatic hops.
Gold Medal Winner:
2017 Australian International Beer Awards – Champion Barley Wine
Tasting Notes:
Big bold flavours, that have been rounded as a result of an extended conditioning period for twelve weeks. Velvety and warming.
Witsunday is a thirst quenching, hopped up Witbier.
Gold Medal Winner:
2017 NW Beer & Cider Awards – Champion Wheat Beer
Silver Medal Winner:
2016 Australian International Beer Awards
2016 NW Beer & Cider Awards
Tasting Notes:
A cloudy fusion of wheat and Pilsner malts, citrus hop aroma and esters of Belgian yeast, with a hint of lemon grass.
An all American hopped IPA, cruising on a juicy base of Gladfield malts from the Canterbury plains.
Gold Medal Winner:
2016 Australian International Beer Awards
Tasting Notes:
Big tropical fruit of passionfruit and pineapple on the nose. Superb balance and complexity.
Crayporter is brewed with eight malts and forty whole crayfish plunged into the kettle boil, for a subtle fusion of sea and land.
Silver Medal Winner:
2016 NW Beer & Cider Awards
2015 Brewers Guild of NZ Awards
Tasting Notes:
Dark with rich head. Hint of brine and toasty malt, just a hint of crayfish flesh with clean hop bitterness.
Perfectly balanced Session Pale Ale featuring Nelson Riwaka hops and Canterbury’s Gladfield malts.
Gold Medal Winner:
2017 NW Beer & Cider Awards – Champion Pale Ale
2016 NW Beer & Cider Awards
Silver Medal Winner:
2015 Dublin Craft Beer Cup
Tasting Notes:
Fresh stone fruit, grapefruit and honeyed malt characters, this pale ale is an easy drinking pleasure.
Beachstone is a serious NZ hopped Pilsner – tropical fruit and citrus aromas and upfront flavour, followed by a herbal grassiness.
Silver Medal Winner:
2015 Brewers Guild of NZ Awards
Tasting Notes
Beachstone is plied with punchy NZ hops: Pacific Jade,Pacifica, Riwaka, Motueka, Nelson Sauvin, and a solid and juicy malt base – obvious when you smell and taste the beer. The bitterness is for grown ups, and might make regular “green bottled” lager drinkers cry a little, and cower in the corner
Duskrider is a finely balanced Red India Pale Ale – a young love marriage between a half dozen specialty malts and the NZ and American hops.
Gold Medal Winner:
2015 Brewers Guild of NZ Awards, & Best in Class Trophy
2014 NW Beer & Cider Awards, & Best in Class Trophy
Silver Medal Winner:
2016 Australian International Beer Awards
2016 NW Beer & Cider Awards
2014 Brewers Guild of NZ Awards
Tasting Notes:
Duskrider has a ruby-red hue and throws a bouncy aroma of pine and orange peel. The smooth and creamy body has notes of caramel and even a touch or sherbet before a moderately bitter finish.
Gold Medal Winner:
2015 Australian International Beer Awards
2015 Brewers Guild of NZ Awards
2014 NW Beer & Cider Awards
Silver Medal Winner:
2016 Australian International Beer Awards
2016 NW Beer & Cider Awards
2015 Dublin Craft Beer Cup
2014 Brewers Guild of NZ Awards
Tasting Notes:
True to its Pacific genre, Kingtide weaves a balance between the tropical fruit of the NZ hops and the citrus-pine of the US hops. At 7 per cent, its sweet, mellow, with a broad pillowy mouthfeel. It delivers a multi-layered experience of floral, fruity and charmingly rugged bitterness.
Just last weekend in Dublin 469 beers from 24 countries were judged; Bach Brewing picked up 3 medals; Driftwood Session Pale Ale – Silver medal Kingtide Pacific IPA – Silver medal Duskrider Red IPA – Bronze medal Don’t mean to skite but like a proud Dad, in less than 12 months this brings the medal…
Our newest beer just released; Driftwood Session Pale Ale at 5% ABV, is an easy drinking and tasty pale ale. Brewed with predominantly Riwaka hops from Nelson, and supported by a couple or American hop stars; Amarillo and Citra, plus a handful of specialty malts from Gladfield Malt on Canterbury plains, NZ. Available in 500ml…
