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Can. Opaque yellowish orange with a soon gone white head. Aroma of tropical fruit, herbs, light crackers. Getting towards watery. Fruity with coconut, pineapple, some citrus, weedy herbs. Tails off a bit with low bitterness. Quite refreshing. Not really my sort of thing.

Tried on 16 Jan 2026 at 12:25

hawthorne00 added a new beer The Quarter by Urban Alley Brewery
2 weeks ago

6.8

hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Dulcis 12 from Brauhaus Riegele 3 weeks ago

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

Bottle. Golden amber with a fat coat of off white head. Aroma of honeyed dough, oranges, spices. Heavy. Very sweet with boiled oranges, bun dough, then lots of bitterness with some spices. Seems more (youngish) barley wine than tripel. Fair enough.

Tried on 15 Jan 2026 at 12:29

7.3

hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Pōhutukawa Daze from Garage Project 3 weeks ago

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

Can. Gold with a good inch of white head that lasts OK. Aroma of tropical fruit, grass, crackers.The fruit is there but it's still bossed by snappy peppery and floral notes - very much why NZ pils is a thing (& why I'm yet to be convinced that Cali pils is).

Tried on 15 Jan 2026 at 11:32

hawthorne00 added a new beer Pōhutukawa Daze by Garage Project
3 weeks ago

7.3

hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Flash from Molly Rose Brewing 3 weeks ago

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

Can. Just unclear golden amber with a loosish 2cm white head. Meyer lemon peel aroma with pineapple and lime, light bread, grass. Upon a sip, the grass is a bit grapey. Lots of citrus breezing through to a fairly bitter finish along with some grass and resin. Pretty good.

Tried on 13 Jan 2026 at 12:37

hawthorne00 added a new beer Flash by Molly Rose Brewing
3 weeks ago

6.9

hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Stingrays Dark Lager from Bodriggy Brewing 3 weeks ago

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

Can. Clear dark brown with a good inch of beige head. Aroma of bread and choc biscuit, some brown sugar and spices. Quite dry with biscuity malt rapidly overtaken by firmish bitterness. Good straightforward quaffer. Might be the best value Australian beer on the market at present.

Tried on 13 Jan 2026 at 11:35

7.1

hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Southland Sushi from Garage Project 3 weeks ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Hazy pale orange with 3/2 cm white head that lasts OK. Meek lime and cracker aroma. More citrus arrives in the taste, which has a fairly dry, pithy quality before well-defined bitterness. Let down by the aroma.

Tried from Acland Cellars on 12 Jan 2026 at 12:27

hawthorne00 added a new beer Southland Sushi by Garage Project
3 weeks ago