Waikato Draught
Lion Breweries - NZ in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular|
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4.93
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Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2025
at 08:43
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
On tap at Essex Arms, Huntly. Brown beer with a thin white head, no aroma. Flat but some lacing. That NZ fizzy sherbet sickly sweet thing going on. Just like Lion Red, DB, etc.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Sep 2019
at 12:27
4.6/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle. Pours dull flat brown. Flat, caramel, toffee, touch of pear, little cereal, little biscuit, only a small twinge of stewed vegetables. Flat body. Honestly one of the better NZ draught macrobrews experiences.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2019
at 10:51
Tried
on 14 Oct 2017
at 22:05
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 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 16:25
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
From old tasting notes. Clear amber orange color with a light tan head. Interesting malt aroma hints at clover leaf and hard boiled eggs. Slightly herbaceous malt flavor upfront. Brief sweet malt middle. Finish is bland and listless. Not good.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2017
at 20:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
20th September 2011
Bright clear deep amber beer, tidy white head. Light palate, a little crisp and a little dry. Dry pale malt. Mild and sweet generic fruit. Mild minerals and then a pretty dry finish. Interesting. Nice flavour but a bit too dry.
Bright clear deep amber beer, tidy white head. Light palate, a little crisp and a little dry. Dry pale malt. Mild and sweet generic fruit. Mild minerals and then a pretty dry finish. Interesting. Nice flavour but a bit too dry.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2013
at 05:54
3.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2
From a 330ml bottle on 18/1/2013. Pours a clear dark golden with a biggish head. Has a typical, modest stale grain smell. Flavour wise, there’s a dash of sweet malt and not much else. This is saved from being horrible by a good dash of bitterness at the end. Still, it’s quite watery and ordinary.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2013
at 00:32
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled. An amber beer with a thin lazing off-white head. The aroma has notes of caramel and malt as well as a bit of metal. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and metal, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2010
at 02:59
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Clear amber golden with a small, rough, off-white head. Aroma of malt and caramel. Medium in body with some malts and sweetish caramel and a touch of metal. A subdued hint of hops in the finish. Drinkable though. 120208
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2008
at 18:00