Gold
Mac's Brewery in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Lager - Premium Regular|
Score
4.82
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Mac’s Gold is the talisman of the Mac’s family, an all malt lager brewed naturally with hints of citrus and sweet malts. Mac’s Gold is the First, the Original, the Supreme naturally brewed all malt lager unbroken and therefore unfixed since 1983. It’s remained ahead of the curve, at the bleeding edge (or whatever other piece of metaphorical excess is fashionable this week) thanks to its delicate caramel sweetness and crisp, clean aftertaste. Connoisseurs will note that the mid-palate bitterness and hints of citrus have not been tinkered with.
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6/10
Tried
from Can
on 27 May 2025
at 00:31
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Old rating from 2012 - 330ml bottle, pours light golden with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of biscuits, grass, grain, earth, corn & malt. Moderate body. Mild bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2025
at 09:55
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2024
at 16:28
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Nice foam, boring yellow. Inoffensive sweetness on the nose. Flavour is boring lager sweetness. Full on the mouth. Boring, bland, highly average.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2019
at 08:10
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. UK import. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2017
at 16:27
6.5/10
Tried
on 01 Feb 2017
at 22:24
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
330ml bottle(s). Biscuits, lemon, vinegar, peach. Malt dominated, and the sharpness is not too much. Not too bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2017
at 05:01
2.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
Jug at Adelphi, Kaikoura. Distant hop nose. Pale yellow beer with zero head. A few bubbles. Slight malt taste, vegetal finish. Like VB without the mad carbonation. Cheap rubbish.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2016
at 02:33
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 5
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein goldgelbes Bier mit geringer Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht malzig, getreidig, leicht süß. Geschmack wässrig, leicht malzig getreidig, minimal herb.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2014
at 11:30
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Spotted this solitary little fellow on the shelf at Drinkers Paradise, Kentish Town and as I saw it’d had such a long journey from NZ I felt I had to try it. Got the impression this is one of those beers NZ beer snobs look down on but it’s actually not that bad. Quite a punchy taste and a notable caramel sweetness. Drinkable.
Tried
on 16 Sep 2013
at 13:16