4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
In my opinion the best pilsner in NZ at the moment. This has improved immensely in the last couple of years.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
This is by far the best craft pilsner out of NZ. It delivers the ability to refresh whilst still being cerebral enough to keep hop-heads happy.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle.
Aroma: Earthy, floral and piney hop, orange malt roasted grain
Palate: Starts with rounded mouth feel that becomes dry and bitter on the finish.
Flavor: Crisp, dried orange, roasted grain, earthy and piney hop flavors. Firm but pleasing bitterness on the finish.
Comments: Fun to contrast this bigger (maltier and with more bittering) style to the Emersons. Both are fine pilsners.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
330ml bottle: Pours hazy, almost cloudy gold with a white head which lingers and laces the glass. Light zesty malts on the nose, medium hopped. Nice balance of bitterness and sweetness, smooth finish. Very sessionable this one.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
330ml bottle pours a hazy pale golden color with a 2 finger white head with great retention and leaving a thin lacing on the glass. Aroma is grassy with some earthy hops and citrus. Taste is malty sweetness balanced with a generous earthy hop bitterness and citrus. Medium body and generous carbonation leave a nice touch on the palate. This is a pleasant pilsner which is uniquely its own and quite enjoyable.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle via sloth. I am uncertain as to why he sent this to me other than to be an annoying Merlunder. Moderately hazy cider looking in the glass. Thin spotty head. Hoppy and bitter finish. Thin singular body. The only thing that stands apart from boring is the finish. As Bert would say..."meh".
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from AD. Medium brownish gold with a thin head. Aroma is floral hop with an earthy background. Flavour is fruity hop with a mellow white wine texture and feel. Finish is sharp bitter, refreshing.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
This beer is a little difficult for me to rate as it’s very good, very fresh, and as much as I like hops, maybe they overdid the hop in this. Served at a good temperature and poured a large, foamy, frothy, off-white head that settles out after a bit and plenty of lace. Color is a crystal clear yellow gold with a number of small bubble trails. Aroma is hop, malt, grain, grass. Flavor is like nose, with good balance to the carbonic tang; fairly dry. Body is good although, for a Czech Pils, the hops do clash a bit with the carbonation a bit in contrast to the true Czech smoothness. Finish is like flavor, fairly long and very drinkable.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Features a great buttery bread malt aroma with a touch of hops. No skunk at all. Hazy yellow colored, looks unfiltered like a hefe. Pronounced bitter front with some sweet citrus notes. Dry, grainy finish. Not what one expects from a classic pils. Solid offering, though the price makes it a one bottle novelty sampler in the US. Imported by Shelton Brothers.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JAN 20, 2012 330 ml bottle. Great golden colour on a summer’s day about to have a nice pizza. Faint hoppy and malt aroma. Hardly any head but that’s ok, there are a few bubbles rising to the top. Fresh clean hoppy taste. Smooth balanced malty flavour with fantastic bitterness coming through and lingering. Awesome Sunday afternoon drink in the sun.
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