Upcoming Events
We’ll even throw our doors open a little earlier than the standard midday, to help everyone get fed and watered in plenty of time before kick, which is at around 12:30pm.
We’re particularly looking forward to serving Ram Burgers made from braised lamb shoulder, served in Pandoro beer and barley burger buns.
Rock The Cash Bar
The first instalment of Rock The Cash Bar for 2019 takes place on Monday the 11th.
Rock The Cash Bar is our very amusing and increasingly popular music quiz, run by popular culture guru Hadyn Green. Anyone wanting to take part is encouraged to head along to the event’s own facebook page and ask for a table booking. But if you’re lucky enough to not be on facebook, feel free to just reply to this email for more info.
NRT
We’ve been visited by weather that residents of most parts of the world would recognise as typical of summer. The reaction has been as if the temperature had in fact been ten degrees higher.
But a correction is on its way, in the form of a brief cool change on Saturday. Based on recent evidence this should lead to panic buying of woollen mittens and hot cocoa. We have just the beer for next week’s New Release then, in the form of a Belgian Quad made with coffee and chocolate. And fittingly it has come all the way from Castle Brewery Van Honsebrouck in Belgium. Kasteel Barista goes on tap at 5pm on Tuesday. Servings will be small, as this is an 11% beer.
The Cosmonauts
Classifying the music of the Cosmonauts is tricky. They bill themselves as “Soviet Folk, 19th Century Balkan Hits and Italian Chanson”. Our booker distils that down to “Balkan Swing”.
From our vantage point behind the bar they are the band most likely to trigger dancing without employing a drummer.
Things we can say with certainty about them:
- They play a piano accordion (and guitar and double bass).
- They have a loyal fan base.
If in doubt, check out their youtube channel.
The Cosmonauts play in our lounge at 10pm on Saturday, with no cover charge.
The Cosmonauts play in our lounge at 10pm on Saturday, with no cover charge.
Cult Film Basement
This Sunday the Cult Film Basement returns to the USA, for an 80s action classic. It should be a radical change from the disturbing Japanese horror films of the last couple of weeks. Except that… Runaway Train is based on a script by Akira Kurosawa. That’s right – Japan’s most famous film director and “Asian of the Century” penned a forerunner to Die Hard and Speed. In fact this shouldn’t seem so strange since Kurosawa’s films were always made to be broadly entertaining.
But enough digression. Runaway Train is an action film about escaped prisoners, Alaska and, well, a runaway train. It is broadly admired (“thunderous proto-Speed.. also works as an existential art movie”) and occasionally panned “bodaciously bad, grotesquely overblown, lurid in its emotion, big ideas on its brain.” Perfect cult film basement fodder!
Come on down at 7pm on Sunday for beer, free popcorn and a popcorn movie.
Cricket!
Yes, cricket, that sport that we were world beaters at about a week ago.
Can the team formerly known as the New Zealand Cricket Team pick up the pieces of its reputation from cow corner and the third man boundary, or whichever parts of Mount Maunganui the Indians dispatched those pieces to? Find out this afternoon and this evening, from 3pm.
On Tap Now
- Peckhams Chisel Jersey
- The Theoretical Brewer Chrysanthemum Lager
- HeyDay Beer Co Dinglehopper Hoppy Saison
- Deep Creek Drop Top Chardonnay Brut IPA
- Deep Creek Lotus Pale Ale
- Maiden Brewing Co Multiverse Kiwifruit & Lime
- HeyDay Beer Co Oaktown IPA
- Hallertau Pilsnah
- Renaissance Stonecutter
- The Theoretical Brewer TransPORTER
Chisel Jersey
Please note Peckham’s Chisel Jersey in the above list. Few, if any, of us here at Hashigo Zake claim to be experts on cider, so the following comments are strictly those of an occasional cider observer.
The name comes from the variety of cider apple that it’s made from and the mere fact that this is a cider made from cider apples makes it unusual in New Zealand. It’s also spontaneously fermented and has had some contact with oak. All those details suggest a result that might somehow be extreme – maybe in sourness. In fact this cider is incredibly approachable and drinkable. It’s reasonably dry and a lot more tannic than typical New Zealand ciders, but the overriding flavour is of the apple variety it’s made from.
For a lay-cider drinker, it’s a revelation and highly recommended.
The name comes from the variety of cider apple that it’s made from and the mere fact that this is a cider made from cider apples makes it unusual in New Zealand. It’s also spontaneously fermented and has had some contact with oak. All those details suggest a result that might somehow be extreme – maybe in sourness. In fact this cider is incredibly approachable and drinkable. It’s reasonably dry and a lot more tannic than typical New Zealand ciders, but the overriding flavour is of the apple variety it’s made from.
For a lay-cider drinker, it’s a revelation and highly recommended.
HeyDay Oaktown IPA
A little like the Peckhams Cider mentioned above, this beer has had just enough contact with oak to add complexity and maybe a few tannins, without completely transforming it into a big, boozy, bourbon-fuelled kitchen-sink of a drink. The result is stunning and highly recommended. Great work by brewer and former Hashigo Zake staff-member, Sam.
Te Rā o Waitangi
Open as usual ✔
Discounts to SOBA members ✔
Surcharges ✖
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