Bottle, 5.0%. Clear amber with a modest off white head. Fruity and earthy aroma with gooseberry, tropical fruit, onion. Fairly light bodied. A bit of bread crust, lots of fruit, quite a lot of earthy, herbal and oniony flavours as the bitterness builds. The earthiness seemed a bit much at first, but it did balance the fruit in a way.

Threatened to creep out of the bottle. Hazy gold with a huge white head that’s like beaten egg whites. Lovely but reserved aroma of grass, gooseberries, passionfruit, crackers. 7+ Light, creamy texture. Clean, not that sweet, no minerally touch that is a (fine) feature of some NZ lagers. At first it’s hard to tell where the almost sour citrus and berry flavours end and bitterness begins, but after a time the fruit seems more juicy and the bitterness more distinct. Some minor herbal notes. Best NZ pils so far, which is saying plenty. [3.9] Several 500ml bottles were like the above. A couple of 330ml bottles were OK (3.3ish) but a bit muddled with duller hops. It seems they’ve had problems with contracting out. Leaving the score as was and hoping they get it together because this was very good.

Bottle, 330ml. Clear amber with an inch of off white head. Aroma of grapefruit and lemon blossoms, caramel, some bread. A fair bit of body for under 5%. Lowish carbonation. Sweet gives way to bitter pretty quickly in the taste. There’s some dried fruit in with the toffee and citrus flavours. Floral and herbal lemon dominates at the end. A trifle overhopped for mine, but pretty good.

2015 version, 7.8%. Amber with a coat of cream head. Aroma of caramel fudge, grass, hazelnuts, vanilla, white pepper, hints of other spices like galangal, cardamon. A bit lighter bodied than expected and perhaps less sweet too. But delightful almost milky texture with low carbonation. Layers of caramel, some nuts, spices. Moderate but insistent bitterness. Lovely beer.

Pours dark brown with a massive head.Nose shows grainy cereal malt, grassy hops, soft toasty notes.Flavours include more of the same grassy hops/grainy cereal malt as well as some cocoa notes.Too much carbonation.

Pours amber with a large head.Nose shows peach and apple along with some cider-like notes.Flavours include biscuity malt, pear and apple.

At WTWBA 2015 . Pours black with nose of chocolate and cherry. Tastes of chocolate, cherry, wood, hint vinegar, coffee. Nice carbonation. Delightful

Sampled at Where the Wild Beers Are, 6/7/14
I found this to be a pretty unique and very tasty beer. The sour flavors with chocolate and coffee make for a nice combination.

Bottle at WWBA. Pours black with brown head. Nose/taste of chocolate, oak, sour funk and coffee. A bit overcarbonated. Medium body.