3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap. Nice dep brown pour. Blak and ruby at the edges. Tan head. Aroma is citrus and resin hops with a nice roast character in the back. Flavor is bitter but not acrid, toasty but not everwhelming, slightly spicy and toasty with a great hop character. Really nice beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at yespr.
Clear dark brown coloured with a ,medium sized off-white head.
Fruity and roasted aroma of dark chocolate, hops and grass.
Fruity and roasted flavour of dark chocolate and cocoa powder.
Rasted finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. amber coloured. unclear. Dense beige head. Aroma. Fruits, sweetness, herbs, flowers, caramel. Flavour: Herbs, flowers, sweetness, caramel, roast. Medium to full bodied. Ends herbal and light roasted bitter.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. A dark brown beer with a huge dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, chocolate, and hops, leading to a bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
50 cl bottle. Pours dark brown with a huge tan head. Aroma is roasted malty, coffeeish and caramelish. High carbonation. Liqourice and roasted malty. Smooth roasted malty and liqourice. Dark roasted malty finish.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
To me, more ’interesting" than delicious. Hops spread over coffee and toast, burnt at the edges
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pour is jet black with a coffee colored head. Nice lacing. Lovely toasted bread, coffee and a nice spray of resinous piney hops in the aroma. Slick but not heavy in the body. Flavors are roast malt, some hints of coffee and a nice blast of hop bitterness. Long bitter finish. Nice.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark black in colour,no head. Mild hop aroma. Big hop mouthfeel. Slight spice/chocolate flavour. Hop bitterness lingers in mouth for ages.
20% Rye
Nelson Sauvin
Pacific Jade
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: APR 27, 2013 Big hoppy beer with coffee undertones. Not sure it if is balanced as well as it could be, but this beer has character. Different from the beer I have had from the tap which I found to be more coffee chocolate in nature. Rerate 27/04/13. This beer has softened out a bit with the hops dissipating and the coffee becoming the driving force. Quite soft and creamy on the palate.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Ahah, found you at last you devil. Tasted off gas-flow from The Brewery in Christchurch, served just a modicum too cold. Poured black with only s skim of brownish head. Aromas of slightly charry coffee and aromatic hoppiness. There is also herbal licorice and vine grape-like fruits. It isn’t until you taste it that the IPA characters start to come forth and they do giving resinous hops, green grass and herbaceousness. There’s also flavours of dried apricot and fruit leather. A tasty enough pint, but not to the usual high Renaissance standard I fear.
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