Pours yellow with a quickly fading head.Nose shows funk, soft bubblegum, elderflower and lemon.Flavours include lemon, biscuity notes, funky notes and doughy sweetness.

Bottle shared in London - big thanks to the Kernel RotBox. Pours clear copper with pretty much no head. Lots of rich, sugary bread and fruit in the nose, some apples, dough, yeast, wheat, dates. Medium to heavy sweet flavor with light alcohol bump, a little apple sauce, doughy wheat. Full bodied, lightly chewy, with soft carbonation. Lightly warming on the finish, sugary, bready, more wheat, some toffee. A heavy-hitting tripel. Not super drinkable, but not terrible.

Bottle for the Kernel Rotbox. It pours clear rich gold with no head whatsoever. The nose is weak, mellow, honey, apple, pear, grainy, porridge and riding pudding. The taste is rich, oily, chewy, honey, cereal, porridge, fatty, butter, stewed apple and pear skin with a slick finish. Medium+body and straight up flat. Pretty fucken weak and flat. Knackered.

Bottle split at LKS, thanks to Mother Arch rot box, 21/01/16. Clear golden orange with little in the way of a head. Nose is earthy fruit, hint of orange, straw, light caramel, touch old. Taste comprises figs, dates, caramel, marzipan, dried apricot, spice, fruit loaf. Medium + bodied, flat and lifeless, sweet licks in a light booze driven close So so

From a 330ml bottle on 2/1/2015. Pours a murky dark golden with a biggish head. Has a light aroma of caramel and biscuit malt, along with a bit of fruit. Flavour wise, there’s some sweet citrus fruit which is quickly bludgeoned into submission by a very firm, quite salty bitterness. Not much else is going on. Medium bodied with average carbonation. A bit blunt and agricultural. Quite disappointing.

Bottle at the Pumphouse, Richmond, corked
Deep blond color, hazy, with medium sized head. Pilsner? Tastes like a dry and spicy Ale, bitter, also some esters, a bit of cork that complements the flavor.
Nice.

Bottle sample at a tasting at troubles’s place. Thanks Tom L. Black with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate, roast, wood, some dark fruits, a bit of alcohol. Great sweet flavor, with chocolate, roast, wood, some dark fruits, and a bitter finish. Full-bodied. Really good.

Only reason for buying NZ beer was I got 2 6 packs for $10 each. This one actually not bad, especially for the price. The Monteith is another story...

Bottle. Deep gold with a white head that fades to a coat. Dough, oranges, grapes (with both grass clippings and tinned peach overtones), white pepper. Some (finger?) lime and minerals (Banana? No - who thinks banana is Tripelish?) The taste follows - there’s a harmonious combination of fruit, dough and spices, with a fresh tropical/ grassy sauv blanc note that’s not overdone. Peppery and moderately bitter at the end - I would have liked it a little drier. But this is very nice indeed. Not for the first time I’m impressed by Moa’s newfangled touch remaining just a touch.

(Bottle) Clear coppery golden with small short-lived white head. Aroma is a rather complex mix of hops, initially mainly grassy, seaweed notes, but with some sweeter fruitier notes developing. Light bodied with good carbonation. Taste is dry; even when some malty notes appear mid-palate they do so with almost no sweetness. The hops are present in the taste from start to finish, with some evolution through the palate. I found them a little confusing with a mix of earthy, tea, seaweed notes, and providing little in the way of fruity notes. The bitterness in the finish is quite moderate. Overall it is quite drinkable, but not quite balanced.