Maakun (16718) reviewed The Vandal NZ IPA from Panhead Custom Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle from random liquor store, drank at Trounson Kauri Park Campground. Hazy golden with almost white head. Dank hops, soft grapefruit, grassy, lots of caramel, lemon drops, soft apple, quite some bitter fruit skins and resinous bitter flowers. But over medium sweet and pretty bitter. Bit over medium bodied. Thick classic US style strong IPA, goes down super well.
explosivedog (14050) reviewed Mighty Kalfu from Panhead Custom Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
GABS Auckland 2018. Pours brown. Cinnamon, caramel, toast, vanilla, pepper, biscuit. Good body. Interesting, perhaps a touch much spice.
explosivedog (14050) reviewed Hex Breaker from Panhead Custom Ales 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
GABS Auckland 2018. Pours brown black. Chocolate, coffee, smoke, caramel, red fruit. Medium body. Good.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
GABS Auckland 2018. Pours pale and murky. Banana, vanilla, lots of peach, touch of citric acidity. Good body on the nitro. Fun.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
On tap at Panhead Viaduct. Pours purple red. Blackberry, boysenberry, lemon juice, honey, bread, touch of raspberry and some more blackberry in the finish. Nice spritzy body. Would prefer no bready end note, but it's still decent.
Ungstrup (52239) reviewed Quickchange XPA from Panhead Custom Ales 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled. A golden beer with a lazing white head. The aroma has notes of straw, malt, and spicy hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, spices, hops, and straw, leading to a bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Panhead Viaduct. Pours deep red. Biscuit, caramel, smoke, BBQ meat, pear, quite savoury, quite fruity in the finish. Not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
On tap at Panhead Viaduct. Pours red brown. Coffee grounds, caramel, touch of fruit but not much. Tastes a bit like a way too strong instant coffee. Medium body. Not good.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Panhead Viaduct. Pours sickly pale yellow. Banana, cloves, bubblegum, lemon. Flavour fails with any sort of subtlety, though it's not an unpleasant yeast taste i guess.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Panhead Viaduct. Pours amber. Caramel, biscuit, dry middle palate, little blackberry on the way out. Medium body, perhaps a touch over carbonated. Fine.