North End Brewing Co

Brewpub in Waikanae Beach, Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿

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8

Pours dark brown/gold, few bubbles, good nose of sour beer & hibiscus. Decent depth for a 2.5% beer, not OTT sour & pleasant flavour. Great light beer on a hot summers evening when you need/want to drive etc.

Tried from Can on 29 Nov 2025 at 05:01


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

On tap at Lumsden Freehouse. Almost clear orange with medium white head. Malty, biscuit, citrus, sweetish. Vague bitterness.

Tried from Draft at The Lumsden Freehouse on 27 Mar 2025 at 23:00


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Had cask on two occasions, the one at For and Tap was better. Black with beige head. Nice roasty malts, chocolate, cocoa, moderate sweetness with bitterish finish. Smooth texture.

Tried from Cask at The Lumsden Freehouse on 27 Mar 2025 at 23:00


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

Can. Unclear golden body with a decent white head. Aroma has pale malt, fruity hops and fruity yeast. Not much sign of a wheat beer in the flavor really, more like a hoppy APA, but the body have some of soft feeling I get from a god wheat. Super smooth, no sharp edges, still fruity and bitter. Nice, refreshing and easy drinkable, perhaps a bit too kind but I like it anyway. Fine body and medium aftertaste.

Tried from Can on 13 Mar 2025 at 05:25


5

Tried on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:56


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

Backlog from 2020. An unclear yellow beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of lemons, straw, wheat, and coriander. The flavor is sour with notes of salt, lemon, coriander, and wheat, leading to a tart finish.

Tried on 25 Sep 2024 at 17:59


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can. Just misted gold with a good cm of white head that lasts OK. Modest aroma with mellow citrus, herbal and slightly earthy notes, light bread. Which works a bit better in the taste as the herbal and earthy notes meet a dryish and moderately bitter end.

Tried from Can on 20 Jun 2023 at 13:53


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can (from KSM Kampus, Pori). Amber colour, small white foamy head. Aroma is mango, some peach, apricot and mild wooden tones. Flavour is citrus, some mild peach, mango, tart wooden tones with a bit of funk.

Tried from Can on 28 Apr 2023 at 20:22


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

22/4/2023. Can from New Zealand Beer Collective shared at SBGP2. Pours slightly hazy red brown with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is smoky, meaty, bacon, wood, birch. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Moderate body, average carbonation. 7373-13.33

Tried from Can on 24 Apr 2023 at 20:30


7

Tried from Draft on 18 Feb 2023 at 19:25