Troopie (5667) reviewed Heart Island from Grand Fir Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Black body with beige head. Malty with coconut coconut aroma. Sweetish flavour coconut and malt. Cocoa in finish
Troopie (5667) reviewed Warawara from Grand Fir Brewing 5 months ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 2.5 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 3.5
White head with very very pale body. First rice then hop aroma. I declared "Who put hops in my sake?" Thin ricey taste with no finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at brewery. Pours clear amber with off-white head. Aroma has toffee malts and some dry fibres. Flavour has gentle dry toffee malts and some dry hops. Pretty boring.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Trail Bloom from Grand Fir Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at brewery. Pours clear yellow with white head. Aroma has crackery malts and straw. Flavour has straw and dry grass, crackery malts. Nice malt-forward beer, good hops.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Ponga from Grand Fir Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at brewery. Pours clear yellow with white head. Aroma is dank and piney with some sweet malts. Flavour is very pine-forward with dry woody character. Messy and uncoordinated, not getting any NZ hops.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Lichen IPA from Grand Fir Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at brewery. Pours clear yellow with white head. Not getting much on the aroma. Flavour has some light stonefruit and orange pith up front and dank oiliness on the finish. Pretty weak hop expression.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Slug Life from Grand Fir Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
On tap at brewery. Pours clear yellow with white head. Aroma has light dank and pine notes. Flavour has gentle pine and light citrus.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Moss Giant from Grand Fir Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at brewery. Pours clear yellow with white head. Aroma has very gentle dankness. The dank notes in the flavour are very tired; some pine I guess. Pretty clumsy overall, poor hop expression
mcberko (47456) reviewed Moss Giant from Grand Fir Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at Grand Fir, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma has some crunchy hops, light pine, and a rough bready malt. Flavour is a little better with oranges, some tropical fruits, grapefruit rind, and some bitter pine. There's malty sweetness underneath but the balance and integration are poor. Not a good beer.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Ponga from Grand Fir Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at Grand Fir, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma has some car exhaust fumes, bitter grapefruit rind, and some pine — doesn't smell like a NZ-hopped beer. Flavour is rough and earthy, with some car exhaust, bitter grapefruit rind, and generally a muffled hoppiness. Not a good hop expression at all; that classic NZ expression is absent. Poor.