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Captain James Cook The Father of New Zealand Brewing
"... brewing Beer which we at first made with a decoction of the leaves of the spruce tree mixed with Inspissated juce of Wort and mellasses but finding that the decoction of Spruce alone made the beer to astringent we mixed with it an equal quantity of the Tea plant which partly distroyed the Astringentcy of the other and made the Beer exceeding Palatable and esteemed by every one on board." As written by Captain James Cook, Dusky Sound, 1773. |
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Stella Artois 5.2% New Zealand 330ml $6.00
Limburg Witbier 5% Hastings 330ml $6.50
Harringtons Best Bitter 5% Christchurch 330ml $5.50
Good Bastards Lager 4% Westport 330ml $5.50
Good Bastards Dark Ale 4% Westport 330ml $5.50
Steinlager 5% Auckland 750ml $13.00 |
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Corona 5% Mexico 330ml $8.00
Beck's
5% Germany 330ml $8.00 Pilsner
Urquell 4.4% Czech Republic 375ml $8.00 Nastro
Azzurro Lager 5.2% Italy 375ml $8.00 Peroni
Lager Malt 6.6% Italy 375ml $9.00 Raderberger
Pilsner 4.8% Germany 330ml $8.50 Newcastle
Brown Ale 4.7% England 330ml $8.00 Crown
Lager 4.9% Australia 375ml $7.50 Guinness 4.2% Dublin 330ml $7.50
Grolsch 5% Netherlands 475ml $10.00
Tiger Lager 5% Singapore 330ml $8.00
Cascade Lager 5.2% Tasmania 375ml $7.50 Bulmers Cider (Irish Red) 4.6% Ireland 330ml $7.50
Clausthaler (Alcohol Free) Germany 330ml $7.00
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Duvel Top Fermented Strong Beer 8.5% 330ml $13.00 Hopped with styrian and saaz (as a Pilsner) with an elaborate sequence of warm and
cold fermentation for 4 months. Very fragrant with flavours of
Blanche de Hoegaarden 5% 330ml $8.50 A non - filtered refreshing wheat beer with a full-bodied and smooth 750ml $15.00 aroma with coriander and curacao.
Hoegaarden Fruit Defendu 8.8% 330ml $9.00 The dark
red colour indicates the secret of this rich, complex beer, hints of apricots, coffee and almond. It is voluptuous and seductive.
Hoegaarden Grand Cru 8.7% 330ml $9.00 A full malt
beer using the same spice as the white beer. Chimay Bleu Trappist Ale 9% 330ml $13.00 Redcurrant
fruit and hops aromas, fruity palate, lingering fruit and sherry years. Beyond 8 or 9 years these begin to dry. Bottle - conditioned.
Orval Trappist Ale 6.2% 330ml $11.00 Meaning "the
valley of gold". Intense, dry amber strong ale using malt, dry
Leffe Blonde 6.6% 330ml $9.00 Notre-Dame
de Leffe is a Norberting abbey in Belgium. The blonde is a
Leffe Brunne 6.5% 330ml $9.00 The darker
version - full - bodied with a light, sweet finish. Leffe Radieuse 8.2% 330ml $10.00 Radieuse,
meaning halo, is the biggest in flavour. The beer has a cherry - like
LAMBIC BEERS FROM BRUSSELS Natural Airborne Yeasts Fermentation
Geuze Cantillon 5% 375ml $12.00 From the Anderlecht district of Brussels which is renowned for it's Museum de la Bière
and traditional brews. This artisan beer is very dry, with lemon flavours. Framboise Belle Vue 5.2% 375ml $11.00 The brewery is based on the banks of the Zeen. The wild yeast of the valley imparts a perfumy, flowery, Chardonnay - like dryness and oak aging offers a touch of vanilla to balance the raspberry - jam sweetness of this fresh, delicate brew.
Kriek Belle Vue 5.2% 375ml $11.00 The Zenne
Valley inspired the landscapes of Brueghel but the Belle Vue has an oaky, irony note as well as some blackcurrant-like fruitiness. |
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CELEBRATION WINE All great moments in life can be associated with the magic of Champagne — births, christenings, weddings, sporting achievements. In all these instances the silver nectar brought sparkles to people's eyes and what better occasion than to rejoice here at Cook'n' with Gas with a glass from our selection ranging from the fruit - driven méthodes of New Zealand to the Spanish Cava and the aristocratic Champagne.
Arcadia C.O.C (Lake Hayes) 1998 750ml $50.00 Soft and full - bodied, golden hue with beaded notes, aroma of ripe citrus and strawberry.
Veuvre
Du Verney Brut (France) 200ml $10.00 Freixenet
Cordon Negro (Penedes, Spain) 200ml $8.50 Rich, full
and elegant Champagne. The purest expression of Bollinger style. This style has fresh, lively characteristics and fruity mouth - filling flavours. 750ml $130.00 |
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The French thought they had the monopoly on this grape from the acidulated sancerres to the grassy dry white Bordeaux blended with Sémillon. But mon dieu! Did they have a shock when New Zealand appeared on the international market with it's fragrant Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. Yes, New Zealand is definitely the world capital of Sauvignon Blanc. Eat your hearts out, froggies, and vive la Nouvelle Zélande! Lake Hayes (Central Otago) $32.50 Intense tropical/passionfruit flavours, blackcurrant on the nose, fresh and vivacious. Pegasus Bay Sémillon/Sauvignon (Waipara) $48.00 Well - structured lemon and lime flavours with a passionfruit and gooseberry nose. Wairau River (Marlborough) $38.00 Superbly elegant, with seamless stonefruit flavours. Astrolabe (Marlborough) $39.00 Medium - bodied with flavoursome gooseberry, full mineral flavours and a dry finish. Nautilis (Marlborough) $48.00 Intensely aromatic and tangy. Pale straw colour with floral gooseberry and redpepper notes. Fresh
melon and passionfruit flavours. | |
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France's
most celebrated white varietal and who can disagree after trying Montrachet;
that is if you're ready to take a mortgage to purchase it! The styles
are numerous, for example oak gives it a nice nutty vanilla touch, malolactic
buttery notes. And yes, New Zealand is doing quite well thank you. Do
try the Italian Pomino Benefizio, surprising with its mineral flavours. Pencarrow of Palliser (Martinborough) $33.00 Classic Chardonnay
peach, melon aromas, butterscotch, oatmeal, spicy vanillin oak characters.
Frescobaldi
Pomino Benefizio (Tuscany, Italy) $90.00 |
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Wairau River Riesling (Marlborough) $38.00 Dry flinty stonefruit flavours with sweet lime overtones. Babich
Pinot Gris (Marlborough) $38.00 Coney
Ragtime Reisling (Martinborough) $35.00 a floral
lime finish. Intense lychee
and rose petals with spicy Turkish delight. Very elegant, well perfumed with slight smokiness, excellent fruit flavours. |
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Sweet
treats to have with dessert _ or instead of. Sacred tuscan wine, made from dried travino grapes..delicious! $8.00 $35.00
Wairau River Late Harvest Riesling (Marlborough) 375ml $51.00 Very stylish. Rich sweetness of classic apricot and marmalade botrytised fruit.
Silky rich
peach and passionfruit flavours. Perfumed with honey apricots.
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Pinot
Noir, the hedonistic nectar. Flavours galore from berryfruit jams, cherries,
plums to cigar box and mushroom. A silky velvety texture is the trademark
of this grape. It can be made light and vibrant or more meaty and complex.
Is New Zealand up there with the great, red Burgundies? To judge try the
Pommard: the French call it an iron fist in a velvet glove and as Rosé
goes, it would be a sad world without it. Chard
Farm River Run Pinot Noir (Central Otago) $45.00 Mt. Difficulty Pinot Noir (Central Otago) $68.00 Black cherry with savoury blackpepper and dried herbs, combining fine tannins with lovely
forrest fruits. Ruby red in colour, exhibiting dried cranberry, cherry and an earthy, mushroom aroma. Fiddler's
Green Pinot Noir (Waipara) $68.00 Hunters
Rosé (Marlborough) $38.00 Full raspberry
and blackberry aroma with full soft fruit flavours and light tannin finish. Superb full
cherry plum aroma. Well structured with silky fine tannins. Very aromatic red berries, mushrooms and herbs, firm palate with long drying tannins. |
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DRY REDS These wines are all about structure: Cabernet Sauvignon for backbone, Cabernet Franc for fruit, Merlot for smoothness. Blended and hand-made by wine growers all over the world. They can be compared to architecture; solid and closed in their youth just like a bunker, they mature and open up to show great spectrum as a renaissance edifice would do. So it all depends on what you like — from a 3 bedroom bungalow with all mod cons to a villa with great character right up to the splendor of a French Château.
Stratum Merlot Pinot Noir Pinotage (Waipara) $32.00 Displays rich berry fruits with hints of chocolate and spicy oak. Montana Reserve Barrique-Matured Merlot (Marlborough) $35.00 Outstanding New Zealand Merlot, enhanced with oak. Herzog Spirit of (Marlborough) Merlot-Cabernet Sauvignon $85.00 A Bordeaux blend with impressive texture, satiny tannins, aged in French oak. A stunning New Zealand wine. Kemblefield
Distinction Merlot (Hawke's Bay) $38.00 Earthly and
full-bodied, lovely berry flavours with rich oak finish. Syrah
and Malbec (Hawke's Bay) $65.00 Award winning
wine. Powerful, ripe cassis and mint with a lovely structured finish.
Warm and
inviting blackcurrants with a hint of cedar spice tannins. Outstanding
Bordeaux red. Deep ruby colour with chocolate, cinnamon, mint, spice and
violet aromas. Full tannins and flavour. |
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Lifted plum fruit and herb character, with a dry, rich, soft finish. Mitchell Growers Grenache (Clare Valley, Australia) $45.00 Pure Wine Off The Vine". No oak and no vine irrigation. Earthy aromas with spicy cherry/plum flavours and a long, warm finish.
Sandalford Margret River Shiraz (Western Australia) $55.00 Perfumed with red berry fruits and smokey oak. Rich with smooth complex tannins.
Tempus Two Vine Vale Shiraz (Barossa) $65.00 Concentrated and full bodied with subtle tannin and smokey overtones. Herzog
Montepulciano 85%, Cabernet Franc 15% (Marlborough) $95.00 Matariki
Reserve Syrah (Hawke's Bay) $72.00
Kemblefield
Reserve Zinfandel (Hawke's Bay) $85.00 A full -
bodied, elegant wine with mellow tannins and intense aromatic warmth. This is one of Italy's greatest red wines, hugely structured with an amazing array of complex flavours. Best enjoyed with game, roast lamb and hearty beef dishes. |
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DIGESTIFS & AFTER DINNER TREATS
Armagnac
St Vivant V.S.O.P. Glass $15.00 1559 Normandy style, dry, well
- rounded, aged brandy. Remy Martin
V.S.O.P. Glass $15.00 Champagne Cognac from Normandy. Hennessy XO Glass $25.00 25 year old Cognac.
Vinsanto (Italy) Tuskin Sacrid Wine Made from dried Travino grapes
Mandarine
Napoleon, Amaretto, Sambuca, Galliano, Midori, Glass $12.00 Amarula Cream, South African Fruit Liqueur Glass $8.00
Dow's 10 - Year - Old Glass $9.50 Bottle $135.00 A great balance of fruit and wood flavours with subtle hints of raspberries.
Dow's
20 - Year - Old Glass $12.50 Bottle $180.00 Blended
for immediate consumption from stocks of wood matured port and exhibits
flavours of orange and caramel.
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