Tamamura-Honten (Shiga Kogen Beer) House IPA

House IPA

 

Tamamura-Honten (Shiga Kogen Beer) in Shimotakai, Nagano, Japan 🇯🇵

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.28
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 95 Ticks: 38
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7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
From tap at Constellation, Budapest, 20.02.25. Cloudy orange straw colour. Diminishing off-white head. Fine aroma and taste of Sevilla marmalade, solid malt, papaya, mandarins and sap, all of which is lingering on in aftertaste.
Tried from Draft at Constellation on 20 Feb 2025 at 21:20

8.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 10 Texture 8 Overall 9
Tap at Beer Republic Yokohama. Clear, orange colour. Small beige head. Aroma orange marmalade, very fruity, touch of grapefruit bitterness. Quite malty bit of spice. Taste nice and fruity, orange again, ginger. Really nicely balanced. Maybe watermelon. Some sherbet too. Really nice. Hides the percentage well. Nice texture, not too full on but has a body to it.
Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2019 at 15:54

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is nice big citrus forward hops and some sweet malts. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts citrus orange tangerine hops with a pithy grapefruit bitterness on the end.
Tried from Draft on 09 Apr 2019 at 19:33

8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Draft at Shinshu Osake Mura. Pours nice cloudy orange, some more foam on top at first but dissipates quickly, leaving some nice white lacings on the glass. Nose has some fruity sweetness, nice fresh overall feel with mangos, papayas and orange juice. Tastes nicely full bodied but not heavy, lots of hop resins contributing to the oiliness and to the body. Lots of hops there, working great with the malty body, well-balanced. Probably one of my favourites from Shiga Kogen's usual lineup, never fails.
Tried from Draft on 29 Nov 2017 at 00:47

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
330ml bottle from Osake, Tokyo. Bottled 09/2017. Pours golden orange with a smooth head. Aroma of fresh grassy hops, herbal notes, pine and citrus. Taste is crisp, grassy hoppy and herbal with some pine, resin and caramely malts. Finish is lingering bitter, crisp and grassy with some citrus and pine. Fresh and tasty west coast IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2017 at 07:59

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Dégustée au Mondial de la Bière de Montréal 2009 (De mes notes papiers). .
Tried on 20 Aug 2017 at 04:06

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sampled from bottle at kermis’ German trophy tasting. Courtesy of zer0! Thanks for bringing this over! Sweet caramel malts, fudge, bitter nettle like hops. Quite sweet and quite bitter. Medium body, soft carbonation. Quite malty oily slick. Nice though, 愛! --- Beer merged from original tick of House IPA on 30 Dec 2017 at 12:25 - Score: 7
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2017 at 14:34

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle shared thanks to Zer0. Bit hazy darker golden with small off white head. Quite malty, soft tea, apricot, soft dust, herbs. Quite hoppy but more in an apricot/tea way. Quite sweet and bitter. Over medium bodied. Bit rough and old school.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2017 at 14:31

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle shared thanks to Zer0. Hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma of orange peel, caramel malt and light fruits. Flavour is moderate sweet and heavy bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2017 at 14:31

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft - Light citrus pith. Clear gold with a nice white head. Citrus and nice bitterness. OK.
Tried from Draft on 03 Feb 2017 at 09:18