Demus Favorem Amori
Garage Project in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿
IPA - Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.40
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DFA is dead, long live DFA. Demus Favorem Amori - 'We choose to stand for love'. DFA, a surprising blend of flavours marrying mango, Vietnamese mint, lime, and chilli with the high citrus hit of centennial, amarillo, and citra hops. The result is a deliciously intense tryst of bittersweet heat, tropical fruit, and citrus hop character coming together to create a beer of rich, satisfying balance. Life is all about choices. Choose love.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Mørk brun tåkete med lavt tykt beige skum. Honning, karamell, plomme og humlelukt. Smaker også karamell, frukter og bitter humle. Fyldig, medium kullsyre.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2014
at 12:38
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Tollboden. Amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is fruit, tropical fruit, hop. Flavour is sweet, fruit, tropical fruit, pine, hop, chili, mango. Full body. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2014
at 21:33
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml can, from Vinmonopolet (Kvadrat or Nettbutikken). ABV is 7.5%. Orange to copper colour, slightly hazy. Moderate white head. Aroma of mint, citrus and chili. Peppery flavour, again with chili, mint and citrus, not too sweet. Moderate but fairly distinct bittering hops.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jun 2014
at 12:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample from bottle at Beer14. Pours clear amber with off-white head. Fruity and mild hoppy aroma with citrus hints of pine, pale malt and spices. Medium sweet with a balanced bitterness. Aahh! Now comes the chilli! Lovely!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2014
at 11:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from the source. Hazy amber color, white head. Aroma of dank and sweaty hops and plants. Taste is very bitter grass and pine resin. Would like to see it better balanced, but I get the point.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2013
at 11:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
(Bottle) Clear orange brown colour (reminded me somewhat of Lucozade) with a loose tan head, again with some orange hints in it. Lovely fruity aroma, primarily citrusy hops, but with some interesting earthy hints and some other odd hard to place notes. Light body with good carbonation. Taste is impressive and unusual. At heart it is a good well hopped IPA, and citrus flavours turning to pleasant bitterness over a biscuity malt is the backbone of the flavour. However there is a lot more going on on top of this. Chili is detectable, more from heat than flavour. There are several other lighter more refreshing flavours that I struggle to identify but can associate with Vietnamese salad ingredients. A very interesting and unusual beer. I would not drink it regularly, but it is a fine piece of brewing with innovative flavour combinations.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2013
at 05:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours amber with a small head.Nose shows sweet clean malt, herbal notes, tropical fruity hops and biscuity malt.Hoppy flavours, with some herbal astringency too. Chilli is noticeable as a burn on the back of the throat. Can’t detect much of the fruit and mint though.Too much carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jun 2013
at 22:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
on 07 Jun 2013
at 06:44