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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6.4
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at Great Kiwi Beer Festival 2020. Backlog. An unclear golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of hops, citrus fruits, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, citrus fruits, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 05 Sep 2024 at 18:50


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Aromas of pineapple, apple, lemon and biscuit. Light hopped flavours in the mouth, but it's more of an absence than anything.

Tried on 16 Feb 2023 at 08:53


6.2
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. An unclear golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of citrus fruit, hops, and spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrus fruit, hops, spices, and malt, leading to a bitter finish

Tried from Draft on 04 Jan 2023 at 02:33


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. A golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of straw and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, straw, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2022 at 00:57


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

375ml can into schooner glass. From BWS, Armidale. Cloudy amber beer with a solid white head. Nose is tropical fruit with a dark caramel background. Nice lacing. Great taste of caramel with a late touch of guava. Lingering bitter finish of grapefruit juice. Really really good IPA. one of the best I've had.

Tried from Can on 14 Dec 2022 at 10:00


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

25/10/2022. Can bought at Pyrmont Cellars (Porters Liquor) Pyrmont. Pours clear pale golden orange with a small frothy white head. Aroma is hoppy, tropical, citrus, orange, grass, light herby, weedy and resin notes. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily, average carbonation. Nice developing bitterness in finish. I think the best XPA tagged beer I’ve had in this trip.

Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2022 at 11:53


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

9/10/2022. Can from Beer Cartel. Pours hazy/cloudy pale orange gold with a frothy off-white head. Aroma is dank, tropical, orange, pomelo, peach crush, guava, straw, husky notes. Moderate sweetness and medium plus bitterness. Medium body, average carbonation. Enjoyable.

Tried from Can on 09 Oct 2022 at 08:43


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Another brewed under licence somewhere in Australia. Pretty much opaque mid orange with a good inch of white head. Aroma of peach and pineapple with a citrus edge, vague breadiness behind. Dryish with loads of fruit - peach, tropical fruit in various stages of ripeness, some slight herbal astringency at the decisiveness bitter finish. The best Panhead beer I've had in a long while.

Tried from Can on 30 May 2022 at 13:17


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Can. Brewed at a location in Australia that it seems is not important enough to specify. Hazy sunset with a frothy white head. Gentle juicy/ pithy orange and mango icecream aroma. Light bodied. Fruit with some chewed crackers, modest bitterness and some twiggy herbs at the end I didn't really like.

Tried from Can on 20 May 2022 at 13:30


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bel équilibre pour cette APA qui présente une bonne amertume fine et saillante, un alcool limité à 5,7 % mais qui fait le job, et des arômes, sans grosses variations mais très appréciables. Cette Supercharger permet donc de passer un agréable moment. Le visuel est sur un blond doré limpide avec une très faible effervescence et sans mousse. Le nez est sur un subtil mélange de zest d'orange, d'herbes, de pomme, ananas et pêche. L'attaque laisse percevoir cette jolie amertume sur une bonne intensité avec une base maltée légèrement présente accompagnant bien cette amertume. Un léger poivre vient agrémenter le cocktail déjà présent au nez. La deuxième bouche est un peu plus herbacée et épicée avec une bonne ampleur et intensité pour le titrage alcoolique. L'arrière bouche est sur une amertume un peu plus prononcée tout comme le final sur une longueur appréciable. Belle prestation.

Tried on 18 May 2022 at 08:15