Lion Breweries - NZ

Commercial Brewery in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Owned by Kirin Brewery Company (Kirin Holdings)

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27 Napier St, Freemans Bay, Auckland, NZ-1011, New Zealand

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3.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Clear, deep golden with a creamy, off-white head. Soft aroma of steeped grain. Thin and watery with sloppy malt accents and no bitterness. 240108
Tried from Bottle on 02 Feb 2008 at 18:46

5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 5
Bottle. Grassy hop aroma. Brassy golden color with a respectable white head that laces a little. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Pale malt, but a lot of grassy hop. Comes a bit veg and a bit fruity, but dry it is. Bitter as well. Crisp. Oh so much better than the American macros.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2007 at 18:52

3.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Poured from "King Kahuna" bottle into a Lager glass. Aroma is . . . different from the good beer I have been drinking recently. . .smells of grass (both the type growing in your yard as well as the illegal drug), there is also light citrus, heavy skunk and light malt. Pour typical golden straw color of mass produced pale lagers. Frothy white head and it appears to be very over carbonated. Over carbonation confirmed on taste. Watery to bitter flavor. Tastes cheap.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2007 at 01:29

4.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
33cl can. Gold, thick white head. Slightly metallic stale cereal aroma. Faint lemon hop. Some creaminess. Yeah it’s ok. It’s a lager with some nice crispness on finish.
Tried from Can on 24 Dec 2007 at 06:44

4.5/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Straight forward mainstream lager that is perhaps a bit smoother than usual and with some grassy notes. One of the better BMC types around
Tried on 23 Dec 2007 at 07:19

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Clear golden with a bubbly white head. Aroma and flaovr were similar, sweet malts, and light grassy hops. Crisp body. Pretty good pale lager, but still nothing exciting.
Tried on 13 Oct 2007 at 02:59

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
330 ml bottle at Arlanda airport. Golden body with a white head. Malty and slightly hoppy aroma. Relatively ordinary pilsner, but nice and refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2007 at 06:58

3.8/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Green 11 oz bottle for $1.35 at Vintage Estates. Pop the lid and there is a sharp veggie cabage or cannabis flower aroma. In the glass the smell clears to a more acceptable clean beer aroma. Has the appearance of any other typical pale yellow american lager. Head foam is creamy white. Fairly interesting flavor like a pilsner, perhaps even a premium lager. Has a little more flavor than I’m used to in a pale lager. Thin lacing on the side of the glass. Industrial bitterness begins to build on the back of the palate. Different kind of bitterness, something between a malt and hop, but definately bitter. Decent carbonation. Overall just a little more than I care for in the pale lager style and certainly has its own personality and idiosyncracies. Schmidt’s, carlsburgh and old german are all way better tasting than this and two of those are much less expensive. That industrial medium bitterness hangs for a while on the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jun 2007 at 14:55

2.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 2.5
Golden-bronze colour. Rich head but it dies quickly. Aroma of caramel and loading dock with some sawdust. Thin, metallic, empty caramel taste. Marginal character at best, quick but unclean.
Tried on 08 Apr 2007 at 00:04

4.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottle. Bit of skunk in the aroma, that mostly went away on full pour. Clear golden, small whitish head. Taste is bright, can taste the grain, and a bit of bitter in there too. Decent, clean lager, not much more or less.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2006 at 08:41