Macs Sundance

Brewed by Macs Brewery
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Wellington, New Zealand

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Draught, a carbonated clear gold with a thin white bubbly head. An effervescent gingery aroma with some honey sweetness. A very light mouthfeel. A touch of spice and ginger that disappears quickly in the otherwise hoppy flavour. The finish has an unsavoury dryness that leaves a dusty feel in the mouth. A drink for the ladies - no offense intended....

Draught at Mac’s Brewbar, Auckland. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Aroma and flavour of grain, citrus, grass and a hint of lemon. Thin-medium bodied with mild bitterness.

Courtesy of Lis, thanks for remembering my passion for beer :) It is warm golden with a creamy head. The aroma has notes of nectar/aromatic strong, yellow flowers and malt. The flavour has a light sweetness and the wonderful flower notes just like the aroma and the finish has some slightly dry citrus. It is uncomplicated, quenching and delicious.

Clear golden with an average white head, grainy aroma with some stonefruit notes; clean grainy and slightly fruity flavour, low bitterness. Nothing very special, but refreshing and tasty.

Clear yellow hue with a white head. Mildly hoppy, lemon nose with herbs and a sweet, straw-like malt. Kind of grassy. Some ginger in the nose. Flavours are of lemongrass and a mild, grainy malt and with a grapefruit sort of tang. A wee bit of spice, mostly of ginger. Finishes slightly dry but with a malty sweetness. Not TOO bad, but I still don’t understand NZ’s summer beers.

Bottle 01.06.09 at the Plains Bar & Grill, Christchurch Airport. Pours clear gold, white head. Aroma is very faint hops. Flavor is hoppy tangerine and sweet with nutmeg and coriander.

Bottle at a Macs tied restaurant in Christchurch, New Zealand. Golden beer with a strong head. The aroma is mildy hopped and quite ginger, and the flavour is ginger beerish and bitter. Overall an average beer with a distinct ginger flavour.

Tasted 28/02/2008. 330ml bottle from New World, Carterton. Pale gold with a tight white head that slowly fades. Mini-Emersons Pilsner on the nose - clean malt character, a little bit of citrus zest and lychee in the hop. Clean and medium sweet in the mouth, with just a shade of hop flavour. Light-medium weight and medium carbonation. A little flutter of riwaka and a lemongrass bite in the finish. Pretty drinkable, and far better than the candy-beer that is Monteith’s Summer Ale. The inital bottle run of these beers seemed to have lost all the hop and lemongrass - and was awful - but this second lot seemed a lot better. Certainly a better beer the times I tried it on tap.

Pours a clear pale yellow with a white head. Sweet with citrusy aromas. Has a nice underlying bitterness. Medium carbonation. Lemongrass? Short finish with lemon. Nice and fresh.

(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of yalnikim. Clear, pale golden with a tall, pretty, dense, white head. Fresh and fruity aroma with some fruit bubblegum. Medium body with a very soft mouthfeel and lightly sweet fruit notes. No real hop feel. 310108

330ml bottle. Pours with a good lively white head. Clear straw yellow. Initial aromas was bready with a slight pine touch but on settling it develops with a touch of lemon. Undercarbonated mouthfeel given the head but the palate while clean and moderately dry is short leaving with a watery dryness and faint winey finish. Definately a thirst quenching summer quaffer.