Punters will be able to get their hands on The Chieftain Imperial Pilsnerat next weekend’s Pie Pint &Pinot, part of Arrowtown Autumn Festival.
Cargo owner and self-confessed beer lover Malcolm Blakey says the creation is focused on a new type of hops.
Its original pilsner, part of an existing five-strong catalogue, uses Wai-iti hops giving it a floral aroma.
This one uses Riwaka hops which has a slightly different flavour.
"It will have a sharp, hoppy bite. Riwaka is quite common in New Zealand pilsners — it has a lot of stone fruit and grapefruit characteristics.
"That is what people will get when they smell and taste it. It also gives it a dry finish at the end — that helps balance it with food.
"It has been designed with enough punch that you can have it with spicy food."
Blakey, who is originally from Edinburgh, runs the Brewery and Kitchen with Aussie wife Meron, who’s a chef by trade.
Meron’s a vegetarian but he convinced her to come up with a haggis pie recipe to complement the beer.
Haggis also plays apart in the name of the new brew.
Scottish poet Robert Burns referred to the national dish as the "chieftain" of puddings and Blakey thought it had agood ring to it
Lightweights be warned, however — it comes with akick and contains six per cent alcohol.
The recipe for the beer is created and fine-tuned in Arrowtown before being sent to Nelson.
It’s produced 10 kegs, enough for the pie and pint shindig and also to supply a couple of local bars.
If it goes well Blakey will consider adding it to the range.
"We also want to keep trying to develop new recipes and flavours and keep surprising people with new tatses."
