6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(On tap) Clear, dark brown with a tint of orange and a creamy, beige head. Fairly burned almost coffeeish aroma. Light in body with notes of hard roasted malt and again notes of coffee in the flavour - is that from the roasted Weyermann rye malts? Again an underlying acidity. The finish is dry. Again this to me feels more like a Brown Ale, but Dennis Frings says it’s made with the house bottom fermenting yeast. In style it’s closest to a Schwarzbier. 090208
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2008
at 17:42
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
(On tap) Clear, amber golden with an off-white head. Lightly burned and lightly acidic aroma. Light in body with weak notes of nuts and lightly burned malts. Dry finish with a discreet bitterness and again this vague acidity (the brewer tell he tunes the acidity up in his beers during summertime). A very unusual example of a NZ Draught, reminds me more of a Brown Ale although bottom fermented. 090208
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2008
at 17:28
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(On tap) Clear golden with a white head. Fresh and floral hop aroma. Medium in body with a good, clean malt base. There’s a light underlying acidity, not infected sour though. The finish is dry with a subdued bitterness. Refreshing. 090208
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2008
at 17:25