The nose is grassy, no real bitter pine or anything and the body is in line with these expectations, Motuena comes to mind as probably the predominant partner in this brew. As expected this is nowhere near as sharp as the northern twin, instead delivering a more rounded deep and flavoursome experience.
All of which is nice, but personally as a harvest beer I like the cutting edge bitter Northern Hemisphere edition for the simple reason that I feel it conveys the real value of harvest more effectively than this.
Perhaps it is a product of living where I do but I felt this beer, while good, was just an example of a good hoppy NZ ale rather than a life-changing, go-and-join-a-cult-to-pay-homage-to-the-harvest blast of fresh green loveliness. 7.0
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