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Brewed by Independent Breweries (New Zealand)
Style: American Pale Ale
Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand

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RATINGS: 4   MEAN: 1.93/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.22   EST. CALORIES: 135   ABV: 4.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bowmans Pale Ale is based on the American Pale Ale style. The New Zealand cascade hop characters, spicy tropical fruit flavours and floral aroma spring-board from the toffee character of the specialty malts and ale yeast creating a most enjoyable beer.


1.8
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
markas101 (1503) - Sheffield, - JUN 12, 2006
330mL bottle, Wellington, New Zealand. Deep golden colour, almost amber. Light head that quickly disappears. Faint hop aroma. Light body, thin texture and soft carbonation. Overall a watery version of great style.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
nzsteves (1) - Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND - MAR 1, 2007 does not count
Like markus 101 from Dakota said a watery veersion of a great style. I did enjoy it but not quite the fantastic drink I found in the States. Don’t know enough to comment in any other way. definatly drink it again.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
bozoNZ (671) - Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND - FEB 9, 2007
Decent gold colour. Thin, clingy head. Slightly sweet perhaps floralish aroma? Reasonable up-front bitterness, drying towards the end. For a ’commercial’ as opposed to ’craft’ offering I don’t find it to bad. Would drink it as opposed to the ’green bottle’ imports in the same price bracket

1.2
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 3/20
Sully (1378) - Potts Point, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA - OCT 5, 2006
With the plethora of pale ales doing the rounds everywhere you expect something better than this. The reality check is when you see the stablemates of this beer. It does taste a bit like beer I suppose.


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