Mata Brewery

Microbrewery in Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Associated Venue: Mata Brewery

Established in 2005

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17 Gateway Crescent, Coastlands, Whakatane, 3120, New Zealand

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7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
500ml bottle. Pours black. Cardamom, cream, cinnamon, chocolate, bit fruity. Nice body. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2017 at 14:56

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
500ml bottle. Pours a nice red orange with a good head. Toffee apple, pineapple, apple juice, honey, little mango. Quite unusual for an IIPA, but extremely tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2017 at 03:11

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Cold Store, Bugis, Singapore. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark golden. Aroma and taste are rich hops, fruits, flowers and malts. Nice bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jun 2017 at 09:35

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
500ml bottle. Pours clear copper. Grapefruit, peach, caramel, orange, something a bit tropical. Tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2017 at 02:50

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
On handpull at the Beer Spot. Pours orange red. Cherry, strawberry, biscuit, little bitter apple finish. Lacklustre aroma but fine.
Tried on 10 Jun 2017 at 00:32

5.5/10
Nicer sweetness from the honey, but doesn't really have legs
Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2017 at 18:32

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Growler from the brewery. A little mango, lots of Belgian yeast character, little spicy, apricot. Really pretty tasty.
Tried from Growler on 27 Jan 2017 at 20:35

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at Brewers Cooperative. Caramel, apple, bitter orange. Nice, if not a gamechanger.
Tried from Draft on 08 Dec 2016 at 23:42

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at Brewers Cooperative. Pours reddish purple. Aroma is lactic yoghurt, bread, bit of red fruit, not great. Flavour is raspberry, boysenberry, lots of tart cranberry. There’s some bread and yoghurt notes here too but they play nicely as the undertone to the berries. Shame the aroma isn’t as well balanced.
Tried from Draft on 11 Nov 2016 at 02:21

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at 16 Tun. Aroma is big coffee and chocolate. Flavour has some more restrained coffee, with lots of milk chocolate. Really nice.
Tried from Draft on 08 Oct 2016 at 16:53