Blond color. Very light malty aroma. Quite dry, light flavor of eggs, some malt, a bit metallic, quite strong bitterness at the end, not aromatic. Mediocre.

Bottled. Reddish brown. Sweet and lightly roasty with clean mouthfeel. There’s some caramel and crystal malt flavour. Low bitterness.

(Bottle 33 cl) A fine example to prove the fact, that an ale doesn’t really have to be very potent to be extremely tasty. Dark amber close to brown, filtered, not much head. Nutty, malty notes. dry at first but some sweetness occurs on the palate. High on carbonation. Very pleasant ale. 011203

(Bottle 33 cl) Very dark, almost black with a brownish head. No less than five different malts were used for this. The appearance is roasted almost burned but at the same time mild without any sharp bitterness. Monteith’s has been bought up by the national brewing giant DB meaning that only very little beer is actually brewed on the West Coast of the South Island. This for instance is brewed in Auckland. 260503

Good slightly reddish brown appearance with a aroma that is dry, roasted, burn’t and sweet. The flavour is malty with a tinge of bitterness. Overall a very good beer.

Plain light golden beer with a light and sweet aroma and weak watery flavour with little bitterness. Overall quite a poor drink.

The aroma is sweet caramelic with notes of roasted bread. The color is dark brown and it has a small disappearing head. The flavor is of caramel, roasted malt, and a light maltyness, before it ends on an OK bitterness. The body is thin. A boring schwarzbier.

Flat looking black beer with a good coffee aroma, but a fairly weak malty flavour. Overall a plain dark beer.