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In 1996, I INVENTED UNIQUE ALE and it’s
a beauty, using MANUKA, a small Iconic
Native tree found only in New Zealand -
Leptospemum scoparium.
C aptain Cook’s crew was delighted to find that manuka and
rimu leaves could be brewed to make a fine beer, “exceedingly
palatable and esteemed by everyone on board.” The recipe was
discovered in Cook’s journal only about ten years ago, inspiring
craft beers and ales to be made from the local leaves. (See Cook’s
recipe for 240 gallons worth to the left).
Brewers using manuka leaves are augmenting or replacing the
hops in the recipe, and some are adding manuka honey – the
sugars aid the yeasts in the fermentation process. Traditionally a
‘mash’ of malt grains is used.
MANUKA LEAF BEERS AND ALES
From Onekaka comes Mussel Inn’s Captain
Cooker, a red brown beer flavoured with the freshly
picked tips of the manuka branch – very distinctive
with proven medicinal qualities. This beer is now
licensed to be brewed and bottled elsewhere, even
Belgium, using exported dried manuka leaves.
Why is it called Captain Cooker? Cook let
loose hogs while in NZ and they reproduced
happily. The beer’s previous label design
featured a hog image.
Naturale’s Manuka Magic brewer, Tony Dapson from
Hawke’s Bay, has been brewing his patented manuka
ale since 1996. He points out that climate change is
endangering hops crops worldwide, and the resilient, hardy,
and renewable manuka can be a
suitable replacement flavouring.
Relatively new on the brewing scene are
Auckland’s Brothers Beer, with their ‘The
Herbalist’ Manuka Ale.
DON’T FORGET THE HONEY.
And don’t forget to look out for the manuka honey wines, beers
and the more powerful mead!
Neil Vowles at Coromandel Brewing Company’s Pour House
in Hahei makes a manuka honey rye beer called Just
Buzzin’. “The generous addition of manuka honey from local
Coromandel hives gives an unmistakeable aroma to this
honey and rye beer”, he explains. “And a gentle ‘hopping’
also allows the blend of these wonderful flavours to shine
through”. It’s a limited brew, so ‘buzz over’ soon and
give it a go.
Aotearoa Breweries in Kawerau, Eastern Bay Of
Plenty, brews Mata Manuka Beer. They add
aromatic manuka honey prior to fermentation
giving this beer its distinctive herbal notes.
Since the Lord of the Ringsmovies aroused
curiosity about medieval times, interest in mead has
grown. Created by fermenting honey rather than fruit juice,
mead is considered the world’s oldest fermented
beverage, noted by the ancient Greeks to be a
“nectar of the gods”. And our manuka honey gives
it an extra punch.
Streamland and Sanctuary Honey produce two
meads made from manuka honey. ‘Sting’ from
Sanctuary Honey is one of those, producing the world’s
only Active Manuka honey mead.
Look for other producers of mead in NZ, both fruit
wine producers and companies that specialise in
only mead or mead liqueurs.
(Find Sanctuary Honey’s ‘ Sting’ at Colenso Café in
Whenuakite. Watch a ‘mead tasting’ with owner Paul
Berry at
Manuka beer
with leaves or honey...
“To your health!”
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