DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Double Vision from Kicks Brewing 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
From a 440ml can on 7/11/2025. Pours a cloudy, milky, dirty golden with a medium head. The nose features lots of ripe tropical and stone fruit notes. Taste wise, this is sublime Motueka goodness - masses of apricot and mango, with hints of berries, lemon and lime, in a lightly spicy tangy finish. The palate is pillowy and creamy, with softish carbonation. Just outstanding.
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cl8on (119) ticked Common Ground from Kicks Brewing 3 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can. Unclear deep amber with a pale beige head that fades to a fat cap. Aroma of toffee, bread, dried fruit, somewhat earthy spices. Not all that sweet even before the quite firm bitterness. Mouthfilling richness but the toffee and dried fruit give way to quite punchy relieving spiced bitterness at the end. Good.
DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Synergy from Kicks Brewing 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 9
From a 440ml can on 10/10/2025. Pours a cloudy deepish golden with a medium head. Has a big fruity and floral nose, with lots of tropical and citrus notes. This is packed full of juicy goodness of the sip. There's a elange of fruits ranging from mandarin, peach, passionfruit, mango, melon and white grape. Quite sweet up front but finishes with a pretty firm spicy bitterness with lots of citrus zest. Has a lovely pillowy mouthfeel with average carbonation. Big, bold and cohesive. Super impressive.
DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Three's A Crowd from Kicks Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5
From a 440ml can on 23/8/2025. The third in a series of hazies by Kicks -started with the DIPA collab with Bracket, then a standard, and now a TIPA. Pours a milky golden with a smallish head. The nose is is dank and spicy, with a melange of tropical, stone and citrus fruit, with distinctly spicy top notes. You can tell this one's a big beer even if it goes down too easily. There's lot's of passionfruit, peach, mango, melon, lemon and lime with a moderate but quite spicy and tangy bitterness at the back, finishing with a touch of booze. Super tasty, complex and moreish. The Double Trouble shades it for mine, but all three in the series are genuine crackers.
DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Flying Solo from Kicks Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5
From a 440ml can on 23/8/2025. Pours a hazy medium golden with a medium head. The nose punchy, with lots of zesty citrus with passionfruit overtones. Passionfruit is most prominent flavour wise, with some tangerine, lemon and grapefruit. Has a silky mouthfeel with average carbonation. Really lovely stuff.
DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Double Trouble from Kicks Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 9.5
From a 440ml can on 22/8/2025. Pours a cloudy light golden with a smallish head. The nose bursts of stone fruit and citrus zest. Tastes of orange, peach, apricot, white grape, passionfruit and lemon. The fruit is met perfectly by a tangy spicy bitterness, with a hint of pine. Has a pillowy, lightly creamy palate with average carbonation. The flavour and balance on show here is just sublime. A complex beer with real heft, but still eminently smashable. Phenomenal stuff.
DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Syncopate from Kicks Brewing 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From a 440ml can on 27/7/2025. Pours near black with a a big medium tan head. The nose features a whiff of chocolate, banana and caramel. All of those present on the sip delivering a very dessertish experience nicely balanced with some sharp, lightly roasty, bitter notes at the back. Has a lovely creamy mouthfeel and softish carbonation. Excellent.
DreamAudit (3889) reviewed Mixed Messages from Kicks Brewing 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 9
From a 440ml can on 18/7/2025. Pours a cloudy, murky golden with a biggish head. The nose features orange and passionfruit. There's masses of fruit on the sip - more orange and passionfruit, along with apricot, peach and some whit grape. There's a decent bitterness at the back with hints of pine and grapefruit. Has a silky mouthfeel and moderate to average carbonation. An absolutely cracking, complex and satisfying brew.