Pernicious Weed
Garage Project in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.33
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The arrival of hops to the brewing scene in England in the 1500’s led to a moral panic. Hops were condemned as a “wicked and pernicious weed”, one which would lead to the erosion of social and moral standards. Thank goodness they were right. Here’s hoping that our homage to the original pernicious weed continues this gradual decline. Organic Rakau and whole cone Nelson Sauvin go head to head in this strong, golden, hoppy brew. Bitter, yes. Intensely hoppy, absolutely. Too much, never.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours nice orange, white foam. Aroma is fruity-hoppy, loads of mangos. Nelson is in action. Taste is also resinous, loads of tropical fruits, mangoes and piney bitterness. A lot of it. Great beer.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2015
at 18:01
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Tanakaya shared at a tasting. Hazy copper with a nice soapy head. Aromas of ruby red grapefruit, peach and mango with some grassy and herbal notes as well. Taste is very similar to the nose with a hint of sweetness and nice lingering bitterness. Not overly sweet like some IIPAs. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2015
at 11:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Bottle Shop at home. Seems like best Garage Project beer so far after a couple of so so ones (Sauvin Noveau excepted). Hazy dark orange cooper pour. Aroma is lemon zest, resin, soap - good hoppiness. Some of that NZ-style fruity aromas too. Really nice aroma. Taste is more west coast IPA-ish, big deep pine resin hops - very bitter - not much in malty sweetness to balance. But delicious. Lasting piney bitterness with some warm booze. Great DIPA. Not too huge but nice and sharp.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2015
at 09:59
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark gold, cloudy, fine lace. Grassy, herbal nose, crackery, somewhat pissy, pot. Herbal, grassy flavor, catpiss, dry finish. Very nice malt balance--even but no syrupy sweetness. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2015
at 21:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy amber color. The mouth is slightly astringent driven by hop acidity. Big hoppiness, heady with good citrus character. Excellent
Tried
on 19 Jun 2015
at 06:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Hazy light amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Malt, caramel, hops, grass.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Grapefruit, caramel, pine, grass, fruit.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Hazy light amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Malt, caramel, hops, grass.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Grapefruit, caramel, pine, grass, fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2015
at 13:27
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Flaska från SB. En riktigt välbalanserad IIPA. Fina fruktiga marmeladiga dofter av grape, aprikos, persika och mango. Fruktig, hyffsat pigg humle, relativt torr trots rejäl kropp och stora maltsmaker med karamell i täten, rejäl men välavvägd beska. Snygg, stor, maffig och väldigt god. Tack Daniel för trevligt häng i ditt nya kök! Bland det godaste jag drukit på länge!
Tried
on 23 May 2015
at 12:22
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Flaska från SB. En riktigt välbalanserad IIPA. Fina fruktiga marmeladiga dofter av grape, aprikos, persika och mango. Fruktig, hyffsat pigg humle, relativt torr trots rejäl kropp och stora maltsmaker med karamell i täten, rejäl men välavvägd beska. Snygg, stor, maffig och väldigt god.
Tried
on 22 May 2015
at 10:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(650ml bottle from Systembolaget) Pours hazy medium orange with a moderate whitish head and lots of lace. Juicy nose of tangerine, white grapefruit and other citrus, grassy, gooseberry and kiwi from nelson sauvin?, moderate caramel sweetness. Flavour semi sweet clean pale malts, orange and grapefruit, kiwi, melon?, grassy, lightly herbal. Finish is moderately high bitterness, citrus pith, grassy and herbal, quite dry. Medium, slightly oily body with average carbonation. Not fresh but in surprisingly good shape for a NZ IPA in SB. I bet it would be awesomely juicy when freshly bottled.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2015
at 15:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Flaska från SB. Ljust bärnstensfärgad vätska med ett massivt och tjockt skum. Stora och maffiga aromer av gräs, grape och lite ananas. Hög och kraftig humlevägg som fullständigt välter in över tungan. Maltsötman finns där men sitter långt bak i orkesterdiket. Om jag måste hitta något negativt så är det väl eftersmaken. Den är för kort.
Tried
on 09 May 2015
at 12:47