Japanese Herb Ale Sansho
Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer in Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan 🇯🇵
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey Regular|
Score
6.75
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9/10
Well that’s delicious
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle from School of Animals, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a murky light golden brown colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt and presumably sansho. The flavour is light sweet and herbal, with a fresh, crisp, juicy sansho, herbal, light spicy hop palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Really unusual and very tasty. I wasn’t expecting much but was pleasantly surprised. Would order again.
Tried
from Bottle
at
School of Animals
on 08 Dec 2022
at 13:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330 ml bottle at Palette Tea Room in San Francisco. Orange gold color. Foamy beige head. Citrusy herbal malt aroma. Light bodied with notes of mandarin, peach and pear. Lightly carbonated. Thin sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2021
at 02:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Bankan. Clear golden amber colour, small white head. Aroma is not that strong, slight herb element, nothing much, bit of ginger, bit white pepper. Taste is ok, ginger again, slight caramel malt sweetness. Little bit of lemon at finish. It's ok, but not that amazing. Feels a bit lifeless.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2019
at 08:26
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2019
at 19:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Bottle in Kansai, as well as draft at festivals. A golden brew that while fairly clear has an earthy vegetal sansho character which gives it a not so palatable bitter flavor. I remember having this a few times and coming away more disappointed than impressed...
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2017
at 09:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured golden, maybe a bit hazy. Aroma was quite strong sansho, herbal and spicy, a bit of citrus. Taste is quite similar, mainly herbal and spices are dominating. Body itself is in the background and not really that interesting. I had a baked bread with pesto paste with that beer and that paired wonderfully, herbal characters from the beer and from the snack blended really nicely and taste was elevated a lot. Otherwise more like a curiosity, could drink one pint but maybe not that motivated to have several.
Tried
on 17 Apr 2016
at 23:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Clear golden color, white head. Aroma has light ginger and subtle black pepper. Taste is lightly herbal straw. Plain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2016
at 08:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from the little standing bar/bottle shop in the basement of Tokyo station. Hazy gold with a medium-sized off-white head. Slight sansho aroma with a hint of herbal aroma (oregano)? Medium body with a good light and crisp refreshing feel on the palate. Spice comes through really nicely and melds with the peppery dry finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Iwate Kura Japanese Herb Ale Sansho on 11 May 2015 at 00:21 - Score: 6
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2015
at 11:04