Tuatara Ardennes

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Pours a golden clear with white head that goes away fast. Aroma is orange, yeast, spices. Taste is spices, some orange a weird something. Hahah. Not a bad beer.

Golden blonde. Good color and taste from the boTtle. Pretty decent surprisingly

Binny’s LP 330ml ($5): Purchased this as Golden Ale, but it said Ardennes elsewhere on the bottle, so I figured it is the same thing. Pour is nice. Slightly hazy body with a nice solid white head. Aroma is overflowing with fruitiness and Belgian yeast. Taste is really, really Belgian. Pretty sweet. Kind of coats your mouth a wee bit. A nice subtle hoppiness underlies this whole thing. Something is a tad off, but this is still pretty good. First beer from NZ for me.

Pretty close to the real deal. Served at a good temperature and poured with a medium sized off-white head that settled pretty quick and a bit of lace. Color is a clear 18k gold. Aroma is yeast, hop, malt, wine, fruit. Flavor’s like nose, a little hoppier than most Belgian Goldens, otherwise very close to style. Body’s great; ditto carbonation. Finish is like flavor, good length, and a bit boozy. Nice beer, tho perhaps a little intense for many repeat quaffs.

I’ve heard good things about this beer. Lets see. Light golden colour with a small white head that subsided quite quickly. The aromas are of lemon curd, orange juice and of Belgian ale yeast. Intriguing. Flavours of the same starting citrus and becoming mature cheese and tart. There’s a lingering sting of citrus left on the palate and it endures. Not bad at all.

33 cL bottle. Pours cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild yeasty, fruity hoppy and slight estery. Light metallic flavour, fruity - towards mango, yeasty mellow and slight estery. Medium bitter and fruity finish.

Bottle. Golden-orange colour with an off-white head. Aroma is hop, alcohol, fruit. Flavour is hop, alcohol, fruit, malt, sugar, herbs. Medium body. OK beer.

Melon, peach fruitiness, sweet malt nose, vanilla, bubblegum. Taste some phenolic spicyness, coriander?. moderate dry bitterness. Quite empty in the middle but still enjoyable

Bottle 330ml.

Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, light to moderate hoppy, green grass, herbal, light to moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to light moderate bitter with a average duration, sour green grass. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110416]

Bottle @ Ulfborg Easter Tasting, 2011. Pours cloudy yellow with a small white head on top. Nose is yeast, rubber and hops. Flavor likewise. A bit of dust . .