Beer - #445 - Boundary Road - Arabica Dabra Coffee Oatmeal Stout

Beer with long comedy name time - Boundary Road Arabica Dabra Coffee Oatmeal Stout. A gift from my wife for something or other.  She's frugal so this wouldn't have been expensive. Bless.

"Coffee Oatmeal Stout - Rich oatmeal stout with Arabica coffee"

Not, in my opinion, strictly a 'craft' beer but that's a whole different debate This is brewed by Independent Breweries NZ (Boundary Road) this on in the style of a  Stout and they are based in Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand.

This bottle contains beer that is 6.5% ABV, 500ml, 195 calories, and 2.3 standard drink units in NZ

Arabica is one of the most popular types of coffee. Not only does it have a delicious, invigorating taste, but it also helps you avoid boring things, like sleeping. We like it so much we’ve added it as an ingredient to make a dark, rich coffee oatmeal stout that’s perfect for your next beer break. We’ve called it Arabica Dabra. Sadly, rubbing it won’t result in a genie, but you will get a slightly shinier bottle.

What could go wrong?

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So it's Back to Dorset then for  a revisit for me, but first time here.

This is a beer that you'd find in some ways similar to the  Boundary road Grizzly beer that I enjoy and comes in a six pack, but it's slightly up a notch from that, and deserves a bit more credit and stands on it's own. It does say on the bottle "A bite of Ginger" and it does come with that!

In a 500ML bottle (tha's near a pint as dammit) and at 5.2 I could easily get myself into a bit of trouble drinking this. It's gingery (of course) refreshingly like lemonade and a bit toffyish. (you think I made that up, I looked at the label, and it's true)

I've been saving this for a sunny evening, like the one that Auckland has dished itself up tonight, and I'm pleased I did, a very summery experience and one that'll make another appearance on my next visit to those nice people at the Wine Circle in Huapai 





a solid 9 arbitrary stars out of 10 arbitrary stars on some arbitrary scale of things. Get some you'll be pleased you did.

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