 bozoNZ (360), Christchurch, New Zealand
Mar 3, 2008
Draught. Standard NZ brown, sweet, malt, hopless beer. Nothing more to say really.
TheGrandMaster (1434), Auckland, New Zealand
Jul 30, 2008 Bottle, pours a golden amber with a white filmy head. An earthy malt aroma, a touch of caramal, not as sweet as most "Kiwi Draughts". Thin, metallic, dialctyl - yuck! Yip, this is a "Kiwi Draught".
Papsoe (9980), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Jan 26, 2008 (Bottle 64 cl) Courtesy of Diana R. Clear, deep golden with a bubbly, off-white head that dissipates rather quickly. Very sweet malt aroma. Fairly light in body with notes of sweet, grainy malt and an almost absent bitterness. Sadly this just reminds me of a plain DB as I remember it from 20 years ago. 220108
yalnikim (640), Wellington, New Zealand
Oct 31, 2007 Tasted 25/10/2007. 750ml bottle from BrewNZ. Slightly burnished yellow gold, paler then the usual Kiwi ’brown’. Bright. Disappearing white head. Nose has tropical fruit esters with a little apple, reminding me of Fresh Up. Clean and off-dry in the mouth. Medium fizz, that bites a little given the lack of weight. Short, slightly estery finish. A pretty well-made beer but an average, uninteresting recipe. My dad, used to tasting all of the esoteric styles I put in front of him, exclaimed "It smells like a typical pub beer!". It was like he’d spotted a Takahe in the wild. Classic beer drinking moment.
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