3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Golden color with a a decent head. Aroma has hops and malts in balance. Seemed fresh. The flavor has some malts and some hops. Crisp and somewhat refreshing.
1.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Pours (wow, the skunk aroma (green bottle)), light pale golden as 3/4 pure white foam into a pint glass. Excellent lacing. Very bitter, hoppy, skuny aroma, almost like a good pilesener or something, though it’s called a pale lager. A little corn in the aroma as well, or some other adjunt grain. A small amount of bubbling is present in the beer. Flavor is corny, bland, malty, and watery and reminds me of honeycomb cereal. Palate is boring, sugary and plain, and a little bitter. Finish is bland and well, there’s just nothing more to say about this, it is a pale lager after all.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Had this beer in the States and thought it was slightly above the good pilsners commonly available (warsteiner, becks, DAB, etc.). In NZ, the stuff is a notch or two up....draft and very fresh and tastey, one of my favorites....especially with a bowl of garlicky green lip mussels.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
This beer is a clear pale golden color with a medium thick and foamy white head that diminishes slowly. Spotty lacing on the glass. Lightly skunky aroma with mild hops and grass. Light, clean body with light hops and malt, corn and hay flavors. The finish is clean and short with a mild hops flavor and aftertaste. Pretty boring overall.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20
Poured a briliant golden color with a finger of head. The nose is a mix of malts and skunk. The taste was dominated by that skunk with a little bit of floral hops. The finish was plain and dry. Overall, this is another crappy macro lager.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
The New Zealand Yingling lager pretty much... you like that you’ll like this
2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle. Pours a clear yellow coloured beer. Nose of hops and grass. Taste was stringent and very forgettable
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a very light yellow and has a nice tall head. Nose is not quite skunky but not flowery with a clean yeast smell. Sweet malt and mash, simple with a light bitterness that comes and goes gently. Medium body but very, very drinkable. In fact, I drank the whole bottle before I was even done writing.
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