House IPA

Rerate: Bottle/Tap recently. Bitterness seems to have become more harsh. Still has good grapefruit pithiness and orange zest, but the palate and finish is a hit of bitterness. Still nice, but a bit messier than I remembered. 330ml bottle from Tanakaya. Poured into an English pint. Hazy golden mt tharmalade color with a modest soapy head that dissipates fairly quickly, but leaves a nice collar throughout. Great lacing. Huge aromas of pine, resin, catpiss, grapefruit, papaya and passion fruit. Bitter on the palate with some citrus sweetness (mikan). Grapefruit pith in there as well on the bitter side. Medium body with average carbonation. Slightly oily and sticky mouthfeel. Nice long bitter finish. Hides the alcohol really well. Excellent offering. --- Beer merged from original tick of House IPA on 30 Mar 2015 at 15:28 - Score: 8

330 ml bottle poured into a hotel glass. Hazy golden brown with off-white head. Aromas of grapefruit citrus, floral, tropical fruit. Tastes of grapefruit citrus, floral, light pine and caramel.

Tap at Keg, Nagoya (as "Shiga Kogen Beer House IPA"). Amber color, small white head. Very piney, fresh hoppy aroma. Light-bodied to medium-bodied. Piney, resiny bitterness. Hops are overpowering weakish maltyness. Ok.

Bottle at home in London. Thanks to Tim for this one. Pours hazy, rich orange-gold, fairly effervescent with a large, frothy white head. Lovely aroma, lots of ripening citrus fruits, grapefruit, mandarin orange, touches of doughy pale malts. Medium sweet flavor with further rich citrus, some juicy melon, cantaloupe, grapefruit, mango and papaya, some bitter pine, plastic grass. Medium to full bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Moderately resinous to finish, some faintly pithy citrus, more grapefruit, mango, peach. Very tasty. Good balance for the strength.

Draft at Bungalow’s 1st Anniversary Shiga Kogen Tap Takeover event. 8% a nice clear gold color with a foamy white head. A really nice floral/herbal aroma, tasty! Smooth, lightly carbonated body, citrus, sweet sugary light caramel, white grape & a herbal hop finish. Nice easy drinking stuff at 8%. A pleasant surprise. ---update Jan 2013--- On tap at Arcadian, 650 yen for 200ml. Great orange gold color, 1 cm of off-whit filmy head. Aroma of citrus, pine & resin - classic west coast hops. The body is medium-full, smooth & slightly slick. The taste puckers your mouth with bitter grapefruit, pine & resins notes it really lives up to the nose. It has a lingering bitter finish that veers more towards the pine/resin flavors. Really good stuff, an exceptionally solid IPA.

Bottle bought on Good Beer.JP and brought back from Tokyo by the wife. Pours a mostly clear copper color with a medium white head. A fruity nose with orange peel and marmalade. A really good flavor of intense citrus, some resin even, bitter enough but not a generally bitter product, biscuit and lingering zest and bitterness on the palate in the finish. Very damn good.

Bottle. Pours a pale golden color with a white head. Has a fruity hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus finish.

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, grassy and slight straw. Smooth fruity, grassy and citrusy. Smooth fruity. fruity, lingering hoppy and crisp bitter. Smooth.

No head, pale orange-yellow beer. Flowery hops, suggesting serious bitterness, citrussy. Bitter, resiny & piney hops, but not really harsh. Orangepeel finish. Not heavily bodied at all, but sufficient, slick, oily; well-carbonated. More than decent IPA. Again a good example of what is happening in Nippon.