Hop Rocker
Mac's Brewery in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
6.18
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Hop Rocker is Mac’s own Pilsener, with a full complement of Cascade & Nelson Sauvin hops for well-rounded complexity. Bitter, but in a good way.
If you like your pilsener to show a bit of hop, you've come to the right place – Hop Rocker is the flashy lead guitarist in our beer supergroup. While a modicum of classic malt helps to put body into Hop Rocker, that's hardly why it's so called. Smell those citrus aromas. Savour those bitter notes. All the result of Nelson Sauvin and New Zealand Cascade hops, adding a touch of botanical exoticism to your leisure activities.
If you like your pilsener to show a bit of hop, you've come to the right place – Hop Rocker is the flashy lead guitarist in our beer supergroup. While a modicum of classic malt helps to put body into Hop Rocker, that's hardly why it's so called. Smell those citrus aromas. Savour those bitter notes. All the result of Nelson Sauvin and New Zealand Cascade hops, adding a touch of botanical exoticism to your leisure activities.
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4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
33cl bottle pours a totally clear, bright gold with a thin, cloudy white head. Nose is alright, smells a little rotten, lightly herbal, light lemon. Flavor is malty, lightly herbal, corn. Weak finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2010
at 15:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of tarheels86, thank you sir! Pale yellow color. Aroma of malt and black pepper. Taste is bitter start to finish, decent body, maybe a slight sourness in the finish. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2010
at 14:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pours gold with a quickly fading head leaving nice lacing.Nose shows herbaceous, spicy and piney hops along with the expected passionfruit/peach from the Nelson Sauvin. Hints of white wine and woody notes also present along with a fair bit of sweet caramel.Similar flavours (spicy, herbal hops, woody notes) but also some bready, grainy malt.Light body, med-high carbonation fitting the style.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2010
at 03:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. A hazy yellow beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of hops and grass. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of hops and grass, leading to a dry hayish finish. Nice pilsner.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Apr 2010
at 22:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a 330ml bottle on 17/4/2010. Note - my bottle listed the ABV as 4.8% not 5%. Has a nice floral, fruity aroma. This actually tastes more like an APA than a pils. It’s got a lovely, subtle and quite sweet honeyed flavour with some fruity notes, which is balanced by some nice hop action. Quite impressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2010
at 19:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear golden. Aroma was mainly malty with some floral hops. Palate seemed pretty full bodied to me, especially for this style and the carbonation was softy frothy smooth - all good, but not exactly pilsner. Flavour starts sweet malty and has a decent hoppy bitter finish. Overall, it’s a pretty decent beer but didn’t really live up to its name.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2010
at 01:24
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pale gold, good white head. Floral and citrus hop aroma, but the thing that stands out is the grassy/ leafy/ gooseberry smell which is presumably the Sauvin hops. The flavour is mainly those Sauvin hops too, with a real balance made by the malts. Nice round bitterness on the finish. This is an odd beer. I like it, but the hop profile makes it taste un-Pils for me. I’ve had a beer where these hops seem a settled part of the beer rather than sticking out so much (Knappstein Enterprise Lager) - this didn’t work so well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2009
at 03:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(On tap) Courtesy of yalnikim. Clear, golden with a small, white, lacing head. Good, malty aroma with a whiff of flowers. Medium body with lightly sweet malt and flower notes and a fairly hoppy finish. 310108
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2008
at 16:35
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Straw colour. Low carbonation. Short but rocky head. Lightly vinous nose with a herbal accent. Light bitterness with seabreezey notes. Interesting brew, but could do with a bit more substance.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2008
at 15:22