Green Man Best Bitter

Brewed by Green Man Brewery (NZ)
Style: Bitter
Dunedin, New Zealand

Serve in English pint

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Eee by gum I like a pint of bitter. Deep amber colour with an off-white head that settles onto the beer and clings to the sides. Aromas of nutty maltiness and toffee. The hop character on really comes forward upon tasting with lovely tangelo peel and soft tingly mouthfeel. Tasty enough, but lacking a little in body. But in reality this is me being fussy. A perfectly presentable pint.

Bottle. Crystal clear dark copper/light brown colour. some hop aroma and a touch of caramel on the nose. Flavour is richly malty, biscuity, toasty with some definite caramel sweetness. Earthy and spicy hop flavours, transform into floral hop finish and bitterness. Low carbonation not much head or head retention. Good drinkable session beer, very digestible.

Bottle. Clear toffee-brown with an inch of puffy white head. Smells of apples, toffee and flowers. Thinnish texture with way too much carbonation - swirling got the head up to a 2 inches and the mouthfeel improved. Good, mostly old world bitterness plus hints of grapefruit with pears, toffee and spices. Not very English-tasting. Pretty good.

Bottled. A lightly hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of citrus, hops, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, and caramel, and lighter notes of citrus and hops, leading to a bitter citrusy finish.

500ml bottle. Cloudy iced tea colour with a frothy top of thin foam. Hoppy notes that don’t really offer much much. Nice bitter malty flavour, biscuity with a smooth finish. Easy to drink with a good flavour.

Clear amber red body with a large pillowy head. Pleasant aroma mainly malt but also some grapefruit and some pine notes. Taste is a little dusty, good bitterness, a little more hop flavour and good length.

Bottle (500ml). Poured cloudy burnt copper with a good sized, dense, foamy, off-white head which lasted very well. Aroma was of earthy hops with caramel malts, nectarines, ripe peaches, canned pears and grassy notes. Flavor was a medium earthy hop bitterness with toffee malts, dry apricots, overripe nectarines, dried apples and notes of earthy hop resin in the finish. Light to medium bodied with medium carbonation, a dry mouthfeel, watery texture and a decent length finish.

Darker than I’d expected. Has an odd sort of smell. All GM beers have the same sort of base aroma, not sure what it is, but its not one i like. This smelt like beef tea. Very bitter. Not really my thing

Copper-kissed brown, modrate tan head, no lace. Toffee malt aroma, slightly woody and spicy, vaguely fruity. Toffee malt, faint hazelnut, faint fruit. Low bitterness. Unfortunately very watered down which, given the price of this brew, is a disappointment.

All frothy head good carbonation gold bitter aroma honey apple pear caramel flavour first up bitter pleasing citrus note apple pear tastes not as good as aromas all tastes are weak finish bitter weak flavour pity.