Aotearoa Pale Ale
Tuatara Brewing Company in Paraparaumu, Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Pale Ale - Australian / New Zealand Regular|
Score
7.02
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Previously named Kapai.
Citrus, grapefruit and herb flavours with a fresh hop finish.
Citrus, grapefruit and herb flavours with a fresh hop finish.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at the hanging bat. Pours clear amber, nose is sweet toffee malt, fruity, taste is sweet, dry, pine, toffee.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2015
at 09:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap at Craft Beer Rising (London, 19 February 2015) Shows light foggy yellow with a finger of white foam. The nose shows hints of earthly mushroom and cannabis with a malty sweetness. The palate is medium bodied with light carbonation. A lot of sweet malts and hints of cannabis. A light bitterness at the end.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Feb 2015
at 18:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Half, keg at Magnet. Hazy apricot coloured body. Patchy white head. Solid lacing. Fresh tropical fruity hops on the nose. Succulent taste of citrus, orange and lemon. Mild malty sweetness beneath. Fresh fruity ending, smoothly bitterness. Pleasant (Stockport 03.02.2015).
Tried
on 15 Feb 2015
at 13:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap. Shakespeares, Sheffield. Hazy amber. Dense, lasting, white head. Quite vinous this. Some apple. Some granary bread. Fruity hops come through after. Taste is a little sharp. Fairly bitter. Finish is more of the same. Not convinced this is right.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2015
at 08:47
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle. Pours clear amber with a medium sized head. Refreshing nose, clearly NZ hops. Despite not being an IPA, the malt backbone isn’t pale at all and works perfectly with the well crafted aromatic hops body. Lasting finish. Well done, Tuatara!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2015
at 02:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Stirchley Wines via SarkyNorthener cheers Martin; clear amber pour with a thin white head, light pine and malt, taste has caramel, sweet malts, bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2014
at 08:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Light Amber color. Tons of passion fruit and tropical fruit. Very happy nose. Hoppy, mouth, very fun, light body. Bitter finish. Excellent pale ale.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2014
at 06:24
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Beer Market Jaffa. Thanks Tom L. Slightly hazy golden. Aroma of citric hops, a bit stale. Sweetish flavor with malt, citric hops, slightly stale, and decent bitterness. Medium-bodied. Could be fresher but still alright.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2014
at 12:03
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Orange with a white head. Aroma is sweet candied fruit, malty, citrus hops, too. Full bodied and quite smooth. Flavor is full of sweet fruity hops with a backbone of caramel malt. Nothing really distinguishes this from other pale ales, however it is a very well designed and well brewed beer. I could go a few rounds with this and boy.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Aug 2014
at 04:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle at Brasserie V. Unfiltered orange-tan. Thin, patchy, oily head. Very resinous and oily, not the crisp tropical beer I had hoped for. Not bad, but in line with a classic brewpub APA, just a hint of hop variation. A decent enough beer, but it fails to capitalize on the NZ hops. The resinous oily feel dominates. Maybe old?
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2014
at 18:55