6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(On tap) Clear amber with tiny white head. Fruity aroma with caramel notes. Medium body with fine light carbonation. Like the aroma, fruity and caramel. Some nice bitterness. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Dec 2025
at 23:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at Brew, Rotorua. Clear golden, medium small white head, ok lasting. Nice sweet and oeachy nose, slightly citrusy. Medium bitterness, slightly grassy a bit dry. Slight aftertaste, mild. Light, almost watery. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jan 2025
at 08:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. A golden beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of hops, straw, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, straw, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Mar 2020
at 08:49
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Brew, Rotorua. Still amber beer with a thin white head. Faint perfume and grain aroma. Nice lacing. Slight zing, light body. A little dry grainy bitterness then the Musk Sticks return. Just a little bit too sweet and aromatic for a Pils.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2019
at 08:59
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pint on tap at Brew, Rotorua. Golden amber beer with a thin white head. Light fruity nose, a few bubbles. Good lacing. Slight sparkle, early metallic bitterness. Caramel and herbal earth in the finish. Possibly too interesting for a session beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2019
at 08:24
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Okay beige foam and clear brown body, strong styrofoamy coffee on the nose. Flavour is soft coffee with vegetably hops and some creamy sweetness. Reasonably full on the mouth. Not bad but everything could be fuller and more rounded.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2019
at 07:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Brew Rotorua. Pours rubescent dark brown. Toast, chocolate, touch of smoke, little coconut, cocoa powder, chocolate cereal. Good body. Quite a dry take on the style but not necessarily a bad thing.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Apr 2019
at 12:20
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Brew Rotorua. Pours gold. Orange, grapefruit, passionfruit, gooseberry, pepper. Medium body. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Apr 2019
at 10:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the Craft Beer Pub, Rotorua. A pale amber pour with a thin white head; some grapefruit zest in the aroma; and a fruity grapefruit taste balanced with sweet biscuity malts and some citrus hops. A decent IPA, but overshadowed by the "Land of Lakes" which seems to offer much more flavour at a lower ABV.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2018
at 08:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Craft Beer Pub, Rotorua. A pale amber pour with a thin white head; piney aroma; some oily resinous hops and a biscuity body; then a lasting bitter finish. A solid session IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2018
at 08:22