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Macs Sassy Red

Percentile
58
overall
Brewed by Macs Brewery
Style: Bitter

Wellington, New Zealand

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
443.17/5.03.12/5.0Autumn4.5%85English pint
Commercial Description:
A Hoppy Best Bitter with a combination of flavours including nutty, biscuity characters from the 5 malts, fruity esters and the contrasting flavour of the NZ Saaz hops. These flavours meld together resulting in this intriguing and balanced beer.
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 Papsoe (14904), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Feb 7, 2008  
(Bottle 33 cl) Clear, amber golden with a creamy, off-white head leaving some lacing. Fresh, citrusy nose. A little thin in the body with flavours of caramel and nuts, but never sweet. Dry finish with a light touch of hops. Very well made actually. 290108


 NoiZe (1291), Mooi Zeist, Netherlands
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/510/20
Jan 16, 2008  
I’ve had this one in New Zealand on my honeymoon. Visited the brewery too.
Red colored brew. Hoppy aroma, malty, bitter flavor.


 kempicus (350), Wellington, New Zealand
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/53/101/59/20
Dec 24, 2007    Updated: Dec 29, 2007
It’s gone downhill.....used to be a full bodied malty and hoppy brew but has suffered a takeover by a macro. Mouthfeel and flavour has certainly taken a dive but it still smells good....ah well better than lion red i guess! It’s got really dry in the finish which is very disappointing. Just wandered past the brewery and had a look through the window...lo and behold as i suspected an enormous vat of liquid sugar! It’s generally the way, Macro takes over Micro and the first thing they do to maximise profits is to cheapen the ingredients!


 HarryFlashman (469), Chatham, Kent, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 21, 2007  
Sampled on Flashy’s tour of LA, New Zealand and Hong Kong of September/October 2007 - This was one of the best beers I tried in NZ. Very, very distinctive. Like a very good and hoppy and malty UK bitter, if a tad sweeter. I could knock these back one after t’other, and I did!


 madquacker (715), Canberra ACT, Australia
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Sep 23, 2007  
Beautiful copper deep red and floral nose. Sweet but well balanced. Best example of style that I’ve had. Excellent.


alexen84 (29), Australia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jul 18, 2007  
Poured a deep red with a nice dirty and frothy head. Nice hop aroma. Good length on the malt and finishes with an solid hop character. I liked it a lot.


 Muggus69 (517), Sydney, Australia
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/514/20
Jul 17, 2007  
Love the novelty of the pull top. Nice hops on the nose, citrusy tropical fruitiness to it, passionfruit like, APA-like indeed. Pours a clean amber body with offwhite head and lace. Body is a bit leaner than I hoped but palate has decent length with a decent amount of biscuity nutty malt and a complexity of zest citrus and tropical fruit hop character; i’m reminded of pineapples, passionfruit, lychees, grapefruit, lemon, unexpectidly fruity. Finishes reasonably dry and bitter. I quite like this one, some extra body would make it very nice indeed.


 sinkas (182), Perth/Fremantle, Australia
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/514/20
Jul 15, 2007  
Bottle, Leopold Bottlo, WA SOme interesting if not storng pommy malt aromsa, with a good dash of biscuit and faint hops. Red and tawny tinges pour with slight offwhite head. Enjoyable, malty flavours,with subtle hops presence.



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