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Barley:
A cereal grain that is kilned to create malt. Malt is one of the main ingredients used in beer.

Macs Brewery Hop Rocker Pilsener

Czech Pilsner brewed by
Macs Brewery

Brewed in:
Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand

Alcohol %:
5.00%

Serve in:
Unknown

Availability:
Bottled: Yes (330 ml)
Draught (On Tap): No
Canned: No
Availability: All Year

Misc:
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A brew of ilustrious lineage, Hop Rocker is a Premium Lager with ideas of its own. The addition of Crystal Malt to the standard Lager Malt buys some room for serious hop addition, namely Nelson Sauvin and New Zealand Cascade. The result - a Golden Lager with proper citrus aromas and Pilsener style bitter notes.

Reviews	Weighted Score	Avg Score	High Score	Low Score
2	7.80	8.10	8.40	7.80

Overall Score: 8.40
	Reviewer:	Jobo	Reviewed:	29/02/08
	Serving Type: Bottle
	Excellent Kiwi brew. Great golden colour with a very crisp finish. Clean flavour and great finish with real hops hit. Soon to be hard to find in Australia with Tooheys deciding not to bring it over anymore. Great bottle with an old style ring pull top. I have shared this one with heaps of mates and converted them to Mac's and to Pilsners in general.
Scores:
	Aroma:		4 out of 5
	Appearance & Appeal:		4.5 out of 5
	Flavour & Taste:		8.5 out of 10
	Experience & Drinkability:		4 out of 5

Overall Score: 7.80
	Reviewer:	Nathan	Reviewed:	04/01/08
	Serving Type: Bottle
	An absolutely stunning looking beer! The golden hues of Hop Rocker sit below an excellent creamy long lasting head. This Lager is carbonated quite well and added to the brilliant appearance of this one. The aromas as described are fruity and sweet albeit a little on the soft side which results in a subtle aroma - rather then a full on blast as I expected. The flavour is very subtle with a smooth lager flavour with a sweet fruity 'twist' which is balanced out in the aftertaste by the hops. I could predominantly taste the Nelson Sauvin rather than the Cascade, but that might be because I've used them in a lot of homebrew lately and I know what flavour and bitterness to expect. The bitterness is only minor, but rounds out this wonderful lager. I drank this on a hot afternoon after doing some concreting and it was very refreshing. I'd like to grab a carton of this to tide me over until Summer is finished I was that impressed by Hop Rocker.
Scores:
	Aroma:		3.5 out of 5
	Appearance & Appeal:		4.5 out of 5
	Flavour & Taste:		8 out of 10
	Experience & Drinkability:		3.5 out of 5