4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JAN 23, 2007 Bottle from Regional. Nice fresh one!
Resin of fresh hops comes thru in the aroma, it’s like smelling a bag of hops, slightly dusty which i haven’t got before, grapefruit, lemon, lots of grassiness.
Dry non-dextrinous beer, with a soft malt and bittereness at the start. Fruit and hopiness of those brilliant American hops, grapefruit -lemon, a little spice and
long pleasant lingering bitterness
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
500ml bottle. Heaven in a glass. Coppery teak colour with a red tinge when held to the light. Packed head that is bone to beige in colour. Hop aromas jump out of the glass and assault your nostrils with a sweet molten caramel aroma. Piney hop flavour is a little different but in a good way.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
It’s pretty epic. Loaded with hops. Not as fruity as other pale ales I’ve tried. It has bread and pine sort of flavors as well as a bit of citrus, before briskly going into a crazy big hop explosion finish.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
full-on hops in this APA. So bitter it makes your tounge tingle. Clean after-taste and just the right amount of booze. Yummy!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Coppery in colour from what I could ascertain in the light. Fresh to smell with orange zest and orange blossom.
To taste, spicy and then again with the orange blossom with a touch of amber malt. Thinner than I expected and subtler bitterness - it sneaks up on you and lingers faintly after everything else.
This beer is brewed with English malt and American Cascade hops. I suppose it is a balancing act, but one that works with good mouthfeel. Supreme award winner at BrewNZ.
4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
An amazingly Hoppy Beer. Slight aroma, but its the flavour which grabs you and pulls you in. The colour looks fairly week, but like I said its the flavour. Overall a great beer, look forward to seeing more from these guys.
4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at home. Amber orange with a white head. Good body and smooth carbonation. Juicey malt and refreshing piney citrus hops. The best beer that I’ve tried from down under.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle. Pours brilliant copper in colour, nice frothy off white head. Big floral hop aroma and taste, with a matching sweet caramel malt. Very nice APA!
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