6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
From a 375ml can on 20/7/2021. Pours a clear medium golden with a smallish head. Smells of sweet malt with some light fruit. The taste features sweet citrus fruit, and a bit of biscuit malt, finishing with a moderate bitterness. Medium body with average carbonation. It's not very West Coast in style to be honest, and I've had plenty of APAs with more punch. Rather lifeless and generally underwhelming.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2021
at 11:16
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Aromas of passionfruit, pineapple, coconut and orange tang. The tang stands out on tasting, with some lemon also combining with the other flavours. Quite a unique NEIPA.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2021
at 10:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Can) Pours cloudy golden with small white head. Great aroma of mango and passion fruit. Great mouthfeel with smooth medium body and plenty of fine, soft, bright carbonation. Great taste too. Plenty of fresh fruit up front - mango and passion fruit. This follows through into to the mid palate where some subtle sweetness appears, only to be followed by a growing hoppy bitterness giving an excellent bitter finish. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2020
at 12:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
From a 375ml can on 7/11/2020 (shared by Butz with thanks). Pours a clear medium golden with a medium head. Has a reasonably bright fruity nose with a dash of pine and resin. Has some sweet citrus and stone fruit up front, which is met by a quite blunt bordering on harsh bitterness featuring resin and chemicals. The mouthfeel is a touch oily, the carbonation moderate. I thought their original IIPA was just okay and this is not as good. A bit underwhelming.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Nov 2020
at 11:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Great Ocean Road Brewhouse Citric, pine, fairly bitter, nice hop balance. Purchased at Great Ocean Road Brewhouse
Tried
on 16 Oct 2020
at 12:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
at Tram Stop D18 Very decent IPA, well balanced, nice hop profile. Purchased at Woolworths
Tried
on 16 Oct 2020
at 12:20
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
375ml can into shaker. As Balter Lager. From BWS, Glen Innes.Pours a clear golden amber with a towering white head and swirls of tiny bubbles. Light aroma of grains, pepper, cardboard. Full bodied. Nice texture.....SMOOOOTH! Taste and finish have more malt than your usual lager, some lingering tinny hops balance things out right at the end. Flavourful easy-drinking lager.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Sep 2020
at 10:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. An unclear golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of hops, grass, pine needles, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, grass, pine, straw, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 May 2020
at 11:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tall can from Island Grocery in Oneroa on our last day in Waiheke. Hazy opaque light goldenrod pour with small fizzy white head. Aroma is zesty fizzy lemon peel, orange, mango, pineapple. Taste is dry bitterness up front, with lemon peel then some mango underneath. Dry dry fizzy bitter finish. Very interesting - dry and hazy, as promised. It’s really successful in achieving that. Good!
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2020
at 01:18
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Brownish orange with a fat coat of white head. 3- Aroma of coconut, mandarin, rosemary (!?), crackers. Very smooth texture, carbonation is just on the low side of medium. Mandarin and some tropical fruit - lychees, Asian pineapple- give way to coconut and that odd herbal note. I think the beer is indeed relatively dry but the seeming richness of the coconut is discombobulating. Interesting, fun.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2020
at 12:39