Garage Project Welcome To Cloudland - Hāpi Sessions Vol 11: Cloudburst

The Hāpi Sessions 2023, a hat-trick of collaborations from three breweries at the absolute top of their game, each showcasing a different hop forward beer in a playful ‘freestyle’ interpretation of the style that put them on the map.

With Cloudburst founder Steve Luke in town for the NZ hop harvest and Hāpi Symposium, we jumped at the opportunity get on the brew floor together. For Hāpi Sessions Vol. 10, Jet City brewers Cloudburst bring the Seattle sound with a blended take on what they call a North-West IPA. Oregon grown Chinook thrashes out a set with Freestyle Riwaka & Nelson Sauvin, before loading up with shots of SubZero Hop Kief, trashing the stage & leaving through the back door. There’s a reason Cloudburst were crowned ‘The Brewery and Brewer of the Year’ at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver in 2021 – one of the USA’s most prestigious beer honours. Crack a can and you’ll find out why. – Garage Project