8 Wired Brewing

8 Wired Brewing began in 2009 as a contract brewery and now brews from its own home in Warkworth, under the banner of ingenuity in flavour. Soren and Monique Eriksen make New World interpretations of Old World styles, from hoppy IPAs and saisons to porters and stouts, and run what they describe as the largest barrel-ageing programme in the Southern Hemisphere. Around 200 wine barrels and seven foeders go into sour beers they call funky and sour, on purpose. The aim is making the obscure enjoyable.