Hop Federation Brewery

Microbrewery in Riwaka, Tasman, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Associated Venue: Hop Federation Brewery

Established in 2013

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627 Main Road Riwaka, Riwaka, 7198, New Zealand

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottled. An amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of hops, caramel, malt, and fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, spuces, and hops, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2018 at 04:47


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

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and spicy hops. The flzvor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, hops, and spices, leading to a bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2018 at 00:00


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle split at L42, thanks to Fergus, 14/11/17. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent tan cap. Nose is tangy dark fruits, cocoa powder, toffee, spice. Taste comprises dark fruits, chocolate biscuit, cant really pick out too much in the way of coffee, mellow roast. Medium bodied, spritzy and overcarbed, semi drying close. Sippable but perhaps a light infection here?

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2018 at 12:02


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

14th November 2017
Level 42 Bottleshare. Thanks to Fergoose. Clear deep brown beer, good tan head. Airy palate, semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Fluffy dark malts, light malt cream sweetness. Coffee is sweet and light and well integrated and a little fruity. Airy finish. Fluffy all round but quite nice!

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2018 at 13:45


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at L42 - thanks to Fergus. It pours jet black with a massive gushy tan head. The aroma is earthy roast, bitter - sweet, cooca, coffee, rocky road and coffee cake. The taste is dry, bitter, earthy, ashy, charred wood, coffee grounds, burnt brown toast and cookie odugh with a toasty finish. Medium body and high, foamy carbonation. Carbonation is a bit overbearing. Fair enough.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2017 at 13:11


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

Bottle shared on Level 42, 14/11/2017. Many thanks to me, FRom Hop Burns black. Little gusher. a clear black mahogany brown coloured pour with a fine dark tan head. ARoma is earthy stale coffee, brown malts, jammy fruits, earth. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, earthy coffee malts, abrasive carbonation, bark. Palte is very carbonated, abrasive. Mild infection. Raw earthy coffee.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2017 at 15:51


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared in London - big thanks to Fergus. Pours clear brown with a billowing foamy beige head. Toasted brown bread in the nose, mellow cocoa, soft roast, some berries. Medium sweet flavour with restrained coffee, a bit of ashy roast, bakingg cocoa. Light bodied with lively carbonation. Finishes with some sugary berries, light coffee, more roast and chocolate. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2017 at 13:34


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Tried on 14 Nov 2017 at 12:43


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours a golden pale orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty piney hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty piney hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty piney hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2017 at 05:57


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Pours a dark red amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter caramel finish.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2017 at 11:58