Category: Review

Aroma – fresh yeast, full mouth feel, too cd. Needs to warm up!
Very tasty.

No aroma, cold. Very mild, no hops. Lawnmower beer?

$8 for 330 ml is a bit steep.

Matchsticks on the nose?
Tastes oxidised. Quite carbonated. Strange astringency- bitter but not hop bitter?

Dank Grape and caramel on the nose,
Mouthfeel creamy, astringent finish.

Low carbonation, mouth feel lacking, honey tones, hops low. Pretty ordinary.

Roast chocolate on the nose, full mouth feel, with a hoppy finish.
Too cold, will let it warm up for flavours to develop.

Warmer now – more vanilla flavor mid palette.

Citrus on the nose, cloudy amber with low carbonation and low head. Carbonation feel more in mouth, mid palate does not feel strong, lingering hoppy finish.

Initially too cold, as it has warmed up the mid pallet is fuller, the finish more intense hops.

Citrus and grass on the nose, great mouth feel, full balanced hops, with a lingering bite.

As the label says, “If you don’t like hops, don’t buy this beer. The intense bitterness and pungent fruity hoppiness may confuse your taste buds to an extent where there would not be enough voltage left in the world to electroshock them back into coherence.”

Citrus on the nose, light body, with a hoppy finish that stays bitter.

No nose, holding a great head!
Full mouth feel with the lemon kicking in mid palate. This was brewing using Ellen’s 2011 hops. Recipe follows:

Ellens wheat beer
14 may 2011
5kg NZ pils malt
300g kibbled wheat
120g oat bran

2:00 mash
Sparge, bring vol up to 20l
Boil
70g hops, 5g crushed coriander, 8g dried lemon peel
Boil 45 mins 3:50
1048 og at 40c
Start yeast starter
15g hops

15g hops