Panhead Custom Ales

Regional Brewery in Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Owned by Lion Breweries - NZ

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27 Blenheim Street, Shed 21, Upper Hutt, 5018, New Zealand

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Growler. Clear, almost luminous golden amber with an inch of white head. Aroma of gooseberries, passionfruit, cut grass, tinned peaches, mandarins, honeyed hay, menthol, pepper. Sweet and very fruity with hayish pale malt that’s for me not quite up to holding the fruit and pine/ menthol notes together. It ends up tasting a bit fumey. The herbal and pine notes do succeed in stopping it from being sickly though. Good but not quite to my taste.
Tried on 04 Nov 2015 at 05:24

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440 ml can at Frankie’s Pizza, Sydney, on October 17, 2015. Had two of them in a row, only rated the first. Perhaps not so good that I’d buy two in a row, but got the second one for free.Took down "Panhead Canhead no.3 Lola DeVille Rosehip + Hibiscus Saison" from the can.Hazy brown color, small teal head. Sweet, fruity, buttery, acidic, tart taste. Warming alcohol. Buttery, sweet aftertaste. Medium to fizzy mouthfeel, low to very low bitterness. Sweet, buttery, floral scent. Slight bit acidic. Lots of things happening in this one.
Tried from Can on 19 Oct 2015 at 19:21

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Draught as part of a paddle, at Keg & Brew Sydney on October 14, 2015.Malty, weak taste, a tad hoppy, a bit green. Medium thin mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Clear straw yellow color, white head. Malty, slight sulphur, some hops scent. Bland.
Tried on 16 Oct 2015 at 17:37

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Draught as part of a paddle, at Keg & Brew Sydney on October 14, 2015.Green, chlorophyll, hoppy, bitter (slight) taste. Apricots, bitter, hoppy aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness. Clear pale golden color, white head with lacing. Hoppy, green, some spruce twig scent.
Tried on 16 Oct 2015 at 17:35

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Draught as part of a paddle, at Keg & Brew Sydney on October 14, 2015.Hoppy, citrus, fruity, zest, some pith taste. Short, fruity, citrus, slight bitter aftertaste. Medium to fizzy mouthfeel, medium bitterness that lingers with a dry sensation. Clear golden color, white head with lacing. Hoppy, citrus, a bit malty scent.
Tried on 16 Oct 2015 at 17:33

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Pours ruby with a small head.Nose shows floral notes, sweet confectionery-like hibiscus and marshmallow.Flavours include sweet floral notes, a bit of a white wine character, red grapes.Body feels a bit watery.
Tried on 22 Sep 2015 at 01:02

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Pours copper with a large head.Nose shows caramel, resinous and piny hops, sweet bready malt.Flavours include more caramel and sultana notes as well as more piny and resinous hops.
Tried on 16 Sep 2015 at 03:16

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Can. Clear reddish amber with an inch of beige head that’s never less than a coat and leaves lots of lace. Just a great looking glass of beer. Aroma of kumquats, pine, sticky bread crusts. Some floral and herbal notes, just a touch of booze. Sweet with some grapes and dried fruit in amongst the bread and caramel. Citrus flavours are there but get a little obscured. Quite bitter at the end. Not really my sort of thing.
Tried from Can on 01 Sep 2015 at 08:41

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Pours black with a light tan head.Nose shows woody oak, soft vanilla, molasses, heavy roast and liquorice.Similar flavours. Lovely complex roasted malt with coffee, liquorice and supporting woody oak notes.
Tried on 28 Jul 2015 at 07:27

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Bottle. Hazy straw coloured with a white head. aroma of lemons, tropical bubblegum, pepper. Very light bodied, made for hammering. Dry with crackers, lots of lemon, salt, grass. Moderate bitterness. Dry and quite salty at the end. Good dustcutter.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jul 2015 at 06:57