7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Nose of chocolate, licorice, a bit spicy, lightly phenolic. Not as sweet as expected, with spices and chocolate, dry cocoa, earthy hops, some minerals. Alcohol is well hidden. Light body. Very original and nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2013
at 23:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. A red beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, spicy hops, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, spicy hops, citrus fruits, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2013
at 02:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottled. The aroma has notes of amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of hops, spices, malt, caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, spices, hops, and lemons, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2013
at 00:39
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes hops, caramel, and malt soup. The aroma has notes of hops, lemons, straw, caramel, and malt, leading to a very bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2013
at 00:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared at Sander’s place in NYC during an evening of heavy drinking. Pours clear, rich gold with a huge, white foam head. Nose of tangy, lightly toasted bread. Medium sweet flavor with lots of brown sugar, light caramel. Light to medium bodied with average, creamy carbonation. Mild dryness on the finish with lots of toasted malts, some further brown sugar, faint caramel. Extremely so so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2012
at 02:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle with no indicated freshness date and a high fill line. Pours with a lightly hazed (unfiltered/bottle conditioned) golden yellow hued body with a large, fluffy and decently retentive white head. Lace is average. Aromas of hops. Lemony, grassy, light lime, a touch of mint and thai basil. Floral. Fresh and raw, inviting, sweet malt character. Clean fermentation wise. Very grassy, light resin. Flavors are of lemon, lemon verbena, grainy (almost wheat like malt presence). Lots of citrus zest, light tea and mango. Lightly grassy hop. Good balance. Lightly bitter balance, very clean bitterness! No esters. Lively carbonation. Dry, clean, somewhat crisp. Light bodied. Good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2012
at 22:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Pours rich amber with a large head.Nose shows fruity confectionary, peaches, green apples, grapes, lychees. Underneath is sweet caramel and crystal malt.Similarly tasty flavours, with more fruity and resinous hops, caramel and cookie dough-like malt, and finishing with an assertive but well matched bitterness.Could use a bit more carbonation.
Tried
on 30 Apr 2012
at 03:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Amber with a puffy off-white head. Aroma of lychees, gooseberries, grapefruit, passionfruit flowers. Taste has caramel and light biscuit, very NZ tropical fruits leading to a grapefruity bitter finish. Sometimes these Kiwi hops can be a bit overbearing, but - whilst hoppy - this is very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2012
at 04:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Binny’s LP 330ml ($5): Purchased this as Golden Ale, but it said Ardennes elsewhere on the bottle, so I figured it is the same thing. Pour is nice. Slightly hazy body with a nice solid white head. Aroma is overflowing with fruitiness and Belgian yeast. Taste is really, really Belgian. Pretty sweet. Kind of coats your mouth a wee bit. A nice subtle hoppiness underlies this whole thing. Something is a tad off, but this is still pretty good. First beer from NZ for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2012
at 19:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from AD. Medium brownish gold with a thin head. Aroma is floral hop with an earthy background. Flavour is fruity hop with a mellow white wine texture and feel. Finish is sharp bitter, refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2012
at 13:17