Kererū Brewing Company
Microbrewery in Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿
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Description
An independently owned brewery located outside of Wellington NZ that produces hand-crafted British and European beer styles as interpreted exclusively with New Zealand malt and hops. We're Off-Licensed and an easy 5 minute walk from the Upper Hutt train station and Upper Hutt's Brewtown.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at hope. Pours deep brown with small beige head. Quite a bit of caramel, brown sugar, some oak and whiskey. Bit of heat at the end. Drinks nicely.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Oct 2022
at 22:27
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Cafe Albert Tasting. 2018 vintage, Bottle 1798 of 1593. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of malt, light caramel, candy sugar, dried dark fruit, wood, oak, red wine, tannins. Flavor is sweet, light tart, malt, caramel, candy sugar, dried fruit, wood, oak, red wine, tannins, some alcohol. Medium to full body, soft to average carbonation, light sweet finish with warming alcohol. 300722
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2022
at 14:37
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle @ Cafe Albert Tasting. Vintage 2002 Bottle 448 of 3636. Pours black with a creamy brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, dried fruit,, wood, oak, light vanilla, whisky. Flavor is sweet, roasted malty, caramel, wood, oak, vanilla, dried fruit, whisky. Medium to full body, average carbonation, sweet finish with warming alcohol. Tasted with vintages 2018 and 2019, 2020 while all tree had similar tasting profiler 2020 turned out slightly on top. 2018 = 5, 7, 8, 3, 16. 2019 Bottle 2279 of 3762 = 5, 8, 8, 4, 17. 300722
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2022
at 14:28
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Cafe Albert Tasting. Bottle 462 of 4436. Pours black with a creamy brown head, light lacings. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, wood, oak, nuts, dried fruit, light red wine, whisky. Flavor is sweet, roast malty, caramel dried fruit, nuts, light red wine, whisky, light oak. Medium to full body, average carbonation, sweet finish with warming alcohol. 300722
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2022
at 14:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ Cafe Albert Tasting. Bottle 424 off 3840. Pours hazy dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel, dried fruit,light wood, whisky. Flavor is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit, wood, oak, whisky, alcohol.Medium body, soft to aveerage carbonation, sweet finish with warming alcohol.300722
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2022
at 14:14
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Cafe Albert Tasting. Pours deep brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel, wood, oak, whisky, dried fruit. Flavor is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit, some wood, oak, light vanilla, whisky. Medium body, average carbonation, light sweet finish with some warming alcohol. Smooth. 300722
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2022
at 14:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 02 Oct 2022
at 18:23
6/10
Tried
on 02 Oct 2022
at 17:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle. Roasty, dry and earthy with hints of oak and wood. Truffle notes are very subtle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2022
at 10:32
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2022
at 23:51