Liberty Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Helensville, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Associated Venue: Liberty Brewing Taproom - AU

Established in 2009

Contact
69 Mill Road,, Helensville, 0800, New Zealand

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7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(Can) Pours clear amber with big white head. Lovely citrus aroma. Medium bodied with good full carbonation. Great taste with good citrus start, some nice toffee malt and plenty of hoppy bitterness. Excellent.

Tried from Can on 09 Dec 2025 at 09:27


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

On tap at Moutere Inn. Clear golden with white head. Some grassy notes, quite bland and light. Not much going one.

Tried from Draft at Moutere Inn on 29 Mar 2025 at 23:00


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

2023 vintage on tap at 16Tun, Auckland. Black with medium to large tan head. Chocolate, cocoa, caramel, some fruity notes, orange peel, medium+ sweetness.

Tried from Draft at 16 Tun on 27 Mar 2025 at 23:00


7.4

LCI. Clean dry Pilsner, some floral hop. Clean malt

Tried from Draft on 25 Dec 2024 at 18:56


6.4
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Backlog from 2020. Draft. An unclear yellow beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of citrus fruits, hops, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, citrus fruits, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 16 Oct 2024 at 20:02


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Hazy but well short of opaque orange with a fluffy white cm of head that lasts pretty well. Vibrant peach and passionfruit aroma with a sharpening grassy spine, some lime and crackers. Dryish with tropical and stone fruit soon swept away by grassy and leafy peppery notes at the fairly bitter end.

Tried from Can on 20 Aug 2024 at 11:35


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Growler. Very clear amber with a good cm of white head that laces well. Aroma of pine, ruby grapefruit, crusty bread, some weeds, mango skin. A fair bit of body. Slightly toasty malt is rich but not all that sweet. Bitterness swells from the start but doesn't dominate. Piney but not raucous with mango skin and citrus a little further back. Not really showy, just very good.

Tried from Growler on 18 Aug 2024 at 12:40


4.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Can. Unclear orange with no head. Doesn't smell quite like Tang - maybe a little bit of wheat cracker too. Moderately sour with lots of orange. Refreshing for a couple of mouthfuls but a whole can is a lot.

Tried from Can on 07 Mar 2024 at 11:52


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

2022 version is 12%. Apparently NZ had some close calls with prohibition - didn't know that. Bottle from their Melbourne taproom. Black, fading brown head retreat to the rim but then perseveres. Big mocha and Bourbon aroma with blackberry reduction, vanilla. Silky, medium low carbonation. Very rich with lots of of chocolate and berries, less but still lots of roast, some pine, firm bitterness. Very good but perhaps a bit suffocating.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2024 at 14:45


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can from their Melbourne taphouse. Moderately hazy orange with a fluffy white head that settles to a cm or so. 3+ Aroma of pineapple, mandarin, some Meyer lemon. Softish texture and initially juicy but with a firmly bitter finish. Nice one.

Tried from Can on 07 Aug 2023 at 13:00