Tuatara Brewing Company

Commercial Brewery in Paraparaumu, Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Owned by DB Breweries (Dominion Breweries)
Associated Venue: The Third Eye (Tuatara)

Established in 2000

Contact
7 Sheffield Street, Paraparaumu, 5032, New Zealand

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle, 7%. Clear deep golden with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops, citrus and grapes. Flavour is malt, fruit, hops, citrus, grapes, white wine, medium sweet and a little bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2018 at 21:23


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and moderate hoppy - fruity. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 140918

Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2018 at 21:20


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle. Pours hazy orange brown. Peach, orange, pine, bit dank, rosemary, touch floral, bit of honey, sweet creaminess. Good body. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2018 at 08:12


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Vultures Lane. Pours black. Earth, strong chocolate, strong toast, very earthy, tobacco, bit floral, vanilla, earthy finish. Good full body. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 29 Aug 2018 at 07:19


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Vultures Lane. Pours red brown. Caramel, orange, sweet real cherry flavour, bit of biscuit, slightly bitter finish, not too much residual sweetness. Medium body, perhaps a touch over carbonated. Fine.

Tried from Draft on 29 Aug 2018 at 07:09


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at My Bar. Hazy darker golden with fluffy lasting off white head. Lots of apricot juice, light citrus, dry malts, soft weedy hops, creamy peach. Medium sweet, bitter and bodied. Nice creamy and fruity IPA.

Tried from Draft on 23 Aug 2018 at 12:06


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap at My Bar. Clear darker golden with off white head. Grapefruit, light grassy, dank hops, clean malts with soft cara and pils notes. Almost medium sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with clean crisp and oily feel. Quite clean and fresh with some balance between the malts and hops instead of the usual NZ dankness onslaught.

Tried from Draft on 23 Aug 2018 at 12:03


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at Eureka Dunedin. Hazy amber with off white head. Thick tropical fruits, loads of pine cone, caramel, sweet resin, thick grassy, grapefruit. Massive hops here. Over medium sweet and quite bitter. Over medium bodied with light astringent hop finish. Slightly too much, maybe.

Tried from Draft on 23 Aug 2018 at 10:35


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Internationales Berliner Bierfestival 2018. A bit dark golden with a white head. Fresh with hops, citrus, tropical fruit, light malt and hints of caramel. The finish was medium bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2018 at 09:35


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

At Internationales Berliner Bierfestival 2018. Hazy amber with a white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, mild hops and some grass. The same in the taste. The finish was quite bitter.

Tried on 13 Aug 2018 at 07:49