Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Vultures Lane. Pours orange brown. Nectarine, caramel, apricot, chalky peach skins, chocolate, toast, bit of bread. Great idea, but the malt balance doesn't quite work for my tastes. Rerate: new batch. Much better balance. Apricot, sweet apricot syrupiness, biscuit, pepper. Good. Improved score.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Taster from tap at Hopscotch. Pours gold. Apricot, honey, pear, bit of something savoury. Not my cup of tea.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at City of Ales. Pours gold. Peach, chalk, bread, grapefruit, little pepper, big tangelo finish. Full body.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
On nitro at Vultures Lane. Pours murky brown. Dusty coffee grounds, sweet vanilla, cream, little toast, little bitterness. Very thin. Nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Brew on Quay, Auckland, August 2014. Dark amber with a small head. Aroma and taste of malt, some toffee and light fruit. Not that bitter and with a fairly long aftertaste. A descent one.