IPA
Three Boys Brewery in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand 🇳🇿
IPA Regular|
Score
6.45
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7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Old rating from 20-09-15 - 500ml bottle, pours a hazy amber colour with a cream head. Aromas of citrus, hops & maybe some fruits in there. Tastes of citrus, caramel, fruits and biscuit flavour as well as hops. Aftertaste is a nice dry bitterness. Highly enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2025
at 15:30
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can, Pak 'n' Save, Timaru. Clear amber, solid white head, ok lasting. Sweet peachy nose, some biscuits - classic. Medium bitterness, grassy. Medium aftertaste. Light body. Classic IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2025
at 11:20
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2020
at 14:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at a cafe in Christchurch. Everything I expect from a New Zealand IPA; tropical fruit aroma; tropical fruit taste with a grapefruit citrus kick; a bright amber colour and a last white head. Good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Nov 2018
at 07:51
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
On handpull at the Barrel Room. Pours orange brown. Chalk, peach, orange, blackberry, biscuit. Nice full low carbonated body. Fine.
Tried
on 10 Mar 2018
at 08:31
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Slightly cloudy, dark orangey, golden colour with average, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Piney, grassy, hoppy aroma, caramel malty basis with a bready touch, hints of gooseberry, a touch of red berries. Taste is dry, grassy and slightly piney and minimally floral hoppy, some fresh hay, some husk, caramel malty basis with unmatching hints of toffee. Slightly unbalanced, the toffee touch doesn’t make sense to me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2017
at 12:41
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Ruby color with beige head. Aroma is caramel, earthy hops, a bit of that vomit-like old hops feeling. Taste is the same. Quite british, not excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2016
at 07:16
7/10
Some oxidation. Sweet hot aroma. Drinks great. Nic's soft malts. Lemongrass. Spritzy. Clean. Nice work
Tried
at
The Ale House
on 02 Feb 2016
at 20:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle purchased for dirty cheap as it a touch old. It pours hazy deep orange - amber with a medium off-white head. The nose is bitter - sweet, perfumed, orange peel, stewed fruits, peach, fruit cake and light toffee. The taste is crisp, bitter, pine needles, stewed orange, peach, lemon rind, peppery spice and varnish with a dry finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Pretty ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2016
at 12:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can 330ml. [ As Three Boys IPA ].Clear medium yellow - amber orange color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel - pale malt, moderate to light heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, grass, NZ hops. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, caramel, NZ hops, orange, grass. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150814]
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jan 2016
at 16:59