Hoppy Pils
Verdant Brewing Co in Falmouth, Cornwall, England 🏴
Lager - India Style Regular|
Score
7.33
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The best hop farm in New Zealand just so happens to be the the one that supplies us our hops! Mac Hops was founded in 1900 and today is run by the amazingly passionate 5th generation farmer and hop wrangler Brent McGlashen. This beer is a celebration of their hops in a crisp, supper hoppy and clean NZ beer.
Hops: Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, Riwaka
Hops: Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, Riwaka
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7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at home, 7th December 2025. Pours clear golden - taste is hoppy and bitter - well made
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2025
at 15:17
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
keg at Gravity 2025 Friday ...golden pale thin white lacing ..soft sweet floral peach fruit nose ..Light dry pithy fruit . soft dry finish
Tried
on 26 Sep 2025
at 12:07
7.6/10
Hop-forward, , Citrus and tropical haze. Bitterness, pithy
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Sep 2025
at 23:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
44cl can, canne d16/07/2025, BB 14/01/2026.
Léger voile doré, col blanc fin crémeux blanc.
Arôme est chargé sur le volet NZ hops - herbacé, touche de romarin et basilic (infusion) avec un retrait surfant sur le pamplemousse rose - agrumes avec une touche rappelant la mandarine.
Palais reste marqué par les houblons NZ - comme voulu pour cette bière célébrant cette ferme spécialisée dans la culture du fameux houblon. Gros apport d'amertume surtout sur l'herbacé, reste assez sec en fin de bouche.
Le tout, malgré son approche pils, reste très proche d'une IPA - et cela est un profile que je retrouve de plus en plus souvent chez des brasseries sortant pas mal de hazies et qui ici sortent des bières plus classique surtout sur l'approche 'lager'.
Léger voile doré, col blanc fin crémeux blanc.
Arôme est chargé sur le volet NZ hops - herbacé, touche de romarin et basilic (infusion) avec un retrait surfant sur le pamplemousse rose - agrumes avec une touche rappelant la mandarine.
Palais reste marqué par les houblons NZ - comme voulu pour cette bière célébrant cette ferme spécialisée dans la culture du fameux houblon. Gros apport d'amertume surtout sur l'herbacé, reste assez sec en fin de bouche.
Le tout, malgré son approche pils, reste très proche d'une IPA - et cela est un profile que je retrouve de plus en plus souvent chez des brasseries sortant pas mal de hazies et qui ici sortent des bières plus classique surtout sur l'approche 'lager'.
Tried
from Can
at
La Black Flag - Shop & Bar
on 11 Sep 2025
at 12:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home, from HOTM online, 06/09/2025.
Absolutely nothing like a Pils ... lets be perfectly clear ... may as well called it a hazy pale!
Hazed golden yellow topped with a lasting white head.
Nose is stone fruit, grass, pine nibble, mandarin, pale malts, mixed tropical fruit esters.
Taste comprises grass, white grape, gooseberries, pine needle, mandarin, papaya, guava, light bready malts.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close punctured with juicy come lightly resinous NZ fuelled hop bitterness.
Solid kit.
Absolutely nothing like a Pils ... lets be perfectly clear ... may as well called it a hazy pale!
Hazed golden yellow topped with a lasting white head.
Nose is stone fruit, grass, pine nibble, mandarin, pale malts, mixed tropical fruit esters.
Taste comprises grass, white grape, gooseberries, pine needle, mandarin, papaya, guava, light bready malts.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close punctured with juicy come lightly resinous NZ fuelled hop bitterness.
Solid kit.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2025
at 17:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2025
at 19:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Lightly hazed golden, white head. Aroma is vinous, gooseberry, bready malt. Taste is very hoppy, strong Nelson vinous and gooseberry notes, lime zest, some tropical fruit, bready malt, citric bitterness. Medium bodied. Cracking lager.
Tried
from Can
from The Fuss Club
on 22 Aug 2025
at 17:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at two trees watford. A light hazed brushed gold coloured pour with a a fine white head. Aroma is big nz hop, Nelson, tarmac, clutch, dirty pine. Crisp pils grains, light wheat. Flavour is composed of super crisp, light grains, pils, wheat, burnt grass, nz forward hops,. Palate is crisp with spritzy carbonation, to semi dry finish.. Nice hoppy nz pils.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2025
at 19:37