Funk Estate
Microbrewery in Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand 🇳🇿
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107 Newton Street, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can @ Højbjerg tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are mango fruits, flowers, tea, hops and malt. Light mango sour finish.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jul 2020
at 13:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml can. Darkest brown colour with average, thick, creamy, slowly diminishing, moderately lacing, beige to tan head. Roasty and chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of coffee, mocha, roasted coffee beans, dark chocolate, a touch of amaretto, tiramisu, coffee-soaked biscuit. Taste is dry, roasty and slightly chocolately dark malty, notes of dark chocolate, coffee, a touch of tiramisu, amaretto, mocha; lingering bitter, roasty finish. Slightly creamy texture, dry, slightly creamy, minimally cloying palate, fine carbonation. Very roasty, coffee-dominated; but neither boozy nor Imperial. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jul 2020
at 20:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml can. Minimally cloudy, orangey golden colour with small to average, frothy, fading, white head. Citrusy and slightly tropical fruity, as well as tart-ish, lactic aroma, notes of sauerkraut, yuzu, kumquat, lime. Taste is sour, citrusy fruity, slightly dry, lactic, notes of lime, hints of kumquat, yuzu. Watery texture, dry, minimally astringent palate, partially minimally prickly, overall rather flat carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jul 2020
at 19:20
7/10
Tried
on 02 Jul 2020
at 08:16
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4
Review based on the BJCP2015 guidelines (style 29B: peach tea / 21A). Can 33 cl - Batch unknown (BBF 23/09/2020). AROMA: initial medium peach notes, followed by medium cereal husk notes. low oxidized hop background with a dried grass character. APPEARANCE: orangeish gold color and hazy. medium-low white head with low retention. TASTE: medium-high cereal husk flavor followed by medium peach background. low oxidized hops (dried grass). medium bitterness with a very dry and bitter finish. PALATE: medium-low body with medium carbonation. astringency present. OVERALL: an IPA with execution problems and already overdue.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jun 2020
at 16:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml can. Black with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate, vanilla, honey, roast malts. Taste of chocolate, honey, figs, vanilla, roast malts, quite earthy, with a very bitter finish. Medium body, quite fizzy, a little too much carbonation in this. This one sounded a lot better than it tasted.
Tried
from Can
on 28 May 2020
at 22:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml can - Pours a pale golden colour, slight haze, with a smallish white head. Aroma is fruit and malt, tropical and sweet citrus fruits with some light toasted malt notes. A moderately sweet taste, light sweet malt and citrus flavours with a short citrus peel bitterness. Carbonated, oily in the mouth and a bit watery.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2020
at 16:22
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2020
at 18:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from the Made Inn Ashford and drunk at home. Clear amber colour lasting cream head. Fruit and caramel on the aroma. Some pink grapefruit. Some pine. Some caramel. Some bitterness on the finish. Decent enough.
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2020
at 12:24
5/10
Random paale ale poorly done
Tried
from Can
on 30 Apr 2020
at 20:08