(Bottle 33,5 cl) Extremely beautiful, dark amber coloured, filtered with a big, creamy off-white head leaving laces on the glass. Nice hoppy nose. Nutty aroma but not much body. In spite of no less than five, locally grown hops this beer is not very bitter. And then again - a deep sigh - this typical Macs bon-bon tang. Is it the house yeast?? Nah, it’s both in top- and bottom fermenting beers. It’s really sad and destroying for beers that have a much greater potential. 170305

<i>Draught at Smuggler’s, Nelson. </i> Clear amber appearance. Fruity vegetable aroma with some soapy mangoes thrown in. Clean, sharp mouthfeel with strong compost heap flavours and some fatty off-flavours. Unpleasant resiny finish. Hardly drinkable.

Lagery type IPA. Mild fruity citric/tropical fruity hops. BUt not much esle, for the most part bland with some metallic edges.

<i><b>Bottled: </i></b>Light amber coloured. Beige lasting dense head. Hoppy and floral aroma. Smooth flavour dominated by hops. But its not an overwhelming hopsflavour, its vary vague and not what I would expect from a IPA. Very light bitterness in the end. Easy drinkable, but by far not the best IPA.

IPA my uncle. tasted more like a restrained amber ale. vague tofee and hint of metallic hops, pretty disgusting