Chelada

Bud Lite  & Clamato (vegetable juice) 

Aroma 1/10 

Mouthfeel 1/10 

Taste 1/10

This is not anything that people should drink. It looks smells and tastes horrible. It is exactly what you would imagine from putting tomato juice with beer. It is dreadfully horribly wrong. I thought it must be surprisingly refreshing, but no. It is grotesque and possibly the only way to make Bud Lite taste even less of a beer.

God help my taste buds. This will haunt me for a long time to come.

Harvest Pumpkin Ale

Samuel Adams new range. I assume that this is a Halloween seasonal beer as it does indeed have pumpkin in it. It tastes a little of pumpkin and a fair bit f spice too.... Clove and nutmeg???

Quite refreshng....I would even buy it again.

5.6%

Taste 6/10

Aroma    7/10

Mouthfeel 6/10

Hop Rocker

Beer rating
Name: Hop Rocker
Country: NZ
Continent: Australasia
Brewed by: Mac's
Style: Pilsener
Percentage: 5%
Aroma: 8/10 citrus
Appearance: 6/10
Taste: 7/10
Palate: 7/10
Purchased at: anywhere
Additional comments:

This is a staple in my fridge. Refreshing smell and a good amount of bitterness really may this a really nice beer. Easily a session beer for hop lovers. It doesn't get too overbearing too quickly.
Good one!!

Winter Ale

Beer rating
Name: Winter Ale
Country: NZ
Continent: Australasia
Brewed by: Monteith
Style: Doppelbock
Percentage: 6%
Aroma: 7/10
Appearance: 8/10 A lovely dark red
Taste:8/10
Palate: 8/10
Purchased at: Countdown
Additional comments:
I really like this beer. Very malty and flavoursome. It's not overly complex but hugely satisfying to me.
Several of these in a row on a cold evening please.

Epicurean Coffee & Fig

Beer rating
Name: Epicurean Coffee & Fig
Country: NZ
Continent: Australasia
Brewed by: Epic
Style: Stout
Percentage: 8%
Aroma: 9/10 Coffee coffee coffee
Appearance: 8/10
Taste: 8/10
Palate: 8/10
Purchased at: Freebie
Additional comments:
Holy Cow! Almost overwhelming with strong burnt notes and coffee with the slight sweetness of fig.
If you like really strong coffee flavours then this is great.
By the end of this though my tastebuds were blown out.

Munchner Dunkel

Beer rating
Name: Munchner Dunkel
Country: NZ
Continent: Australasia
Brewed by: Wigram Brewing Co.
Style: Dark Lager
Percentage: 5%
Aroma: 6/10
Appearance: 6/10
Taste: 7/10
Palate: 7/10
Purchased at: Freebie
Additional comments:
This is a great example of a dark lager. A lovely dark malty taste without the burnt notes. Nothing too overpowering, so could easily drink a few at a time. Refreshing!

Golden Glory

Beer rating
Name: Golden Eagle
Country: England
Continent: Europe
Brewed by: Badger Brewery
Style: Golden Ale
Percentage: 4.5%
Aroma: 4/10 Smells like rotting peaches
Appearance: 7/10
Taste: 5/10
Palate: 5/10
Purchased at: Big Fresh, Half Moon Bay
Additional comments:
I tried really hard to like this beer. I drank it whilst eating a bit of chocolate and it seemed to compliment the sweetness, but when the choc was gone it just tasted weird. If you like the idea of beer that tastes like peaches, then this is for you. There is no subtle peachiness to it at all. It is pretty full on.
I love peaches, but not in beer!

Heineken

Beer rating
Name: Heineken
Country: Holland
Continent: Europe
Brewed by: Heineken
Style: Lager
Percentage: 5.0%
Aroma: 4/10
Appearance: 4/10
Taste: 4/10
Palate: 4/10
Purchased at: Freebie

Additional comments:  a translucent light amber colour with quickly fading white head. Aroma is very faint, yeasty, slightly grassy. Mouthfeel is light, really carbonated but rock all bubbles. Taste is light, and very watered down tasting. Overall, yeah, nah.

Steinlager Pure

Beer rating

Name: Steinlager Pure
Country: New Zealand
Continent: Australasia
Brewed by: NZ Breweries
Style: Lager
Percentage: 5.0%
Aroma: 3/10
Appearance: 4/10
Taste: 3/10
Palate: 2/10
Purchased at: Freebies (Thank goodness)
Additional comments: Pure Average, is a good palate cleanser. In between the good beers.

Clouded Yellow

Beer rating
 Name: Clouded Yellow
Country: England
Continent: Europe
Brewed by: St Austell Brewery
Style: Wheat Beer
Percentage: 4.8%
Aroma: 8/10 subtle banana
Appearance: 7/10
Taste: 8/10 Distinctive clove but not overpowering
Palate: 7/10
Purchased at: Fresh Choice, Half Moon Bay
Additional comments:
Yummo! Everything good about a wheat beer. The cloves bite at first but then leave a lovely warming flavour in the mouth. The banana offsets the bite and is subtle enough for you to enjoy it every mouthful.
Give me another one please!

Golden Champion

Beer rating

 Name: Golden Champion
Country: England
Continent: Europe
Brewed by: Badger
Style: Golden Ale
Percentage: 5%
Aroma: 6/10
Appearance: 7/10 Golden by name....
Taste: 6/10
Palate: 7/10
Purchased at: Fresh Choice, Halfmoon Bay
Additional comments:
A really interesting beer. My first impression was a really earthy fresh beer but I couldn't quite pick the flavour. After reading the label though it mentions elder flower and that is the perfect description.
I would certainly drink more of this. It is refreshingly different from the regular IPA's and Lagers.