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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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Light amber color, medium sized tight creamy head. Acceptable aroma, grassy, lightly herbal hops. Light body with a musty hop and very clean finish. Nicely drinkable low alcohol beer. Has some "mild ale" qualities. A real drinker.

Tried on 10 Jan 2004 at 16:01


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Nice colour but the one that i tried was a little skunky. With that aside, a sharp initial taste with lingering hops. Dry finish. Average beer. Get rid of the green bottles and the skunkyness and it may be better.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2003 at 20:18


3.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Pale, yellow colour. Fluffy head, nice lacework. Grainy aroma. Thin & bland flavour. Could be mistaken for Heineken or Carlsberg or Fosters or Lapin Kulta or.................

Tried on 10 Dec 2003 at 11:47


3.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Light blond color. Light straw aroma. Very simple, with a light hay and honey taste. Too simple.

Tried on 10 Nov 2003 at 04:20


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

This beer has a nice hoppy and sweet aroma. And it has a beutiful godlen color and a fine head, though it disappears a little too fast. The taste is a nice crisp sweet one, turning slightly bitter, and ending with a prickling on the tongue. A nice pilsener.

Tried on 07 Jul 2003 at 03:54


4.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Slighlty maltier then your normal mainstream American beer..................

Tried from Can on 13 Jan 2003 at 16:40


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Light sweet hop nose. Light carmel malt flavor. Noting special.............

Tried on 05 Jan 2003 at 19:12


4.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Amber with fast fading head.Light malt nose and flavor......................

Tried on 05 Jan 2003 at 19:10


4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

White head, heavy carbonation. Faint skunky nose. Light sweet malt taste some hops

Tried on 26 Nov 2002 at 13:45


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pale golden colour. Grassy aroma with hints of pale malt. Mild bitterness with grassy notes and again a light, balancing pale malt. Fairly dry finish. I haven’t had this in over 12 years, and I’m pretty surprised. Much hoppier than you’d expect from a national lager brand, it’s on a par with the lighter German pils like Beck’s or Warsteiner and depending on the relative freshness, could easily surpass them. Green Bullet is a unique hop to us non-antipodeans and its character can be likened to Nugget on the bitterness side and a dull, thudding noble offshoot in terms of flavour.

Tried from Can on 29 Mar 2002 at 22:15