Grandmaster Fresh Hop MPA
Renaissance Brewing in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand 🇳🇿
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.93
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle, 2017 version. Pours deep brown. Floral, orange, caramel, pepper, lemon. Big full body. Good, but a little too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2017
at 23:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at In de Wildeman. Hazy dull amber with an off white head. Aroma of citrus, grapefruit, peach, lychee and caramel malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter. Above medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2017
at 14:03
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tasting at Matt’s; bbd May 2016, L490
Cloudy light amber color. Some smell of apples, light residual sweetness, uninteresting malts, light fruity touch, some abrasive resins. Controversial, not so good.
Cloudy light amber color. Some smell of apples, light residual sweetness, uninteresting malts, light fruity touch, some abrasive resins. Controversial, not so good.
Tried
on 27 May 2016
at 02:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle at Matt’s. Pours a hazy golden with a white head. Aroma and taste are flowery, hoppy, tropical fruits with some apples notes similar to parfumes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2016
at 01:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle - Lime and nice citrus notes. Cloudy copper gold with a decent white head. Nice stone fruit, dried apricot and a bit of jammy notes. Fruity and pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2016
at 00:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500mL bottle, pours a cloudy opaque orange amber with a small white head. Aroma is very fruity, with lots of stone fruits and tropical fruity hops. Flavour is big on the berry fruitiness, with fairly abrasive citrus hops and tropical fruitiness. Not particularly complex and a tad abrasive, but it works well together. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2016
at 00:54
6/10
Tried
on 20 Apr 2016
at 10:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty piney grapefruit hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2016
at 10:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
15th November 2015
Brewdog Clapham. Keg. Clear amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth, semi dry, mild fine carbonation. Smooth malts, mild caramel - toffee. Modest spice. Nice piney start to the hops, mild hop spice ensues. Little marmalade, whisper of skunk. Light finish. Mild caramel linger. Nice but was hoping for some limey Wai Iti punch and it ain’t here!
Brewdog Clapham. Keg. Clear amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth, semi dry, mild fine carbonation. Smooth malts, mild caramel - toffee. Modest spice. Nice piney start to the hops, mild hop spice ensues. Little marmalade, whisper of skunk. Light finish. Mild caramel linger. Nice but was hoping for some limey Wai Iti punch and it ain’t here!
Tried
on 01 Jan 2016
at 10:16
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Brewdog CJ new Zealand tap takeover. Deep Roch orange golden coloured pour with a halo of off white head. Aroma is stick toffee, pine, orange rind. Flavour is semi sweet toffe. Burnt brown sugar, toffee, pine hop. Palate is medium sweet, some jammy fruits, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Nov 2015
at 13:14