 SorenE (122), , New Zealand
| 1.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 2/10 | 4/5 | 2/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Oct 20, 2009
IPA? No.
weird pseudo-hefeweizen without wheat? yes.
something must have gone wrong here, no hops but plenty of weird esters and phenols...
eczematic (1206), Sydney, Australia
| 2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Dec 25, 2009 as others have noted here this is a butterscotch bomb. or diacetyl detonation. a LITTLE bit of diacetyl in a beer like this is nice, but this just gets sickly very quickly. nice looking beer (green man do appearances well- cool label too) - clear bronze and a very firm head that isn’t even disturbed when my nose brushes against it. quite highly carbed for the style. nose has huge amounts of diacetyl along with some strange strawberry and geranium esters - seems like a british yeast behaving badly. in the mouth some quality malt, and substantial bitterness, although both flail defencelessly against the butter onslaught. mysterious strawberry shortcake sort of flavour that i remember getting in some gales beers on cask in the UK. as with other green man beers i’ve had, seems like quality ingredients but some serious fermentation issues.
bozoNZ (505), Christchurch, New Zealand
| 0.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 2/10 | 3/5 | 1/10 | 1/5 | 2/20 |
Dec 12, 2009 All gone bad here. I suspect a suspect batch which should never have made it to market. Will rerate again once I have confidence to do so.
beerledgend (919), Waterloo, Wellington, New Zealand
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 21, 2009 Hazy orange colour with big white head. Bold hop flavours with touch of malt. Not a flash IPA, underwelming.
RogerRabbit (17), Auckland, New Zealand
| 2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 4/5 | 2/10 | 3/5 | 8/20 |
Oct 18, 2009 Like some others here I got the butterscotch aroma and flavours of Diacytel. Also got the banana aroma too, definietly not what I expected (or wanted). Found it to be malty, not the hoppy-hop-monster the brewers description indicates.
DonBirnam (78), Wellington, New Zealand
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Sep 20, 2009 Banana esters on the nose. More esters in the flavour. It has a strange hoppy-banana thing going on. Kind of wheat-beer like. I have it on good authority that there was no rogue wheat beer yeasts infections in this beer and it’s supposed to taste like that. Not bad, just atypical.
donfardz64 (427), Wellington, New Zealand
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Sep 13, 2009 Bottle at Malthouse, first day availiable, so fresh.
Pours golden, thin white head. Aroma has a lot of sweet malt, and and earthy hop character.
The flavour is full in the mouth, a good strong lingering bitterness. Sweetish bready malt is quickly balanced with medium earthy hops.
A pretty solid IPA, just nothing amazing.
TheGrandMaster (1872), Auckland, New Zealand
| 2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 2/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 4/5 | 6/20 |
Sep 11, 2009 Bottle. Pours a clear amber with a fluffy white head. Oh no, diacetyl on the nose, not strong but enough to be off putting. In the mouth, the malt is all butterscotch as well. Shame, as I can just sense a good hopping and bitterness. I will give it another go to rerate.
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