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Small Gods Brewing (BC) in Sidney, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.00
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New Zealand IPA
Family ties run deep in this New Zealand-hopped IPA. A perfect blend of Nectaron, Rakau, and Riwaka hops delivers waves of pineapple, sweet fruit, and fresh citrus—a harmony that could only come from the same soil. The result is a distinctly commonwealth IPA that showcases the best of New Zealand's hop breeding prowess, with bold tropical flavours carried on a soft, pillowy body that makes every sip feel like a reunion with distant relatives.
Family ties run deep in this New Zealand-hopped IPA. A perfect blend of Nectaron, Rakau, and Riwaka hops delivers waves of pineapple, sweet fruit, and fresh citrus—a harmony that could only come from the same soil. The result is a distinctly commonwealth IPA that showcases the best of New Zealand's hop breeding prowess, with bold tropical flavours carried on a soft, pillowy body that makes every sip feel like a reunion with distant relatives.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
473mL can. Pours a hazy pale yellow-blonde with a white head. Wine gummies, gooseberries, some fresh grass, and a bit of citrus pith on the nose. Flavour has lots of wine gummies, gooseberries, juicy stone fruit. Pretty decent NZ character. Nice.
Tried
from Can
from
High Point - Beer Wine Spirits
on 13 Aug 2026
at 03:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pineapple, mango, and citrus from Nectaron, Rakau, and Riwaka hops deliver classic NZ hop vibrancy on a soft, pillowy 7% body. Balanced, lean, clean, refreshing. Highly recommended
Tried
from Can
from
Everything Wine - Vancouver
on 16 Jul 2026
at 08:07
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
473ml can. Pours a cloudy orange yellow with yeast particles that sink to the bottom and a medium, foamy, long lasting, white head that leaves sticky curtains of soapy lace. Sweet fruity aroma of bready wheat malt, tangerine, mango, pineapple, earthy yeast and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready wheat malt, grapefruit, pineapple, passionfruit, earthy yeast, oats and light piney hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Medium body with a smooth, slightly creamy, oily texture and soft carbonation. Juicy and abv is well hidden.
Tried
from Can
from
Andrew Hilton Wine and Spirits
on 28 Jun 2025
at 04:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Nice riwaka here, one of my loves. Grapefruit and tangerine. Murky yellow pour with pretty good head. Light bitter end. Nice body for a hazy. Can.
Tried
from Draft
from
Little Guy Liquor Co.
on 17 Jun 2025
at 20:17
5.3/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5
473 ml can. Pours a hazy opaque whitish yellow with light head. Aromas of melons, orange pith, a bit of pineapple and wheaty malts. Flavors follow same. It’s a poorly labelled hazy that happens to be based on New Zealand hops.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2025
at 23:27