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
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Backlog June 2018 as Tuatara Kapai. Almost clear golden body under a small, white head. Aroma has malt and fruity hops. Fresh and fruity taste, light medium sweet malt, citric and tropical hops, hint of marmalade and decent bitterness. Medium body and fruity hops in aftertaste as well. Nice and easy going.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2021
at 18:39
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle, sampled Nov 2016. Pours clear copper with a white head. Aroma: herbal with hints of grapefruit, bitter orange, pine, resin, grass. Taste: light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter, citrus, pineapple, candied fruits, pine. Medium body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2021
at 21:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Pours clear amber-ish with a white head. Aroma: lemon, grapefruit, caramel hints, toasted malts, light herbal hops, pine. Taste: toasted malts, caramel, some lemon, grape, slight pine, a hint of grapefruit, light herbal hops. Medium body with moderate carbonation. A dry, herbal hop bitterness on the finish. Quite old school malty but very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2021
at 12:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Flasche 0,5l: Kräftiges Gold, klar, mäßig stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; frische + fruchtige Nase, leichte saftige Zitrusnoten, eingelegtes/eingekochtes Obst, kräftige malzige Süße, kräftige Hefearomen, belgische Alehefen, Bananen, dezente Hopfennoten, Malz, Getreide, Karamell, fruchtig-malzige Bitterkeit; frischer + fruchtiger Körper, dezente Zitrusnoten, helle/eingekochte Früchte, kräftige malzig-fruchtige Süße, Karamell, sehr kräftige Hefearomen, belgische Alehefen, reife Bananen, cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, etwas Alkohol; fruchtig-würziger Nachgang
Tried
on 15 Mar 2021
at 07:28
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Clear, yellow-ish, golden colour with average, thin, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, snow-white head. Yeasty spicy, slightly yeasty, fruity, phenolic aroma, sweet-ish notes of banana, papaya, some vanilla, wheat malt, whiffs of clove and aniseed. Taste is surprisingly dry (or better, non-sweet), yeasty fruity and yeasty spicy, wheaty malty, hints of banana, dried banana, some vanilla, clove, whiffs of aniseed; slightly bitter and minimally leafy, hoppy counterpart. Creamy texture, smooth and soft palate, fine and soft carbonation. Well contolled sweetness, relatively clean yeasty spiciness (no peppery flavours), a bit monotonous - not bad, not overly exciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2021
at 20:50
6/10
33cl bottle. A hazy yellow golden beer with a white head. Aroma of sweet pale malt, typical belgian yeast. Taste of belgian yeast, pale malt, spices.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2020
at 20:28
7/10
50cl bottle. A slightly hazy amber beer with a white head. Aroma of resinous bitter hops, pine, citrus hops. Taste of citrusy hops, grapefruit, zest, resinous bitter hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2020
at 18:50
7/10
33cl bottle. A clear golden beer with a white head. Aroma of tropical fruits, resinous hops, some pine. Taste of mid sweet tropical fruits, resins, pine, moderate to long bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2020
at 17:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle picked up from Biervana München and consumed at home Saturday 12th December 2020 listening to Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on 6 Music. We had Picadillo (Mexican Chile) and a Mole Pours copper in colour with a white head, sweetness shows from the off, malty base, caramel and toffee tend to push any interesting fruitiness to one side, it's ok but I am left it little disappointed that the hops are not displaying better here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2020
at 05:42
7/10
33cl bottle. A hazy orange golden beer with a white head. Aroma of citrusy hops, tropical fruits, grapefruit. Taste of orange fruits, tangerine, citrus, pine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2020
at 00:05