2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. Bit pale golden colour with a medium rather short lasting bubbly head. Aroma of grains and hops. Flavour is clean, bit thin, grainy and grassy, bit hoppy with a dryish bit sweet finish. Brewed since 1950 and is still the most famous Kiwi beer. A rather boring beer though.
1.2 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 4/20
why do i do this to myself? i’m at the store, i have a bottle of chimay blue in one hand and am looking for something to drink while it comes up to temp. i see this green bottle monstrosity and smile at the phrase "pure new zealand beer"
well, it might have started pure, but in the travel to get here a hobbit pissed in it. a skunked up aroma only lumpy could love. metallic soapy flavor that has a stale twig taste to it.
why did i buy the big bottle? why do i hate myself?
2.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
nothing special. mild skunky nose but the taste is not much of anything. i do not taste grass but i do taste "astringent". i would rather be drinking becks
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
12oz Bottle: A clear pale yellow beer with a fading white head. At first a huge skunkyness hits your nose, yet when it breathes there’s a light hint of sweet malt in the aroma. Decent flavor. More balanced than the aroma. Some evident bready malt with a later hint of stale hop bitterness in the finish. Solid for a pale lager.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Aroma like a typical German lager, with some hemp-notes. Clear with an ale-like, steady foam. Thick, hoppy taste with medium-long finish. Weird that it got such bad reviews?
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle. I agree with the skunk comments from other raters. Slightly bitter aftertaste. Not really my style of bier and would not buy again.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. Bit of skunk in the aroma, that mostly went away on full pour. Clear golden, small whitish head. Taste is bright, can taste the grain, and a bit of bitter in there too. Decent, clean lager, not much more or less.
2.2 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
tiny bit of skunk, but not so much to knock you out. astringent is the correct definition. reminds me of alcohol put on a cut, but drinkable, and has a little kick to it.
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