Tuatara Ardennes

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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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]

Draft. A golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of grassy hops and yeast. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of yeast as well as medium notes of minerals, fruit, and malt, leading to a dry bitter finish.

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 33 cl) Clear, pale golden with a dense, white head. Aroma of fruit, yeast and diacetyl. Medium body with accents of sweet fruit and yeast and a somewhat tired finish. Not exactly a thrilling Belgian style ale. 050208

Bottled. Clear pale yellow, near no head. Grassy nose. Dryish and lightly almondy. Medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Vague notes of butter, a good amount of grassy citrich hops and some alcohol shining through. medium bitterness. A good ale that looks like flat Corona.

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 . .

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt, hops, fruits, yeast and notes of caramel.

Very light, flat straw colour. Highly spicy (mace, cardamom), slightly phenolic aroma. Light body. Spicy character, but that’s it. I really don’t get much malt nor hop in this. There’s a reason Belgian beers have a reputation bigger than Belgian-style beers.

Bottle. A clear, golden-orange beer with a white head. The aroma has a strang herbal touch, with sugary maltyness and fruits in the aroma. Sugary, fruity flavor with a metallic touch towards the end. Something herbal too. Medium body, pleasant carbonation. A decent one, nothing more. 110416

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy and yeasty aroma. Some nice fruity esters. Moderate bitter flavor. Heavy bitter long finish. Creamy palate. Very nice.