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.

Tie one on. Hook Jaw - American Brown IPA. A careful blend of oats, crystal and toasted malts delivers a complex base, with notes of chocolate, chewy caramel and dark roast coffee, deftly balanced with Chinook, Cashmere and Mosaic hops giving punchy bitterness and layers of blueberry, grapefruit and tangerine. You'll be hooked.

Hopfenkissen: A traditional German 'hop pillow', filled with dried hops flowers, said to aid calm and relaxation. Hopfenkissen, German style Pilsner. Brilliant golden lager bier, with a pillowy white head and fresh baked white bread malt sweetness, deftly balanced with a blend of noble Hallertau and Spalter Select hops.

Beer and ballet - an unusual Pas de Deux. Brewed by Garage Project for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Hops on Pointe teases the boundaries between high and low culture. Brewed with premium German malts, Nelson Sauvin hops and finished with a champagne yeast, the result is a pale gold lager with a crisp, clean palate, rich tropical fruit aromas and tight champagne bubbles. Available at all good barres.

I Spy With My Little Eye Something Beginning With S. Need a hint? It's green, and hoppy. Cali style dry hopped Pils, packed with Simcoe, Strata & Southern Cross hops in every form we could find, all in a crisp clean bright pilsner. Simply sensational.

Care for a Liquid Refreshment? This 100% Kiwi hopped NZ IPA is brewed with a selection of Aotearoa's finest and finished with a hit of brand new liquid Motueka Sub Zero Hop Kief. Bright golden IPA with clean, snappy bitterness and luscious lifted notes of citrus, feijoa and ripe stone fruit. Just pure refreshment - it's Kiwi in a can.

Marion Street, inner city saison, a style of beer from a simpler time, lovingly recreated for the new urban world. Fermented with mixed cultures, aged in oak barrels and blended with a portion of aged sour stock, it's an easy drinking farmhouse style ale with a subtle tart twist. A traditional brew that's as refreshing now as it ever was.

Garage Project are heading south for their fifth collaboration with Boston brewing legends Trillium, down to Garston Hops in Southland's Nokomai Valley. A massive dry hop of hand selected Nelson Sauvin, Motueka and NZ Cascade bring passionfruit, peach and citrus in this giant juicy hazy homage to one of New Zealand's most exciting new hop growing regions.

Oneironautics - the ability to travel within a dream. Welcome intrepid oneironauts, this is Oneironautics for Beginners, Double dry hopped, triple hazy IPA. Oats, plump wheat and light lager malt lays down a luscious hazy pillow, topped with massive dreamy dry hop of Mosaic, Peacharine, Nectaron and Krush. Let your mind sail away on a saturated sea of mango, passionfruit and juicy sun ripened stone fruit. Sweet dreams.

East Coast anthem IPA - a big ol' hop poppa of a beer, packing in intense mango, tropical fruit hit from US big guns, Simcoe and Mosaic. It's just bigger and juicier than it's bitter West Coast counterpart, like sippin' hazy hop nectar from a can. It's all good.

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.

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.