Perfection - Renaissance Brewing

dgilks

Australia

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Slightly spicy, citrussy hop aroma. Fairly clear straw colour with a small, off-white head. Okay head retention. There is a light sulphur note on the palate which complements and earthy bitterness and mild citric hop character. An almost American interpretation of the English Pale Ale.

Serving type: on-tap

08-28-2010 07:11:01 | More by dgilks

brendan13

Australia

3.53/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A - Pours a hazy light copper colour with a couple of centimetres of white head that falls fairly quickly leaving big lacing down the glass.
S - Toffee maltiness and some herbal/floral hop notes.
T - Taste is much the same as the smell. Maybe with some more floral hoppiness.
M - Light to medium bodied. Fair amount of carbonation. Light toffee and herbal aftertaste.
D - A decent enough beer for what it's supposed to be. Would I pay $10AUS again? No. Would I drink it if someone else was paying? Yes.

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2009 09:32:12 | More by brendan13

CrazyDavros

Australia

3.75/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours amber with a huge head.
Nose shows lots of grapefruit and pine alongside earthy and resinous hops. Also shows some sweet bready malt. Very English, but in a full-on hoppy way.
Similarly hoppy flavours with little in the way of malt backing, just a faint sweet bready note. Pleasant enough.
Moderate carbonation could really be higher.

Serving type: bottle

01-05-2011 00:28:56 | More by CrazyDavros

jahsausage

New Zealand (Aotearoa)

3.85/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Pours an attractive amber, the head is not very long lived however. My sense of smell is not the greatest so don't want to bash it on this but the smell is not strong enough for me to really pick out much, just a pleasant grassy aroma. Mouthfeel is very good with quite a lot of carbonation [or so I thought] followed by quite a solid hops kick and lingerng bitter aftertaste. Is actually very hoppy for what is meant to be a english style pale ale, which I have often found quite subdued.

This really is a nice enjoyable beer, admitedly it cost about as a imported english pale ale & I do think they have played with the style a little to make it this bitter but very nice indeed.

Serving type: bottle

01-14-2010 09:30:26 | More by jahsausage

rjimlad

Australia

4.03/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This was pretty good. Poured into an Oz schooner glass with massive foamy head ( I blame the pourer). Loads of hop oil esters blasting off the foam. Flavour is massive hop with decent malt/toffee underneath. A bit out of balance with big hops to clean the palate. Good all round but a bit more toffee as promised would have rounded it out. Drinkability is a bit down due to the lip-pursing hoppiness but I still rate it.

Serving type: bottle

12-31-2011 07:32:13 | More by rjimlad