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. Trailblazers West Coast Brewing, from Shizuoka City, Japan, join Garage Project for Southern Stargazer. Double Dry Hopped West Coast style IPA, elevated with harvest fresh Nelson Sauvin, Southern Cross and a touch of Citra for a bright burst of citrus, guava and starburst candy.

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.

Where is my mind? Hazy in the Head, distractingly delicious IPA loaded with a double hit of Krush, Riwaka, Mosaic and Motueka hops creating a swirling foggy haze of juicy mango, guava, calamansi lime and subtle sativa notes... What was I saying?

It's treat time. HBC 630 Treats, an extra pale base of malted barley and wheat, double dry hopped exclusively with new Yakima grown hop variety HBC 630, creates a super smooth lush IPA that's positively dripping with tropical guava, creamy peach and juicy sun ripened cherry. Go on, treat yourself.

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.

It's treat time. Krush Treats, an extra pale base of malted barley and wheat, double dry hopped exclusively with the newly launched Yakima grown hop Krush (formally known as HBC 586). It's a super smooth lush IPA that's bursting with orange citrus, tropical mango and guava, juicy peach and mixed berries. Go on, treat oneself.

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.

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.

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.

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.