Sawmill Brewing Company (NZ)

Microbrewery in Matakana, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Associated Venue: Sawmill Smoko Room

Established in 2004

Contact
1004 Leigh Road, Matakana, New Zealand
Description
We are a New Zealand owned brewery run by a small and creative team. We brew clean, flavoursome and balanced beer with a Sawmill edge - the willingness to think for ourselves.

The Brewery was established in 2004 on the site of what was once a local timber mill established in the 1860’s. In February 2016 we moved from the original site in Leigh, and we now work from premises just out of Matakana at 1004 Leigh Road.

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7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at Vultures Lane. Pours gold. Bubblegum, pepper, herbal, orange, bit tropical. Good stuff.
Tried from Draft on 01 Dec 2017 at 16:12

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at the Lumsden. Pours hazy orange brown. Banana, bubblegum, little clove and cinnamon spice, quite a bit of bread, a nice lemon note. Pretty decent.
Tried from Draft on 08 Nov 2017 at 03:38

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at City of Ales. Pours gold. Coffee, vanilla, apricot, peach, white chocolate, almonds. Quite high astringency and bitterness. Fine.
Tried from Draft on 13 Oct 2017 at 22:39

7/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
On tap at Vultures Lane. Pours bright red. Orange, bread, lemon juice, tangerine, little earthiness. Thin under-carbonated body. Fine.
Tried from Draft on 23 Sep 2017 at 17:23

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
500ml bottle. Pours red brown. Strawberry, cherry, caramel, biscuit. Good body. Really good.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2017 at 04:58

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at 16 Tun. Pours orange gold. Peach, caramel, chalk. Not particularly exciting, and not sure the hops dominate.
Tried from Draft on 21 Aug 2017 at 04:43

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Beervana. Pours black. Seawater, toast, chocolate, little acidity. Bit muddled but tasty all the same.
Tried from Draft on 14 Aug 2017 at 05:25

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
On tap at 16 Tun. Pours brown. Hazelnuts, toffee, blackberry, bread, little lemon. Over carbonated. Ok.
Tried from Draft on 08 Jul 2017 at 22:19

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Taster at GABS Auckland 2017. Pours cloudy brown. Banana, molasses, toffee, cloves, cinnamon, dried apricot. Nice.
Tried on 21 Jun 2017 at 00:33

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Taster at GABS Auckland 2017. Pours red brown. Salt, smoke, cherry, orange peel, lots of floral stuff, little dried cranberry. Nice.
Tried on 18 Jun 2017 at 04:40