5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Slightly cloudy, light golden colour. Big fluffy white head. Slightly fruity aroma. Light, fruity, bitter, maizy flavour. The bitterness is nice enough, but the beer overall is not very interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2005
at 21:53
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Aroma like chocolate milk. Almost black colour, fluffy stable head. Thin and watery flavour with some mild chocolate notes. Nice enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2005
at 17:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Nearly black beer, but with amber hints; dirty beige head, collapsing. Creamy, coffeeish nose - a bit as the drabs of cold coffee, really. Also a Coca-Cola aroma, sweetish. Dry stout-like flavours: tobacco ash, roasted grains. Much less bready than German examples, and a lot less sweet than the nose suggested. Bit of Valerian finish. Light to medium bodied, certain slickness, quite dry. Good Schwarz, though more stoutlike, IMO, be it bottom fermented. Again, my bottle claims 4.2 % ABV only
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2005
at 14:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Golden, clear beer with tall white head, reasonably stable. Faint hoppy nose, some pilsener malt; grassy hops, Czech or Southern German-like. Quite bitter Pilsener, in taste more Northern German than Czech, quite dry. Grainy taste retronasal, bit toasted. Faint burning sensation, rather light bodied, quite dry. That’s a good Pilsener, beats several German or Czech hands down. My bottle claims only 4.2% ABV
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2005
at 13:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
The aroma is sweet with notes of caramel. The color is pitch black with a small off-white head. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and roasted malt. Unfortunately the body is a little light.
Tried
on 30 Oct 2004
at 10:24
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A golden beer with a disappearing head. The aroma is malty and quite light. The flavor is a little sour but also malty and with notes of straw and a hint of wheat.
Tried
on 30 Oct 2004
at 10:21
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Straw. Toasty hop nose with peaches and pears. Palate pretty much the same stuff. Still, it's great to get my hands on NZ micro stuff.
Tried
on 02 May 2003
at 23:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Golden coloured with brief head. Big perfumy aroma. Odd, complex, dry, ashy maltiness. Fruity, bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2002
at 01:04
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled. Amber colour. Perfumy peach aroma. Sweet nose, short, faint maltiness followed by a dry, salty finish. Confusing...
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2002
at 01:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Near black with huge, creamy head. Roasty and rather sweet with creamy mouthfeel. Bitter finish with notes of licorice. Well made, but not overly complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2002
at 00:59