Waitoa
Microbrewery in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿
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Wellington, New Zealand
6.6/10
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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?
Tried
from Can
at
Beer Jerk Bunker
on 08 Jul 2025
at 07:49
7.3/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Apr 2025
at 22:00
6.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2024
at 11:53
7.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jun 2024
at 15:15
6.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Feb 2024
at 12:12
7.5/10
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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.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2024
at 08:18
7.6/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2023
at 13:34
6.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Sep 2023
at 14:31
7.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2023
at 14:47
6.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Dec 2022
at 03:58