Tui East India Pale Ale
Tui Brewery

Tui East India Pale AleTui East India Pale Ale
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From:
Tui Brewery
 
New Zealand
Style:
English IPA
Ranked #130
ABV:
4%
Score:
70
Ranked #28,068
Avg:
2.9 | pDev: 23.79%
Reviews:
45
Ratings:
81
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 18, 2023
Added:
Mar 25, 2002
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  14
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Ratings by SmashPants:
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Reviewed by SmashPants from Australia

3.03/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bottle: brown 330mL bottle, reasonable label for a macro.

Appearance: slightly cloudy yellow with a decent finger-and-a-half head.

Aroma: malt overtones over standard lager smells with a light yet almost pungent caramel backing.

Taste: reasonably sweet - definite caramel malts, but kind of awkward with that pungence.

Aftertaste: sickly sweet remains, but not much else.

Mouth feel: fairly light body with low- to- medium carbonation.

Overall: an alright beer, a little bit unsubtle - tastes like a lager with caramel lumped on top for good measure. Odd.
Oct 01, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3 by BrisLoganite from Australia

Sep 18, 2023
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Reviewed by AzfromOz from Australia

3.53/5  rDev +21.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Purchased in July 2022 and drunk in August that year.

L: Burnt copper, thin receding head, minimal carbonation.

S: Peaches, orange and marmalade. Sweet malt. Minerals.

T: Spicey, caramel, marmalade, earth, oak. A little bit watery.

F: Medium to high carbonation, goes down smooth. A little thin.

O: Unexpectedly good. I have ignored this beer on the shelves of the local Dan Murphy's for many years before realising it was on one of my wishlists. It has a bad rep and I was not expecting anything beyond a bland, macro ale, but was surprised to find it leaning more toward the traditional English ale end of the spectrum. I'm not sure that it's an IPA, despite what the label says, but it's definitely worth another look in the future.

Cheers!
Sep 25, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by Daneve76 from Australia

May 26, 2021
 
Rated: 2.7 by rm84 from New Zealand (Aotearoa)

Jan 04, 2019
 
Rated: 2.81 by SkylerShores from Australia

Feb 12, 2017
 
Rated: 2.5 by FLBeerGuy from Florida

Nov 10, 2016
 
Rated: 5 by Npapuzz from New York

Jun 29, 2016
 
Rated: 2.17 by kylehay2004 from Illinois

Mar 05, 2016
 
Rated: 3.67 by jeschaefer from Texas

Jan 19, 2016
 
Rated: 2 by life_of_agony from Australia

Jan 12, 2016
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

2.44/5  rDev -15.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
Can picked up somewhere in Western Australia. Lager? Ale? Hard to tell. Bland, with some weak malt flavor. Not much else to speak of. This seemed to be marketed as a choice for the WA population that didn't want a cereal lager.
Dec 18, 2015
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Reviewed by Andrewharemza from Australia

3/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
From Bottle! Pours clear deep amber, small frothy white to off-white head, light lacing. Aroma malty, caramel, bit toasted. Taste sweet and bitter, malty, caramel herbal notes, bit watery.
Nov 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.7 by fshtco86 from Korea (South)

Nov 02, 2015
 
Rated: 2.8 by monorailred from Texas

May 13, 2015
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Rated by Shane_Gr from California

4.74/5  rDev +63.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
This is not a bitter IPA but a great drinking beer. This was absolutely my favorite NZ beer.
Mar 23, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by spycow from Illinois

Sep 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Bradym239 from Pennsylvania

Jul 30, 2014
 
 
Rated: 1 by Larz_73 from Canada (BC)

Jul 10, 2014
Tui East India Pale Ale from Tui Brewery
Beer rating: 70 out of 100 with 81 ratings