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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5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

On tap at Hopscotch. Clear gold, fluffy white head. Light malt, corn, apple notes

Tried from Draft on 24 Jul 2024 at 07:20


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle split at L6 tasting, thanks to Danny, 02/03/23. Clear golden with a white cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is corn husk, grains, straw, pale malts. Taste comprises toasted grains, cereals, herb, pale malts, straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Okay for a commercial logger-bier.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2024 at 09:49


4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottled 375ml. -Courtesy of Marko, shared with him & hrabren, thanks! Pale golden coloured, medium sized white head, corn in the nose. Sweetish, watery, corny, cardboard and touch of rice with short finish. 4.2%ABV

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2023 at 22:07


3.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3

Bottled, huge thanks Riba for bringing it from Sri Lanka! Shared with Hrabren and Ogi. Golden body, off-white head. Corny sourish aroma, oily. Empty oily taste, lightly corny, honeyish. Yeah, not grainy, lightly minty, vaguely honeyish. Sub par rando lager.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2023 at 20:19


5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

0.375 l beer shared with Ogi and Marko, thanks. Clear pale golden, small head. Light grainy, light cardboard aroma. Thin, watery, moderate carbonation. Drinkable, not very tasty. Grainy and cardboard flavour. No hop character.

Tried on 19 Sep 2023 at 20:18


5

Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2023 at 17:12


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle shared in London - cheers to Dan. Pours crystal clear yellow with a creamy white head. Light sweet flavour, simple pale bread, some cereal, lime, hay. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with more white bread, light bitter hay, crispy grains. Alright.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2023 at 19:05


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle shared at the Columbus tasting. 2023-03-02. Many thanks to Daniel. A very clear dull gold coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is skunky green hop, stale bread, skunk, green hop. mineral. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, stale pale grains, buttered bread, skunky. Palate is semi sweet, semi crisp, moderate carbonation. ok.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2023 at 18:59


5

Tried on 02 Mar 2023 at 18:56


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

clear pale golden colour, large, dense white head; aroma of grassy, hay, grainy and some barnyard notes; taste of a malt-dominant lager with some herbal hoppy and metallic notes; not that bad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj1MTTArzPI

Tried on 20 Mar 2022 at 23:22