Bottle in Brisbane, August 2014. A bit hazy golden with a white head. Light with some hops, hay, citrus and grass. Drinkable but nothing special.

Bottle 33 cl at Royal Albert Hotel, Sydney, on July 18, 2013.Best after 05.10.12.Cloudy golden color, dense off-white head. Hoppy, herbal, citrus, malty taste. Dry bitter aftertaste. Fizzy mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Sweet, malty, herbal scent.

12th September 2011
Hazy gold beer, small white head. Crisp palate, semi dry. Minerals. Pale malt. Trace of hops. Crisp finish. Somewhat tasteless.

The nose has an unexpected earthiness to it that I really like, under which there’s plenty of malt and some tart fruit, such as apple. In the mouth it’s thinner than I expected and a little short. Mainly there’s a creaminess about it, with a pear flavour settling over the middle of the tongue. All in all, it’s got a lovely smell but the taste, apart from the light hoppiness, is a little disappointing - it got flat pretty quickly.

Bottle. Pale gold with a small white head that fades to a coat. Gentle aroma of pears, grass, a little lemon. A little watery. Mild taste has pears, slight nuts and slighter biscuit. Finish is drying with little bitterness. A little astringent from the bubbles. Pleasant summery quaffer.

Clearly I had a much different experience with this beer than others did. Pale golden color. The nose is alive with tropical fruit, peaches and cream. Very hoppy and refreshing. Light bodied, hop accented a touch sweet, but just the right amount with the fruitiness. Lingering subtle bitterness. Highly refreshing. Wow, really surprised me. Had with a group of others and everyone was pretty impressed.

Bottle. Straw coulour, very little head. Little aroma, maybe a slight fruitiness; possibly lemons. Light body, medium carbonation. Flavour has a crisp tangy but light start which gives way to a light maltiness, with some very subtle but interesting notes which save it from boring blandness. No bitterness. Overall it is crisp and light with some redeeming nice, but very subtle, flavours.

Pours pale gold with a large fading head.Not much of note on the nose, a fair bit of sweet clean malt with some graininess, but little in the way of hops, just a slight grassy note.Grainy malt is more prominent on tasting, quite sweet with some grassy noble hops. Weak, boring bitterness in the finish.Somewhat watery body, and the carbonation should be higher.

330 ml bottle courtesy of alagnak. Best after 3/12/08 stamped on the bottle. Haven’t heard that one before. Pour is hazed golden copper with a one inch off white head. Some nice carbonation swirls around in the glass on the pour. Aroma of faint tangerine citrus, resin and eathy malt. Mild mineral and a very distant white pepper yeast note. Pretty dull nose. Taste is the nose, though the mineral and resin earthy malt is up front. Some bitter citrus tangerine is buried behind that. The spice yeast of the nose is evident in the flinty dry finish. Light to medium bodied, lowish carbonation, decent enough drinker though a bit bland. As it warmed, the palate really thinned out, to the point of being watery. I am sure this beer is more interesting fresh. Thanks for grabbing this and sending it to me Chris, always up for trying relatively unknown beers.