On tap at the brewery. Pours gold. Cereal, honey, biscuit, peach, orange, bit of sulfur. Medium body. Fine.

Hazy copper coloured body complete with tons of chunks of sediment floating in the beer and eventually settling on the bottom. Thin, half centimetre tall pure white head. Aroma of alcohol, lemons, malt, cleanser and a bit of grass - not too much here. Light-bodied; Assertive effervescence with a little earthy and coriander seed flavour from the malt, with a hint of curacao and some light sweetness. Aftertaste shows a subtle yeast characteristic, a little grassy hops and a tiny alcohol warmth at the end. Overall, a bit better than I was expecting and quite complex for the length I’ve had this! I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from GlenGarry in Auckland (Devonport), New Zealand on 22-July-2008 - best by date on bottle of 09-November-2008, this was sampled almost five years past that date - on 08-July-2013 at home in Washington on the opposite side of the world, in celebration of my first daughter getting her very first passport.

Bottle. Honey golden color with lace. Huge honey aroma, fruity and very sweet and cloying. Sweet, honey and pilsner malt flavor; light hops, slightly tangy. Very sweet, cloying. Light body. Somewhat saved by a slightly dry finish.

(Bottle 33 cl) Clear, golden with a white head. Light aroma of floral hops. Medium body with a fairly clean malt base and a dry, hoppy finish. Not exactly thrilling but fairly clean and more regular than your typical Kiwi lager. 280108