Speight's Distinction Ale
New Zealand Breweries Limited
- From:
- New Zealand Breweries Limited
- New Zealand
- Style:
- English Dark Mild Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.02 | pDev: 8.94%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 06, 2023
- Added:
- Feb 21, 2016
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- Gots:
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
2.65/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.65/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
On-draught @ Speights brewery taproom, Dunedin, New Zealand. $10.50 NZD per pint.
The tap handle calls it an "amber ale," but their website (https://www.thealehouse.co.nz/view-the-range/) calls it both a "Traditional Dark Ale" and a "dark lager style beer." Hmm.
4.0% ABV.
Malt backbone leans heavy on English malts with notes of caramel and toffee. A hint of malted milk balls.
Hopwise, I don't think it's very overt, showing very little character from the Green Bullet and Pacific Jade hops.
In short, it's a bit insipid, basically harping on one note of caramel and little else.
Smooth, medium-bodied.
Probably an ale despite the absence of any overt ale yeast esters. Drinkable, but not a terribly good brew.
C- / BELOW AVERAGE
Feb 06, 2023The tap handle calls it an "amber ale," but their website (https://www.thealehouse.co.nz/view-the-range/) calls it both a "Traditional Dark Ale" and a "dark lager style beer." Hmm.
4.0% ABV.
Malt backbone leans heavy on English malts with notes of caramel and toffee. A hint of malted milk balls.
Hopwise, I don't think it's very overt, showing very little character from the Green Bullet and Pacific Jade hops.
In short, it's a bit insipid, basically harping on one note of caramel and little else.
Smooth, medium-bodied.
Probably an ale despite the absence of any overt ale yeast esters. Drinkable, but not a terribly good brew.
C- / BELOW AVERAGE
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