3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 kiwianer (3428) - Otorohanga, NEW ZEALAND - SEP 22, 2013
The head is good, body amber. It smells fruity, sweet, hoppy, malty, aromatic. The taste is hoparomatic, hoppy, fruity, great maltaromatic taste, bit bitter, flowery. Very good! 13/12/12/13/-/12
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Pdubyah (541) - Auckland, NEW ZEALAND - JUL 5, 2013
From a bottle, although the Deep Creek Brewery is but a hop skip and jump away for me, so a local beer. I like this on tap, and I like this in the bottle. Although it was overly carbonated and had a head like an ice cream float. It might also be a bit black or white, with the flavour being either a malty or a bitter bit, I dont get floral aroma, I didnt get much aroma at all to be fair,, and this is a bit dark for being Amber in colour, said the pedant :-). Still its very very enjoyable, well balanced, and well up for a session. If your on the shore in Auckland and have a few hours, this brewery bang on the beach with a fantastic view, great menu and lively atmosphere could be the thing you need to invest in. Oh and let me know the first one will be on me.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20 DylansDad (475) - North Shore, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND - APR 23, 2013
500ml bottle No best before date on bottle, beer was almost completely flat. No floral aroma, only toffee malt. The malt tasted good and there was a slight bitterness but without carbonation everything just tasted, er, flat. Drinkable but disappointing.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 Jimthechap (2064) - Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND - FEB 24, 2013
Tasted off tap at the Great New Zealand Beer Festival. Slightly hazy amber colour with negligible head. Flavours of apricot and useful gentle amber malts but not nearly as bitter as I expected but lovely perfumy malty character. More like an Irish Red - was there a switch on the kegs perhaps? Irrespective, tasty enough.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 Ungstrup (30994) - Citizen of the universe, DENMARK - JAN 2, 2013
Draft. An amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The aroma hs notes of malt, caramel, and candy sugar, leading to a bitter finish.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20 PunkElifunt (7) - NEW ZEALAND - SEP 29, 2012 does not count
I really like this beer. It has a great aroma of malt and hops, neither one being too overpowering. Once again needs to be served slightly warmer for the full flavours to come out.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 muffledego (6) - NEW ZEALAND - MAY 22, 2012 does not count
A nicely balanced amber ale, with good bitter hoppiness and generous toffee malt.
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