Pacific Brewing Company (Tonga)

Microbrewery in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga 🇹🇴

Contact
Small Industry Center, Alaivahamama'o Bypass Rd, Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
Description
Tonga's first and only craft brewery!

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6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Has nice medium beige foam on top of a good black body, smells strongly of good oily barley and sharp brown sugar. Flavour is brett yeast and a strong roasted barley with coffee components. Crisp mouthfeel, the alcohol is well hidden. A nice stout, surprisingly good.
Tried on 19 Aug 2019 at 02:27

6.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330ml bottle found on Uoleva Island in Tonga. Smells of nice sweet apple, white wine hints. Has a soft gold body with little foam. Flavour is nice apple, white wine notes again, soft vinegar character. Mouthfeel is crisp and full. This is a very nice cider, well crafted, surprisingly good.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2019 at 02:20

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Initial rating as a bottle found on Uoleva Island in Tonga - smells of big brett yeast and some sweet grain, has a lighter copper body and soft foam gone fact. Flavour is sour yeast notes with a hint of grain. Mouthfeel is a little watery. It's unique, too yeasty for lager, more like a Belgian ale. Re-rate in Nuku'alofa on tap at Friends cafe: much better, nicer yellow body and good foam, sweet lager notes and no pungent yeastiness. Smooth lager flavours, good hops. Full on the mouth. Maybe I got a skunked bottle the first time around, the version on tap is superior and also a very nice lager.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2019 at 02:17

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Smells of nice sweet hops with hints of caramel, has a good medium brown body with modest white foam. Flavour is a good malt and hop balance, sweet and oily in all the right places. Mouthfeel is crisp, good carbonation. This is decent, a mile ahead of the local pale lagers.
Tried on 19 Aug 2019 at 02:14

2.9/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 2.5
Many thanks for this sample to mariusz. Piwo metne jasno jaskrawe, pachnie passiflora. W smaku papaja, mango i ananas, cytrusowe ale jakies wodnisto-oleiste, sprawialo wrazenie jakby oliwa z oliwy stala na sloncu i sie popsuja. Dziwny posmak.
Tried on 11 May 2019 at 14:45

4.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Many thanks for this beer to Erzengel. Pours a clear yellow color. Malty, grainy. Similar taste, grainy with an ugly grassy bitterness.
Tried on 07 Apr 2019 at 05:08

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
A clear yellow golden colour. Aroma of sweet grainy malt, yellow fruits. Taste of yellow fruits, grains, straw.
Tried on 29 Mar 2019 at 18:33

5/10
Many thanks to Holger for this bottle. Fresh floral beginning. Grainy, malty, easy to drink. Not much bitterness. nice. --- Beer merged from original tick of Tiki on 02 Apr 2019 at 22:47 - Score: 5. Original review text: Many thanks to Holger for this bottle. Fresh floral beginning. Grainy, malty, easy to drink. Not much bitterness. nice.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Mar 2019 at 18:33

4.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Appearance: Pale golden, clear. Small head. Aroma: Light fruits, slightly citric. Grapefruit? Taste: Ok light fruits, light bitterness. Quite dry. Bought: Trade with Nisse666 - big thanks!, 50 ml sample Info: 13/3-2019
Tried on 21 Mar 2019 at 16:22

2.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 2.5
Sample from Grumbo, thx Sir! 2019-03-09 Göteborg AR: sour, cardboard box AP: wee hazy coppery, wee transparent white head F: soapy texture, fairly bitter, cardboard box
Tried on 09 Mar 2019 at 19:52