3.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 5
Overall 3
450ml bottle. Pours almost clear dark orange with a medium-sized cream head. Aroma is citrus fruits and sourness. Taste is light sour. Light to medium bitter finish. Medium bodied. Seems to have been stored wrong, which transformed it from an NZ IPA into a Sour IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2026
at 18:07
5.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 5
Overall 5
450ml bottle. Pours opaque dark brown with a medium-sized beige head. Aroma is burnt bread, roasted malt, caramel. Taste is dry and slightly sour. Medium bitter finish. Medium bodied. Harsh one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2026
at 17:49
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
450ml bottle. Pours misty orange with a thin white head. Aroma is fruit, grain, yeast. Taste is light sweet, watery. Light bitter finish. Light bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2026
at 16:47
4.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 5
Overall 3
450ml bottle. Pours clear gold with a tall off-white head. Aroma is stale malt, cardboard. Taste is light sweet. Light bitter finish. Light bodied. Bottled in September 2025, but it already seems half dead.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2026
at 20:07
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 9
Overall 5
Misted gold with a small head of low retention.pale malt, floral & herbal notes. Yeast traces. Light sweet, light to medium bitter. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2025
at 13:20
4.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3
Opaque deep brown to black with a decent beige head. Aroma: Toasted malt, burnt bread, something sourish, taste: Dark bread, toast, European hop. Distant phenolic infection. Light sweet, low to light bitterness. Highly one-dimensional. Somewhat off. Disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2025
at 18:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
450ml can. Pours clear dark gold to brown with a medium-sized white head. Aroma is a punch in the face of dank citrusy hops, black tea, caramel. Taste is medium sweet. Heavy bitter finish. Medium to full bodied. Harsh RuIPA.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Sep 2025
at 17:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
450ml bottle. Pours clear gold with a small white head. Aroma is grain, malt, fruity hop. Taste is light to medium sweet, malt. Light to medium bitter finish. More of a decent slightly stronger than premium lager than an imperial one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2025
at 14:22
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5
450ml bottle. Pours clear gold with a small white head. Aroma is resin, caramel, pale malt. Taste is light to medium sweet. Medium bitter finish. Session RuIPA. Amusing how the brewery changed the style from IPL to Cold IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2025
at 14:38
3.6/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
450ml can. Pours foggy copper with no head. Aroma is stale malt, caramel, a little sour. Taste is rye, caramel malt, sour. Light bitter finish. Light bodied. From August 2025, but already in bad condition.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Sep 2025
at 14:12