Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5
From a 330ml bottle on 28/12/2018 (a Christmas gift from Desmond, with thanks). Labelled 'Amazing Wakachangi Lager' with the byline 'Quite nice beer!'. Pours an ultra clear light golden with a small head. The nose is ultra mild grain and some grass. In the mouth, there's some indistinct sweet malt and corn, finished off by a very gentle bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. I guess it could be worse, but not much worse. 'Quite nice' is a real stretch. On the bright side, it has an amusing label where a small creature (possibly a piglet or a wombat) is attacking a man holding a spatula.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
'Bottle. Pale gold with a white head. Aroma of crackers, paper, weeds. Light bodied getting on for watery, but it''s the sort of beer that that''s a mercy. Really light stale malt and boiled lollies with a more prominent weedy bitter finish. This is a throwback to mid 80s NZ beer but it''s not quite bottom of the chilly bin'
TedE (2776) reviewed Stoke NPA from McCashin's 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
330ml bottle into lager glass. Caramel malt nose with hints of sweet fruit. Golden amber beer with thin frothy white head. Slight haze and high carbonation. Light body. Very smooth and drinkable. Starts fruity and bitter, ends earthy and bitter. Very nice quaffer, not too complex, not too simple.
TedE (2776) reviewed Great Uncle Kenny's Wakachangi from McCashin's 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
330ml bottle into shaker. Malty vinegar nose, bit of skunk. Crystal clear pale amber beer with fluffy head and the occasional bubble. Some patchy lacing. Flat and Insipid with a tinny finish. Ordinary, very ordinary.
danlo (13332) reviewed Saxton Apple Cider from McCashin's 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
330ml bottle from Dan Murphys, Queanbeyan. Rich golden colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of sweet juicy apple. Taste is sweet, green apple, juicy apple, mellow, alittle vanilla and some tartness. Light to medium bodied, slightly spritzy carbonation, dry acidic finish. Quite OK.
Maakun (16718) reviewed Stoke IPA from McCashin's 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle shared in our van. Clear golden with white head. Bready, light caramel, tea, dry grassy hops, light bitter vegetal leaves, dried apricot, dry grainy notes. Just medium sweet and over medium bitter. Medium bodied.
Maakun (16718) reviewed Stoke Pilsner from McCashin's 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Straight from the bottle on the beach. Nice bottle. Light toasty malts, grapefruit juice, grassy. Lots of nice hops with classic pils hop but also grapefruit and even lime. Malts are also for from classic oils malts. Under medium sweet and medium bitter. Medium bodied with slight dry crisp feel. Nice! Later had it again in glass. Clear golden with white head. Actually not bad, more hoppy than their IPA...
Hrabren (9731) reviewed Stoke IPA from McCashin's 8 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
0.33 l bottle. Hazy dark golden, moderate frothy off-white head. Very lightly hoppy, bad shape. Some citrus notes. Cardboard notes. Old. Very watery and neutral. Sharp. Light body. Light finish.
hawthorne00 (9917) reviewed Stoke IPA from McCashin's 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Amber with a puffy white head. Aroma is very English with marmalade-like grapefruit, bread, boiled sweets. Smells like a somewhat flabby bitter from the golden end. But there's considerably punchier citrus in the taste and it's dryish and quite firmly bitter at the end.
gnoff (11189) reviewed Stoke Gold from McCashin's 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottled 33 cl at Foster Hewitt's Bar and Grill, Kaohsiung, on October 2, 2017.Clear golden color, big white head. Malty, a bit herbal hoppy scent. Malty, biscuit, caramel, bread crust, toasted, a bit fruity and herbal hoppy taste. Bitter, bread crust aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium to medium high bitterness. Citrus/floral hops comes through more in taste after a while.7/4/7/3/15=3.6