Sakura Kobo Ale
Chateau Kamiya (Ushiku Beer) in Ushiku, Ibaraki, Japan 🇯🇵
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
7.06
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at the brewery. Pale cloudy light blond. Big creamy head. Aroma is floral, wheaty, yeasty, bit Belgian. Taste is fruity, bitter, citrus. Pretty nice, very drinkable, even with a hangover.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at the Yokohama Brewer’s Cup, the version I had was 7% made with Nelson & Motrioka hops from NZ. I was told the US hop version is more citrus and this one was more white grape. It poured a very cloudy gold with a thick white foamy head. The aroma matched what I was told as it was totally grape! White grape followed bu spicy yeast esters, very palatable but no real sakura flavor. The carbonation is light but there’s alot of it, made me want to burp. Pretty Good. --- Regular American Hop Version--- April 2014--- Bottle from the brewery. Cloudy straw gold with a huge white head of foam. Yeasty, peppery aroma. The mouthfeel is soft & light - very similar to a saison. The taste is funky, barnyard, citrus, much less yeasty than the last time I had it but a favorite of the night among my friends. A really solid beer no matter how you hop it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at the source. Cloudy yellow color. Aroma of rising bread dough. Taste starts malty, then fruity citrus and bread. Interesting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap at Chateau Kamiya. Cloudy yellow colour with a thick white head. Heavy lacing. Fresh slightly sour aroma. Sweet flavour with some citrus and bitterness.
TimE (11146) reviewed Sakura Kobo Ale from Chateau Kamiya (Ushiku Beer) 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
As much as you can expect from a sakura (cherry bloosom) yeast beer, this is about the best you could possibly do. Moderately sour, superbly balanced, dry with bits of funk here and there, it is surely one of Japan’s best wild ales (the best?). It surprised at how good it was, as my expectations were low, but overall it isn’t earth shattering.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught at JCBF 2012. Fruity nose, funky too, cherry. Nice fruit flavor with tart cherries and a nice wild edge of barnyard tartness and funk. Smooth and full. Interesting and not too sweet. Really good wild ale.