Rhyme & Reason Brewery

Microbrewery in Wānaka, Otago, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Associated Venue: Rhyme & Reason Brewery

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17 Gordon Road, Wānaka, 9305, New Zealand

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7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at the brewery. Clear golden with medium short lasting white head. Malty and grainy, sweetish and light, crisp.

Tried from Draft at Rhyme & Reason Brewery on 03 Apr 2025 at 22:00


7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at the brewery. Dark brown with beige head. Chocolate, malty, some roastiness, cocoa, some caramel notes. Some sweetness with bitterness in finish. Medium bodied.

Tried from Draft at Rhyme & Reason Brewery on 03 Apr 2025 at 22:00


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Rhyme X Reason, Wanaka. Clear golden, smaller white head, not lasting. Mild fruity nose, sweet peach, gentle. Medium bitterness, a bit gentler. A bit grassy, classic pale ale. Mild aftertaste, light body. Decent.

Tried from Draft on 05 Jan 2025 at 10:09


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

12oz bottle I brought home from Christchurch, pours a murky, dark gold with some clumpy, white head. Nose has pune, grapefruit, pith. The kiwi is very under ripe. Flavor has the citrus rind and raw, under ripe kiwi. Smooth enough finish, perhaps a touch stale.

Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2020 at 19:17


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of kiwi, citrus fruits, hops, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of kiwi, hops, citrus fruits, and malt, leading to a dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2020 at 04:03


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle. Pours black. Chocolate, roast, bitter coffee, liquorice, blackcurrant. Medium body. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Mar 2019 at 07:17


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

On tap at the brewery. Pours brown red. Raspberry, toast, pepper, cinnamon, rum, cherry, prune, spiced rum. Medium body. Like a classy well bodied rum and coke, in a good way.

Tried from Draft on 06 Jan 2019 at 01:24


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

On tap at the brewery. Pours brown orange. Smoke, chipotle, strong smokey spice, capsicum, dark chocolate bitterness, big chilli flavour with a fair heat. Medium body. Really does have that chipotle taste, and the chilli is decently balanced. An oddity, but a very fun one.

Tried from Draft on 06 Jan 2019 at 01:22


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at the brewery. Orange, lemon, floral, dry citrus bite, dry biscuit finish with a lingering citrus finish. Medium body. Decent example. 737315

Tried from Draft on 06 Jan 2019 at 01:22


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

On tap at the brewery. Pours gold. Orange zest, strong zesty otange, marmalade, touch of bubblegum, bit of a spicy peppery finish. Light spritzy body. Delicious, such a zesty effervescence to it.

Tried from Draft on 06 Jan 2019 at 01:13