3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Brewery Creek, Vancouver
Cloudy orange-amber color, with medium head. Very nice aroma of fruity hops initially, with malt grains and other cereals, and even some honey later. Dry mouthfeel; the flavor is dominated by the cereals, of good quality, and some toffee; strong hopping, that provides some soft resins and not much fruitiness; the final is long.
Quite good indeed.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Had on tap - guessing this is what I had. Bubbly head. Fruity (curranty, slightly earthy) aroma and amber colour. Soft body, lots of bitterness, rich citrusy hop character with light caramelly malts.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
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.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
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.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at Kinloch. Pours a hazy light amber with a small off-white head. Sweet with some dryness. Lots of hops aromas; mostly exotic fruits and hints of citrus. Tiny hints of resin. Full bodied. Medium to high carbonation. Aotearoa Pale Ale... My new favourite style.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Blocky heade misty orange pour medium strong carbonation aromas woody citrus grain the flavours pink grapefruit medium ibu apricot resinous touch bright tastesweet maltcaramel palate pleasing the finish very hoppy good citrus stonefruit pine sweetness and bitter balanced has worked out well this ale
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
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.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Kinda forgot to rate this... I do now. Laaaaate.. so very late... smellz yumtakuler. tropikal froot, karamell, fruitee wite whine, pashun froot, leechee, hunee, probablee graypfroot, uther sitrus, linguring spise. Larg bit-her-ness, karmaeml, wite peppur, lemin, graypfruit, meluns, suweeet oringe, stuph. KNot kwite meedeeum bawdeed, lawng finushing bight. Hilee injoiable. Mee thinx itts bean awn da shelvz fore sum thyme butt yummaroo faktor stihl reziedz. Pleckmohadda.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Amber with a puffy off-white head. Aroma of lychees, gooseberries, grapefruit, passionfruit flowers. Taste has caramel and light biscuit, very NZ tropical fruits leading to a grapefruity bitter finish. Sometimes these Kiwi hops can be a bit overbearing, but - whilst hoppy - this is very nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Mane Liquor. Deep amber pour with a dense white head leaving superb lacing. Very floral nose overlapped with earthy tones and pine hops. A little thin in the mouth but a nice bitterness follows. Unfortunately not as good as the previous APA but well made nonetheless
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