Asahi - Independent Breweries NZ Pure Lager

Pure Lager

 

Asahi - Independent Breweries NZ in Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿

  Lager - Premium Regular
Score
4.66
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 10
NZ Pure lager has a subdued malt backbone overlaid with a subtle hop character from the NZ Hallertau aroma hops used late in the boil. A refreshing easy drinking lager, perfect ice cold and straight from the bottle.
 

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3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3

can from the LCBO. Light grains, some corn, no hops to speak of. watery mouth feel, soft carb. More corn, and vegetal notes in the finish, low bitterness. not good.

Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:46


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Can (440ml 4.7% ABV) from The Beer Store. Pours a slightly unfiltered light golden-yellow colour with a white cap, decent stay and lacing. Malty tasting with some light sweetness and hints of hops. Malty cereal nose with some light hops as well. Not as bad as I expected. A lager that is a notch up from the macros.

Tried from Can on 13 Dec 2017 at 01:50


4.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle in Auckland. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. No tasting notes kept, just rating.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2017 at 16:19


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Can - Light grains and just a touch of skunk. Clear pale gold with a rich white head. Light apple, little sweetness and a long finish. A bit perfumy but OK.

Tried from Can on 10 Jul 2017 at 20:00


5.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Very light, very little flavour or aroma. However, it is cleanly made, but very plain. Can from LB. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tried from Can on 27 May 2017 at 21:44


4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

440ml can. (4.7% ABV) Pours a clear pale yellow with a medium, short lived, fizzy, white head that leaves spotty lacing. Aroma of pale malt, grass and grain. Sweet flavour that matches aroma with a mildly bitter finish. Light body with a watery texture and soft carbonation. Ok as far as lagers go, just boring. Nothing sets it apart from any other lager out there.

Tried from Can on 30 Sep 2016 at 01:07


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle. Light straw-yellow with white foam. Aroma: malt and rice, some spicy hops. Taste: clean, refreshing, malty, slightly watery but drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2015 at 05:51


2.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5

330ml bottle into glass. Slight hop/malt nose. Pours a pale yellow with big lasting white head. Some carbonation. Taste is sweet followed by slight metallic bitterness which lingers. Hot day? Drink this ice-cold from the bottle and it will do the job.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2015 at 02:03


1.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 1 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1

Bottle: I should have set it back in the beer tub as soon as I saw it was in a green bottle. It appeared clear since I didn’t waste a pour. The aroma was pure sun riddled skunk cock, I almost wanted to screw the top back on since it was a twist, but I had used the bottle opener like a dumbass. The taste was very bitter, sour past its best days grain. I could almost make out laughter of the distributor that brought this gem into South Korea!

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2011 at 12:17


3.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5

Bottled. A light golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma is skunky and dominated by brewing cereal. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and metal as well as skunky notes of brewing cereal, leading to a dry metallic finish.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2010 at 05:34