3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Slightly hazy amber-orange beer under good, dense, off-white head. Very flowery/blossomy nose with a perfume of rosemary or lavender (no doubt the manuka, but I’m hardly specialized in native New-Zealand flora), getting nearly soapy. A bit of ambrée malt obvious. Again very perfumed taste with lavender, exotic fruit; fresh taste and a bit carbonised. Quite refreshing, even when on the treshold of soapy. Gets an extra point for originality.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
33cl bottle.
Ambrée, col blanc crémeux.
Arôme de malt caramel, léger houblon et une pointe de feuille bouillies de thé.
En bouche, malt caramel, note levure, aspect de feuilles de thé et un houblon citronné léger, le tout a juste une pointe de noisette. Jamais gouté à ces feuilles de manuka, mais le tout rappelle le thé. Pas mauvais.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
from backlog
Head: white, bubbly
Colour: dark amber
Smell: herby, special, citric, fresh
Taste: the spices really give it a weird special taste, but it’s drinkable , unlike the captain cooker white one ... bit dry with a bit of sourness ...
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bright reddish beer with a high, fine-pored head. The smell is very promising. Sweet malty, very very spicy. Smells like a very good german Dunkles! The beer starts pleasantly malty, spicy and overall with a very lively carbonation. The finish shows something slightly sweet and roasty. The spicy note dominates even after a very long time. Wonderful beer!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A bit odd with those spices, but nothing undrinkable. Too bad it’s not made in New Zealand itself.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle Good till 2008 Orange, with a good sized head. Sweet honey fruits light hops, much citrus.. The taste is sweet-sour fruits light earthy.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
1st December 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! A darkish beer. Unusual. The Manuka leaves appear to impart a limey mint flavour and cooling aftertaste. Moorish and tasty.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Nelsons, south Wimbledon. Red mahogany colour, slight haze thick sediment. Sweet honeyed floral nose. Caramel sweet cookie flavour with a steely botanic bitterness ti finish. Well balanced, like.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Bierkoning. Dark orange body with huge head. Spicy and sweet nose. Taste is also quite sweet and spicy. Nice malty and spicy notes. Enjoyable.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Theatre of Wine, Greenwich. Clear brown pour with a white head. Aromas of chocolate, spices, caramel, malts. Flavours of butterscotch, caramel, some coffee, light malts, sweet spices. Malty, bitter finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. A hazy yellow wit-looking beer which gushed on opening but produced an average sized off-white head. There is an odd herbal note amongst the wheaty flavours. Coriander is prevalent in the nose and there’s a cinnamon like spiciness in the mouth. It’s unusual but is absolutely fine.
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