Asahi - Independent Breweries NZ
Commercial Brewery
in
Papakura,
Auckland,
New Zealand 🇳🇿
Owned by
Asahi Breweries
Contact
Papakura, New Zealand
5.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Very light, very little flavour or aroma. However, it is cleanly made, but very plain. Can from LB. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Can
on 27 May 2017
at 21:44
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
440ml can. (4.7% ABV) Pours a clear pale yellow with a medium, short lived, fizzy, white head that leaves spotty lacing. Aroma of pale malt, grass and grain. Sweet flavour that matches aroma with a mildly bitter finish. Light body with a watery texture and soft carbonation. Ok as far as lagers go, just boring. Nothing sets it apart from any other lager out there.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Sep 2016
at 01:07
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Canned 440ml. -Courtesy of Marko, shared with him, kajser27 and franski. Yellow/pale golden coloured, small white head, weak corny nose. Bready, corny, watery, slightly salty and notes of vegetables in the finish. Drinkable but thin.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2016
at 13:51
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Shared with ogivlado, franski and Marko. Pale golden-yellow, clear, small+ white non lasting head. Aroma is of some malt, grains, some sulphur, bit grass. Taste is low+ sweet malty, some grain, cracker, buttery, bit green apple, grassy light+ bitterness, dry finish. Light+ bodied, watery, average carbonation.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2016
at 04:54
3.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Thanks Krešo! Shared with ogivlado, kajser and franski. Pale yellow-golden body, big white head that went away fast. Sourish corny aroma, kefir, vegetables, uh. Empty herbal aroma, vague apples, dry grainy note, perfumey. Very dry bready finish, vegetables.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2016
at 10:47
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Enormous thanks to Krešo for lugging this all the way from New Zealand! The can got battered in transport and half of it was spilled through a tiny puncture. It still retained some carbonation when it was opened, so yay there. Will rerate if possible at some point. Anyway, poured a deep amber body, quite nice, traces of a white head. Mild sweetish plum jam and rubber notes in the aroma mingling with a dry graininess. Doesn’t smell bad, only a bit industrial. The taste... ah.. yeah, the same vague mild fruity sweetness, light rubber, over a more or less characterless body, a mild touch of tartness. Vague herbal notes, absolutely no bitterness. Certainly slightly more character than expected from a 4% macro lager, but it’s still very much an industrial 4% lager, with, perhaps, a touch more complex grain bill than normally.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2016
at 09:21
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Light straw-yellow with white foam. Aroma: malt and rice, some spicy hops. Taste: clean, refreshing, malty, slightly watery but drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2015
at 05:51
2.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
330ml bottle into glass. Slight hop/malt nose. Pours a pale yellow with big lasting white head. Some carbonation. Taste is sweet followed by slight metallic bitterness which lingers. Hot day? Drink this ice-cold from the bottle and it will do the job.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2015
at 02:03
1.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Not retired! Still being sold albeit with a slightly different label. Now brewed ’somewhere’ in Australia. Basically a Coles homebrand beer. 330 ml bottle into glass. Aroma of skunky rubber. Yellow, highly carbonated. Good lasting head. Strange sweet taste. Aftertaste is slightly bitter with alcohol notes. A complete mess. I can’t finish this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2015
at 23:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Endo’s house, 25/05/13, thanks to DW. Clear reddish amber with a thin off white head. Nose is caramel, sugars, light spice, rye. Taste comprises toasted malt, rye, biscuit, toffee, sugars. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry finish with a little bitterness. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2013
at 11:46