NZ Pale
Freedom Brewery in Rugeley, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Pale Ale - Australian / New Zealand Regular|
Score
6.07
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A tasty trio of New Zealand hops join forces in this enticing pale ale. Refreshing aromas of white grapes and crushed berries fuse with peppery caramel notes and a satisfying bitterness.
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4.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 8
Overall 3
Can from Lidl, High Wycombe. Attractive deep gold colour with a lasting white head. Looks quite fizzy visually, but in the mouth it's actually nice and smooth with a pleasingly gentle fizz. The taste is harshly bitter from the off. There's some flavour behind the bitterness - maybe pepper, caramel and some green fruit like gooseberry or kiwi - but it's difficult to grasp it because the bitterness just over-rides everything. Very disappointing - seems they've ruined some of my favourite hops here by using them for bittering rather than aroma. To summarise - nice looks and mouthfeel, but everything else is terrible.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Nov 2022
at 22:31
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 1.8
Can from Lidl. Pours clear gold with a white cap. Aroma: grainy, grassy and prominently bitter, Semi dry. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Pretty nasty.
Tried
from Can
from
Lidl (England)
on 11 Nov 2022
at 23:56
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can from Lidl Supermarket, Salford. Golden with a small head. Feels more like a lager in the palate than a pale ale, certainly in terms of texture and taste, and aroma too. Quite a hoppy brew there are pale ale element to be found.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2022
at 22:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pale blond colour with thin head. Pleasant fruity notes at first. Solid bitterness. Easy to drink. Refreshing.
Tried
on 22 Oct 2022
at 20:24
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml can from Lidl. Clear gold in colour, with a tight, white, head and slight carbonation. Sweetish malty aroma, with a touch of fruit. Flavour was muted, with crisp malts, a peppery edge, ripe fruits. Finish was rather dryish. So so.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Oct 2022
at 19:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fra fat på legendariske Hole In the Wall (her har lite og ingenting blitt forandret siden jeg frekventerte denne midt på 80-tallet, til og med røyklukta sitter igjen!), med Egil: klar gylden med fint skum som varer. Kraftig furunål, hvit pepper, noen grønne druer og brennenesle, men mest pepper. Ubalansert. Maltsmaken er svært tilbaketrukket, nærmest blyg.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2022
at 16:53
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
From tap with Holmen1 at Hole in the Wall, Waterloo, 04.08.22. Clear pale golden. White head and lacing. Aroma and taste of pale malt, white pepper and hints of juniper.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2022
at 15:08