Bullit (6144) reviewed XPA from Balter Brewing 5 years ago
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
TedE (2767) reviewed Happy The Lager from Balter Brewing 5 years ago
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.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed XPA from Balter Brewing 5 years ago
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.
HKdIPA (1438) reviewed Dry Haze from Balter Brewing 5 years ago
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!
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Dry Haze from Balter Brewing 5 years ago
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.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From a 500ml can on 2/2/2020. From a 500ml can on 2/3/2020. Pours a clear medium golden with a small to medium head. The nose is lightly fruity, with herbal and grassy overtones. The taste is very sweet, with lots of biscuit malt and stone fruit, followed by a moderate herbal, piney hop bitterness. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Okay, and quaffable enough, but a bit too sweet. Would not seek out again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Wasn't as taken as some by Balter early on, but it's been Boom Boom recently. Can, 10C. Clear orange with a white head that sits at around a cm. Aroma of mandarin, citrus blossoms, pepper, biscuit. 7+ Pretty much how it tastes. Sweetish. Clean with floaty hops and an almost ginger nut biscuit touch. Moderate bitterness at the tidy end. Pretty good but for me doesn't have quite enough presence for 7% ABV.
SimonF (3322) reviewed Strong Pale Ale from Balter Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(Can) Pours clear amber with decent white head. Lovely aroma of pine and pineapple with peppery hints. Medium body with good fine carbonation. Taste starts with tangy fruitiness and peppery spice. There’s some pleasant caramel malt following and then the hop bitterness builds nicely into a long bitter finish. Very nice
SimonF (3322) reviewed Happy The Lager from Balter Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Can) Pours clear golden amber with short-lived off-white loose head. Aroma is citrus, cardboard and pepper. Light bodied and fizzy. Citrus and hints of stone fruit at the start. Some light caramel malt that is pleasant. No noticeable bitterness. Drinkable but not special.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Dry Haze from Balter Brewing 6 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can. An unclear yellow beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of hops, lemons, straw, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, lemons, straw, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.