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.

It's a fruit filled, full cream trip in every sip. Pink Milk, strawberry Oat Cream IPA, brewed with a double dose of creamy lactose sugar, strawberry puree, dragonfruit, vanilla and a careful blend of HBC1019, Galaxy, Luminosa and Sabro hops. Absurdly smooth and juicy sweet, balanced with strawberry, bubblegum, coconut and tropical fruit hops. Udderly delicious!

'Tis the season. Sleigh All Day - your silly season session IPA. All the Citra, Centennial, Strata and Mosaic you love in a West Coast IPA, with a slightly more sessionable strength, so you can enjoy even more festive fun. Intense grapefruit citrus, pineapple, hydro resin and a hint of Christmas tree pine. You're sleighing it!

Turn up the heat at your pickle party. Pickle Beer, the Spicy edition! Naturally kettle soured, infused with cucumber, dill and pickle spice, fired up with a generous addition of red hot chilli peppers. Spicy, refreshing and disarmingly delicious. It's getting hot in here!

Brewed with East Coast legends Trillium using hand selected lots from Freestyle Hop's Sunrise Valley farm located in Upper Moutere. With a radical hop free boil and massive dry hop of Nelson Sauvin and Rakau hops, Sunrise Valley is delicious tropical hoppy sunshine in a can.

Swifty is named after the Swiftburn stream that flows through Royalburn Station in the South Island's high country, where Garage Project's spray-free barley is grown. Brewed by the good folks at Garage Project, this is a Refreshing Beer. An uncomplicated, easy-drinking classic ale. You beauty.

A hidden valley of hops. Tutaki Haze, luscious hazy IPA, brewed with juicy New Zealand grown malted barley, wheat and oats and hops grown on the Nelson Lakes farm at the meeting point of the Matakitaki and Tutaki rivers. It's Nelson Sauvin, Motueka and Riwaka like never before, loaded with ripe tropical mango, passionfruit and lifted lime citrus. Discover a new world of flavour.

This beer contains an ultra pure hi-dose of the big C's. A potent combination of Chinook, Centennial, Columbus, Cascade and Citra, plus an extra addition of Columbus and Citra Cryo, delivers juicy, mouth watering bitterness, massive grapefruit citrus, sativa and warm pine resin. Your 5+ hit of C hops, all in one can. (Warning: no actual health benefits, just great hop flavour. Exceeding recommended dose may cause dizziness and headaches)

From Upper Moutere's Freestyle Farm, Garage Project travel to America's Yakima Valley for their second hop harvest collaboration with East Coast brewing legends Trillium. A hop free boil and massive dry hop addition of hand selected Mosaic and Citra create a giant juicy hazy homage to the hop growing mecca of Yakima Valley.

Winner of the 2013 West Coast Challenge at the malthouse in Wellington - a palate-destroying smackdown you've got to experience to understand - Knife Party is a Swiss Army IPA featuring every US hop variety allowed through customs. If you heedlessly crave the hop, you've found the correct beer.

It sounds Japanese but it's as American as having a BMI of 32. The Yakima Valley in Washington state, situated in the top left corner of the lower 48, is home to some of our favourite hop varieties, the tiny green flavour bombs that powered the whole craft beer renaissance from the get go. Liberty is what it smells like.

The whole hop flowers in the Pale Ale give it a serious citrus and stone fruit flavour, balanced with specialty malts and a hit of bitterness.