Macs Copperhop Ale

Formerly brewed at Macs Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Wellington, New Zealand

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Lagery type IPA. Mild fruity citric/tropical fruity hops. BUt not much esle, for the most part bland with some metallic edges.

IPA my uncle. tasted more like a restrained amber ale. vague tofee and hint of metallic hops, pretty disgusting

UPDATED: FEB 1, 2004 a complete pile of crap. tastes like off milk with cumquat stirred in. chewy, sweet, slightly bitter, but ruined by rancid cheesy hops. rer8: hmm i was pretty harsh last time. ok the flavour is faint, but it's there - decent passionfruity NZ hops on a brown bread base. not that bad at all really, just could do with more bitterness and a fuller body.

Amber in colour, small head. Hoppy aroma and tatse. Kiwi version of English Bitter.

UPDATED: JUN 7, 2006 A good amber colour and refreshing tettnanger hop nose. The mouthfeel is quite good and the beer finishes dry on the back palate. The balance of this beer is good and is sustained by a good malty presence. Re-Rate 8/6/6: This has been on special lately in the local grog shop and so I have been buying the odd case. I think this is actually improving with time and it has an edge over some of the other antipodean IPAs. A very good beer even though it is still timid in comparison to the northern varieties.

Good copper colour with a big off-white head. Big hoppy aroma and flavours medium body with a long sweetish finish. Nice one.

Very spicy hop aroma. Light orange-copper colour. Spicy hop flavour with a strong malt backbone. Finish is lingering and sweet. The yeast flavours remind me of Otter Creek’s Copper Ale.