North End Brewing Co Reviews

TrappistRates36	3.5 North End Salt and Wood La Mūre 330 ml can for $ 6.99 from Freshchoice , Chch City central : Pinky-amber brew , settles to a soupy look with no head , clear ... mild aroma of berryfruit , funky , wild yeast .... frothy mouthfeel , dry & sour , tangily salivating ... not a great example of the style , but cheap enough & easily approachable . Saturday, January 13, 2024
beer-yum	3.7 North End The Bitter Sea Fruity floral aroma in a copper brown pour. Hop malt balance tends to the later and makes for a tasty change from the ubiquitous hop bomb IPA or slushie fruit salad hazy. Friday, January 12, 2024
TrappistRates36	3.6 North End Fest $ 8.50 for 440 ml can from Beer Cellars online : Clear , gold , languid beads , small head ... grainy-cereals aroma ... frothy mouthfeel , full bodied , tartly salivating , good malt base , hoppy quaffer , sharp , yummy . Sunday, November 12, 2023
Samtzu	3.8 North End / Emerson's Sphere of the Winds 500ml bottle pours a deep Ruby with mild tan head. Spice, floral, herbal, with red fruits and hints of tang. Medium to full body with light carbonation. Robust red fruits with roasted malts and hints of heat at the back. Levels of funk come through which make this odd ans fun. Sunday, August 6, 2023
mountdad	2.1 North End Lost Orchard 440ml can. Pours a dirty pale gold with a 50% white head even when poured slowly that then dies to a thin film. Aroma is initially strong pear but it subsides to a mild Saison. Beer is hugely fizzy, easily the beer with the most fizz I've had since my last homebrew. Eventually it is fairly light, with a vague fruit flavour over a yeasty Saison base. Disappointing beer, way too fizzy & downhill after the initial aroma. Earlier Rating: 10/19/2021 Total Score: 4.1 440ml can. Pours a murky mid brown with an OTT off white head which took up 90% of my glass out of the fridge! Lots of floating crud that could be cardboard but is probably pear. Aroma is farmyard fruity & some yeast. Beer is light, with a nice yeasty malt base & touch of fresh pear coming through quite clearly. A bit of sweetness but nothing like most fruit cider. The 7%ABV is well hidden with just hint of booze & this is super easy to drink. I'd like the carbonation toned down & a simple strain to get rid of the crud but overall this is one of the best Saisons I have tried. Very good. Friday, August 4, 2023
hawthorne00	3.4 North End Fervour Can. Just misted gold with a good cm of white head that lasts OK. Modest aroma with mellow citrus, herbal and slightly earthy notes, light bread. Which works a bit better in the taste as the herbal and earthy notes meet a dryish and moderately bitter end. Tuesday, June 20, 2023
beer-yum	3.9 North End Bines That Bind Us Restrained aroma in a cloudy yellow gold pour. Laid back funky banana bread body and clean bitter finish. A new world take on an old world style. Thursday, June 15, 2023
oh6gdx	3.2 North End Salt and Wood Saison Du Nectar Can (from KSM Kampus, Pori). Amber colour, small white foamy head. Aroma is mango, some peach, apricot and mild wooden tones. Flavour is citrus, some mild peach, mango, tart wooden tones with a bit of funk. Friday, April 28, 2023
Grumbo	3.3 North End Pit Boss 22/4/2023. Can from New Zealand Beer Collective shared at SBGP2. Pours slightly hazy red brown with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is smoky, meaty, bacon, wood, birch. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Moderate body, average carbonation. 7373-13.33 Monday, April 24, 2023
Samtzu	3.8 North End Zeal 440ml can. Pours a dark gold with small amounts white head. Grass and pine nose and gold dankness. Medium body with lower carbonation. A solid dankness at the forward with grass and pine behind bringing hints of white fruits. Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Samtzu	3.4 North End Fervour 440ml can. Pours a mild gold with strong fluffy white head. Intense citrus and stonefruit at the forward with hints of biscuity malts and sweetness behind. Medium to full body with mild carbonation. A rather unique palate for an IPA made in NZ. It has a lot more herbal and floral notes coming from odd (for ipa) hop varieties. Has hints of malts which are subdued by the herbaceous characteristics. Ever so subtle citrus behind. Saturday, March 25, 2023
TrappistRates36	3.8 North End The Bitter Sea 440 ml tin , $7.99 from Freshchoice , Merivale : ESB , 4.7 % ... stunning copper red beer with foamy white head ... mellow creamy English hops ... frothy mouthfeel , tangingly-salivatingly bitter , good body , perfect balance : an all-night beer ... wish I'd bought 2 ... Yum ! Saturday, October 15, 2022
mountdad	3.1 North End The Bitter Sea 440ml can. Pours a deep clear mahogany with a tiny off white head. Aroma is mild with some mid roast malts. Beer is smooth but quite light with a good malty base. Be hard to pick the ABV without the can. Moderate bitterness that lingers with bit of sweetness. Probably a good example of the beer but not my cup of tea. Go with Samtzu's rating if you are a Bitter fan. Friday, October 7, 2022
Moosgaard	3 North End Bines That Bind Us Saturday, September 10, 2022
Samtzu	4.4 North End The Bitter Sea 440ml can. Pours a dark copper with fluffy off white / tan head. Roasty malts at the forward with classic English hops. Medium body with lower carbonation. Robust malt forward which almost tricks you into thinking thr body is fuller than it is. Hints of copper and rye with mild white fruits from the hops. An absolutely excellent version of the style. Thursday, September 1, 2022
Yorker	3.4 North End Bines That Bind Us 44 cl can @ home. Pours cloudy golden with a white head. Aroma and flavour are lemons, yeast, and spices - with a dry finish. Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Samtzu	3.9 North End Fortitude 440ml can. Pours a dark gold with strong foamy off white head. Specialty malts on the nose with hints of rye and metal. Medium to full body with a robust malt forward. The rye and metallic notes at the front which develop into earthy notes, pine, grass, and over ripe white fruits. Monday, August 15, 2022
Pdubyah	4.2 North End Fortitude You can use the words piney, resinous, grassy, and they would not be out of place, but they are not quite right when you use them with this beer, you might have to preface them with 'slightly'. Sunday, August 7, 2022
mountdad	3.8 North End Bones of the Land 440ml can. Pours a mid gold with a decent fine white head. Aroma is strong, typical Belgian beer with banana & bubblegum. Beer is medium bodied, richer than many saisons, as per the ABV, with solid backbone of malt & hops overlaid with the farmyard, spice & yeasty flavours. A sipper cf many saisons & just more full on. Interesting. Monday, May 23, 2022
Taboada	3.7 North End Salt and Wood Saison de Terroir 750ml. bottle shared @"Himmeriget", Copenhagen (Denmark). 11/05/2022 [#4.832 Global - #15 New Zealand - #2 North End Brewing Co.] Pours golden white head. Aroma: green apples, funk, some barnyard and wood. Taste: funk and brett. Medium carbonation, funky finish. Next one please! Monday, May 16, 2022
Theydon_Bois	3.7 North End Salt and Wood La Mūre Extra Bottle split at Columbus, thanks to Danny Boyo, 31/07/19. Hazed reddish lookie with a faded crimson cap. Nose is red berry yoghurt, funk, wood must, damp straw. Taste comprises grape must, bitter berries, blackcurrant, vanilla oak, hedgerow, funk. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced acidic tickle. Not bad. Wednesday, March 16, 2022
beer-yum	3.8 North End Bones of the Land Alluring aroma in a light gold pour. Spot on Belgian beer body with banana, cloves, and spicy bubblegum front and center/centre. I’ll not be wielding a scythe after one of these though... Sunday, January 16, 2022
Samtzu	4.3 North End Bones of the Land 440ml can. Pours a light yellow with strong foamy white head. Huge yeasty nose with cloves and banana. Light to medium body with hints of velvety textures. Light clove with mild banana and the yeast esters throughout with final creamy notes. Lovely beer. Saturday, January 1, 2022
Leighton	3.6 North End / Small Gods Sin Eater Can at home in Hackney - picked up from Pigs Ear 2021. Mild gusher. Pours clear, cola brown with a frothy tan head that diminishes quickly. Lightly sweet with simple brown bread, nips of cocoa, toasted toffee, mild earthy notes, some raisins and caramel. Light bodied with active, massaging carbonation. Easygoing finish, more sweet toasted brown sugars, bready malts, burnt caramel, impressions of cocoa and dark fruits. Nice and drinkable. Monday, December 6, 2021
DSG	3.2 North End Bines That Bind Us Can sample at a tasting troubles' place. Thanks Lior D. Clear golden, white head. Spicy, rustic, some hops, rather dry, slightly sweetish, bitterish. Decent. Friday, December 3, 2021
zvikar	3.3 North End Bines That Bind Us At Dror's place, pours yellow hazy with a small head, aroma of grain, fart, sulfur, hops, flavor is bitter with pine, sulfur, mold, medium bodied Monday, November 29, 2021
Stuu666	3.9 North End / Yeastie Boys West Moon Bottle at James's. Pours clear deep amber, nose is caramel, raspberry, vanilla, oak, raisin, a touch of funk, taste is sweet, fruit, chewy toffee, woody, a bit savoury Monday, November 29, 2021
AshtonMcCobb	2.6 North End / Yeastie Boys West Moon Big bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Appearance - deep amber to red. Thin beige head. Nose - smells like a corked wine. Taste - again, corked wine. Funky and toffee. Palate - light to medium bodied, funky harsh edge. Overall - this seems like a beer that has reacted badly with the wood. Monday, November 29, 2021
cgarvieuk	3.8 North End / Yeastie Boys West Moon bottle at James... deep red brown... small tan head... soft sweet woody funk... Light caramel... red wine nose... soft fruit.. Light osk... red wine... lightest bonfire toffee Monday, November 29, 2021
allmyvinyl	3.9 North End / Yeastie Boys West Moon Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Pours clear mahogany with a thin beige head. Aromas of red wine and funk. Dried fruit, raisins. Wood dominates. Dry finish. Monday, November 29, 2021
Samtzu	3 North End / Small Gods Sin Eater 440ml can. Pours a dark red with small amounts of white head. Soft roasted malts with hints of molasses. Light to medium body with roasted malts and hints of copper. Lower carbonation. Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Samtzu	3.1 North End Salt and Wood Stout Varadero Tap pour. Pours a dark brown with tiny amounts of off white head. Huge nose full of ripe fruits, coffee, toffee, molasses and hints of alcohol heat. Medium to light body. Hints of dark red fruits, chocolate and coffee. Quite an underwhelming palate considering the nose. Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Samtzu	4 North End The Lash Tap pour. Pours a deep blakc with strong tan head. Strong coffee front with hints of toffee and roasted malts. Medium body with strong velvety notes. Mild coffee and sweetness with roasted malts at the back. Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Samtzu	4.3 North End Beach Hoist IPA Tap pour. Pours a darkish gold with strong fluffy white head. Soft pine and citrus notes on the nose. Medium body with mild velvety notes. Strong biscuity malt forward with resinous hops and hints of fruit. Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Samtzu	4 North End Salt and Wood Rhum Visitation Tap pour. Pours a dark brown with hints of red with small amounts of white head. Soft tartness and funk on the nose with rich red fruits and hints of toffee and caramel. Richness with residual sugars, molasses, toffee and caramel. Tuesday, November 23, 2021
mountdad	3.7 North End Salt and Wood Petit Luna 330ml can. Pours a pale pink with not a lot of pale head. Aroma is lime & tropical flowers with some citrus. Beer is light, lightly sour & limey. I get a bit of berry but none is noted. It's a refreshing light sour with more flavour than many beers this strength. Well done & great for hot weather. Thursday, November 18, 2021
Curchulain	3 North End Salt and Wood La Mūre Tuesday, November 16, 2021
mountdad	2.5 North End Salt and Wood La Mūre 440ml can. Pours a pale pink with a small white head. Aroma is mild with hints of yeast & berry. Beer is very light, medium sour with a hint of berry & some farmy funk. Might be OK on a hot day but really seems a bit one dimensional, OK. Saturday, October 23, 2021
mountdad	3 North End Super Alpha 330ml can. Pours a pale gold with a small white head. Aroma is mild with a slight herbal smell. Beer is light, with a decent malt base, subtle hops & what I assume is the coriander give a mild bitterness but full flavour profile. Lasts well. Interesting but I'm not sure a coriander spice ale is quite what I'm looking for. Sunday, October 17, 2021
mountdad	2.2 North End Beach Hoist IPA 440ml can. Pours a clear gold with a little white head. Aroma is mild pine resin. Beer has a medium body with medium malt base & a lasting bitterness. Some grapefruit, pine & that bitterness. Note that they say this has been "refined over the years" so older reviews may be of a slightly different recipe. One for those who want a more traditional bitter IPA. Saturday, October 16, 2021
mountdad	2.9 North End Secret Garden 440ml can. Pours a hazy pale mid gold with a monster head; 50% of the glass at fridge temperatures. Aroma is a mix of herbs & medicinal notes. Beer has a medium body & a mid roast, malt base with a bit of sweetness. The flavour over the malt is all about the botanicals. Since they don't say what they are & I'm no expert it's tough to describe. I get a more medicine/aniseed mix as opposed to the standard pantry herbs. Not much farmhouse funk. Interesting, but not really up my alley. Friday, October 15, 2021
mountdad	2.5 North End / Small Gods Sin Eater 440ml can. Pours a clear deep mahogany with almost no head that just vanishes. Aroma is mild with hints of chocolate & varnish. Beer is light in body with a slightly strange chemical taste. Bit of chocolate & med/dark roasted malt, fairly dry but there is little depth to it, perhaps the low ABV? Looks fantastic! Interesting concept for a beer, if a bit macabre. Low ABV dark beers are a tough ask & this one doesn't really do it for me. Will try another can given the other reviews. Thursday, October 14, 2021
mountdad	3.5 North End Visitation 440ml can. Pours a hazy mid brown with a small white head. Aroma is a huge waft of sweet shop & mixed dried fruit. Beer is medium bodied with a solid sweetness first up. Then I can get all sorts of candied dried fruit, peach, fig, mixed peel etc. Sweet but not sickly as a sipper. Pretty good of the style, which I admit is not quite me. Thursday, October 14, 2021
mountdad	2.6 North End Fieldway APA 330ml can. Pours a not very pale at all, clear bright orange/gold. Small white head. Aroma is mild with a hint of fruit salad. Beer is light, with a fruity mix of citrus flavours, a mid malt base with not much sweetness & solid but mild bitterness. Not really a pale ale & while it's nice to be all NZ hops & malt the beer is just a bit ordinary. OK. Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Pdubyah	4.1 North End Pilsner I can’t say enough about magnificent int is to have a full flavour noise and drama Pilsner beer like this, lots and lots that remind you Pilsners have been driven down to pale green glass 12 packs of bulk over substance. Friday, October 1, 2021
Pdubyah	3.6 North End Pacific Blonde Kapiti Lager That has a some sweetness about it, not a lot, but I notice it, and it's a pleasingly simple drink with no sharpness or roughness. Bit of an everyman beer. Friday, October 1, 2021
Pdubyah	3.7 North End Super Alpha I get from the notes that this is a refresher and cleanser of a beer, it might just also be that I'm looking for something more, perhaps I should go and mow the lawn and have this after that, except that I'm not doing that. The taste is quite flat across the tastes, there's no rush of flavour no peak or dip and no rush at a finish, it starts as it finishes. Friday, September 24, 2021
Pdubyah	4 North End Salt and Wood Saison Du Nectar That is interesting. You kind of expect it to be more towards the earthy, but surprisingly and pleasingly it isn't and is more towards quite fruity and light. This isn't quite like a Saison it's a bit something else, better, and more enjoyable for that. Nice. Thursday, September 23, 2021
Pdubyah	4.2 North End Salt and Wood Petit Luna I taste a lot of lime in this, which isn't a bad thing, it really sits well and brings a lot of this together in quite a tasty small package. This is a more solid and fuller beer that has an inherent strenght and assuredness about it. Thursday, September 23, 2021
Pdubyah	4 North End Beach Hoist IPA A lovely malty rich beer with a shuffle of bitterness that wafts in behind and muddles about a bit before settling into quite nice, more towards dry, finish and lingering bitterness Friday, September 17, 2021