Tuatara APA (Aotearoa Pale Ale)

Brewed by Tuatara Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Paraparaumu, New Zealand

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Slightly hazy deep yellow with thin but lingering foam. Aromas are orange, grapefruit, passion fruit, grains. Taste is quite bitter from start to finish. Quite dry. Could use a bit of warmth to balance it.

This beer likely has a little too much age on it, but it’s still a formidable hoppy brew. Clearish copper with a ton of lacing. Lots of pine and citrusy aroma, with some grapefruit and tropical fruits. Nice grapefruit and white grape taste with a pretty strong cascade background. I dig this.

UPDATED: DEC 25, 2012 50cl bottle from Redmond’s of Ranelagh. Pours hazy copper/orange with thin white head; light lacing. Aroma is just a beautiful dose of tropical NZ hop goodness: passionfruit, mango, papaya, lychee, blood orange, tangerine, floral notes - it’s all there in abundance alongside a touch of sweetish caramel malt. Taste showcases those beautiful tropical hop flavours alongside a healthy pine resin bitterness, bit of pithy grapefruit too but by no means overpowering. Light caramel backbone is there, but it’s so subtly done that it allows all of those delicate NZ hop notes to really make their mark. Mouthfeel medium/thin, carbonation fairly light. Incredibly refreshing. Pleasant degree of residual pine/citric bitterness in the medium/long aftertaste. As you can probably tell, I absolutely adore NZ hops, but this is honestly delicious. This is hands down the best APA I’ve ever had, hence the high score. I’m distraught that I’ve finished the bottle; going to remortgage and buy a case of these beauties tomorrow.

Pour is gold with a thin white head. Tropical fruit and piney aroma. A nice amount of bitterness up front - balanced by decent sweetness, light malt flavour. Dry finish. Really liked this

A neat little hopped up brew. Pours a bright copper with a hint of orange coloring. The nose is tropical, hopped up with grapefruit, pine, caramel. A bit sweet overall in the taste with light, sweet caramel malts and tasty fruity hops. Lemon, honey, grains, passion fruit in the middle with a mild hop bitterness on the finish. Overall, not too bad at all. Tasty, sessionable but different.

Pours a clear gold with a modest but long-lived head and a bitter, herbal hop aroma. Lightly astringent, pleasantly bitter flavour - malt unobtrusive. Herbal, those lovely white wine Nelson Sauvin notes, light pineapple. Decent body & carbonation. Very sessionable - yum!

Big bottle. Light copper with decent porous head. Bit of a weird hop nose has a bit of A Citraness to it. Flavour is light with a big long aftertaste. Delicate candy hop flavour and light malt with some nice lingering pepperiness.

Wow! Aromatic and punchy. Aggressive bitter hops balanced by its near 6%abv.

500ml brown bottle. Deep golden-orange pour, clear. Big off white head. Nose has some sweet citrus, orangey. Taste has some malt sweetness, some hop fruitiness. Finishes with orange and grapefruity notes, trace of resin and some Nelson Sauvin character lingers as well. Dry end, grainy note, balanced bitterness. Medium body with medium carbonation. Very drinkable with a nice hop blend.

500ml bottle pours a pale golden amber color with a finger and a half of white head that leaves some excellent lacing on the glass. Aroma is big on the citrus and passionfruit. Taste is a light fruity and malty sweetness with a bold grapefruit hop bitterness that lingers on the palate but is quite pleasant. This is a bold and flavorful APA with a slight twist that is truly delightful on the palate and highly recommended.