Hapi Sessions 2025, three collaborations, three breweries at the top of their game, three beers, each showcasing a different hop forward style in a playful 'freestyle' interpretation of one of the beers that helped to make each brewery famous. Seattle's favourite sons, Fast Fashion, fly in for a slice of Down Under Pizza. Decadent DDH DIPA, dripping with harvest fresh Motueka, NZ Cascade and a very special secret sprinkle of brand new Hapi Research hop variety NZ02, delivers a ripe punch of passionfruit, lychee, lime and creamy peach.

The monster hop has taken a new form. The same all-star cast of New Zealand grown Nelson Sauvin and Rakau hops, now shrouded in haze. Juicy grapefruit, passionfruit and dank resin, fused in a swirling otherworldly Hazy IPA. The beast is back.

Looks like it's your lucky day. Lucky Charm, polotmavé pivo, Czech style amber lager. A generous blend of Pilsner, Vienna, Munich and Midnight Wheat, balanced with Saaz and Celeia hops and fermented with a Czech yeast. The result is a superbly smooth lager, with restrained hop notes, soft, rounded malt mouthfeel with hints of caramel and fresh baked bread crust. Works like a charm.

Bright, golden Cali style IPA, hopped with the finest, hand selected, harvest fresh Nelson Sauvin loaded with intense passionfruit, bright gooseberry and tropical juicebox aromatics. Nuff said really.

What evil creeps from within the brewery. Nightmare on Aro Street, blood red IPA, brewed with a terrifyingly juicy blend of 5 malts balanced with the mouthwatering grapefruit citrus hit of Chinook, Simcoe, Citra and New Zealand Cascade. Be afraid, be very afraid.

The arrival of hops to the brewing scene in England in the 1500s led to a moral panic, hops were described as 'a Wicked, & Pernicious Weed', feared to bring the downfall of civilized society. Thankfully, they were right.

Original cult classic Pernicious Weed, now in delicious Yuzu flavour. Super sour fresh Yuzu zest and freshly squeezed juice collide head on with Nelson Sauvin and Rakau in a giant-foamy-super-golden-fruity-citrus-hop-bomb-explosion! It shouldn't taste this good, but it does.

An American classic, with a twist of pine. Ponderosa Pale - American Pale Ale. Sweet malts blended with Oregon Chinook, Cascade, Citra and Strata and finished with a shot of pine terpene. White grapefruit citrus, dank pineapple sativa and sun warmed old growth resin, all balanced with chewy caramel biscuit malt. Like Oregon old growth in a can.

Haters gonna hate. Riwaka Only Fans, an unapologetic showcase of one of New Zealand's most intense and distinctive hops. This dry hopped California style pilsner creates the perfect beer style for Riwaka to shine in its own unique way in a glorious blaze of vibrant lime, rich tropical fruit and that unmistakable hint of diesel kush. This one's for the fans.

Turn up the heat at your pickle party. Pickle Beer, the Spicy edition! Naturally kettle soured, infused with cucumber, dill and pickle spice, fired up with a generous addition of red hot chilli peppers. Spicy, refreshing and disarmingly delicious. It's getting hot in here!

Brewed with East Coast legends Trillium using hand selected lots from Freestyle Hop's Sunrise Valley farm located in Upper Moutere. With a radical hop free boil and massive dry hop of Nelson Sauvin and Rakau hops, Sunrise Valley is delicious tropical hoppy sunshine in a can.

Swifty is named after the Swiftburn stream that flows through Royalburn Station in the South Island's high country, where Garage Project's spray-free barley is grown. Brewed by the good folks at Garage Project, this is a Refreshing Beer. An uncomplicated, easy-drinking classic ale. You beauty.