MountDad (102) reviewed Earlybird Flat White Stout from Waitoa 7 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
440ml can. Pours a dark clear brown with a small tan head. Aroma is true to label; coffee, vanilla & dark malt. Beer is rather light with a similar body to most lagers, mildly sweet, with strong coffee & dark malt flavours. However the lack of body is a let down & leaves it feeling thin. Perhaps too much weak coffee & not enough malt?
Iznogud (14627) reviewed Earlybird Flat White Stout from Waitoa 10 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Canned in New Zealand. Dark brown with medium beige head. Coffee, caramel, toasted, tad sweet. Bit thin in finish.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Gone Fishin' from Waitoa 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Almost opaque yellowish orange with a fat coat of white head. Aroma of grass, ripe and under-ripe tropical fruit, menthol - something a bit jarring about it. But the taste is fruitier (and better) with lots of peach as well as soft tropical notes. Indistinct finish is a little bitter and astringent.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Firstlight from Waitoa 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can. Hazy yellowish orange with a loose white head. Candied lemon and melon aroma with crackers behind. Some tropical notes, under-ripe nectarine. Moderately sweet with fruit giving way to quite firm bitterness. Good.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Gone Bush from Waitoa 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Almost clear pale gold with a cm of white head. Aroma of candied lemon peel, some mild herbal notes and boiled tropical lollies. But they taste more like malt and less like sweets upon a taste with lemon and some tropical fruit (can't say I got any passionfruit) before rather modest bitterness. Strong for what it offers.
Davros (5279) reviewed Firstlight from Waitoa 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours super hazy gold with a slowly fading head.Nose shows peach, floral hops, pineapple, heavy clean malt.Flavours include pine, apricot, peach, nectarine and mango along with clean malt.
VastActiv (16429) reviewed Firstlight from Waitoa 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can at Arde's Residence, Helsinki. Color is very cloudy golden with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, lemon, grape, dryness, hops and malts.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Dayglow from Waitoa 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Murky yellowish orange with a fat coat of white head. Shyish aroma of oranges, hints of tropical fruit, lime, crackers. Like Afterglow, the citrus leans to grapefruit in the taste. Thinnish with not much of a finish. A bit empty in the middle. Nice and fruity though.
hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Afterglow from Waitoa 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can, Vintage Cellars. Hazy pale orange with a modest white head. Aroma of orange, grapefruit, light bread. A lot more grapefruit in the taste which is is sharpened towards a moderately bitter finish. Perhaps some grass and hints of tropical fruit too, but really this is straightforward and good.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Island Hopper from Waitoa 3 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. A hazy yellow beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes citrus fruits, hops, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrus fruit, hops, spices, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.