Hawkes Bay Pilsner

Brewed by Hawkes Bay Independent Brewery
Style: Pilsener
Napier, New Zealand

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

Beer has got better and more consistant in the last few years - really clean focused bitterness, clean lager malt and lovely aromatic hops.

Soft, soapy almost commercial style. Nice enough but is just so straightforward and ’normal’ that it lacks character. Probably exactly what the brewer is intending but part of me says a small brewer should be doing more (I don’t know why!).

500ml bottle. Clear and bright amber colour with a thin scuzzy white head and modest carbonation. Aroma of malt mixed in with some fruit aromas. The flavour is clean and light on the palate and quite easy to drink.

Bottle. Poured a really nice looking golden straw with creamy dense off white head. Nice looking beer. Nice aromas of european hops and biscuity malt. Flavours are a little thin but the doughy malt does come through as does some decent resiny hop bitterness near the finish. Not too bad.

Clear gold pour good carbonation large white fluffy head aroma distictive hops from europe area fruity citric some mild spice flavour fairly sweet malt backing citrus taste strong bitter soapy taste as well finish very sweet and strong bitter rough for a pilsner

330ml bottle. Clear gold, no head only a small white ring. Biscuit malt corn and bread aromas. Sweet with no real bitterness that I detected. Well carbonated medium body. Not hoppy like I thought it would be. Nice enough, nothing to excite the senses here though. Pretty average.

Not too dis-similar to the larger. A slight more hop definition but still the sweetness remains.