Karumina
Hida Takayama Beer in Takayama, Gifu, Japan 🇯🇵
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.42
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8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at Good Beer Faucets. Dark red/brown colour with small gold bubbly head which soon fades. Aroma is sweet, bit of caramel, some spice and smoke, burnt, plums and berries. Taste is a bit liquorice, some roastiness at the end, chocolate, caramel and spice. Quite full on. Rerate at Thrash Zone, Nov 14, very Belgian but roaster and chocolatier than I remember. Nice sweetness. Good stuff
Tried
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at TrashZone. End of the keg so on the house. Deep brown with a finger of head. Rum raisin cake nose with lots of dark fruit plum, prune and dark grapes. Super smooth, but a little heavy. More fruit and caramel notes as it warms. Finish is sweet but has spice and star anise. Good stuff. --- Beer merged from original tick of Karumina on 11 Jan 2016 at 18:39 - Score: 7
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jan 2016
at 08:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Popeye, Tokyo. Dark brown color, small steady brownish head. Aroma has toasted notes and some sweetness. Very sniffable. Medium-bodied. Caramel, muscovado , brandy and hints of chocomalt. Covers alcohol nicely. Complex.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jul 2014
at 04:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Craft Man. A dark reddish brown pour with a tan head. Spicy yeasty aroma. Winey, boozey but tastey. A Belgian strong with a chocolatey malt backbone. Quite nice, you really don’t taste that 10% at all-dangerous!
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Dec 2013
at 01:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft - Dark fruits, smoke, brown sugar and yeast. Met black with a thin beige head. Raisin, dark fruit and spice, brown sugar and herbal. Nice beer, very herbal but balanced and fun.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Dec 2013
at 05:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at the TrashZone, Yokohama. Dark brown colour with a small off-white head. Aroma of fruits, alcohol. Flavour is alcohol, dark fruits.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Apr 2013
at 19:29
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Very dark maroon color, almost black, brown head. Aroma of licorise and burnt espresso. Taste has anise, dark fruit, bitter cocoa. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2013
at 17:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Dark stuff with a golden head. Raisin, soy and preserved fruit aroma. Rich fruityness, Belgian dubbel notes, light salt. Lime exhaling. Good body, mellow mouthfeel fine sparkles No sticky aftertaste despite initial sweetness. Oishi
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2009
at 06:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draught at Popeye, Tokyo. Very dark brown. Coffee and cherry liqueur up front. Sweet and full bodied with lots of estery alcohol. Caramelly chocolate sauce and cherry builds upto a pungent alcoholic finish.
Earlier Rating: 5/21/2009 Total Score: 3.7
Bottled at Thrash Zone, Yokohama. Very dark brown, small head. Intriguing aroma of strawberry, tiger balmand cofee. Fairly sweet with medium-full body. There’s aniseed and ginger. Despite it’s size it feels so light and sparkling at times that I can almost imagine that I’m drinking a ginger ale, but then there is depth too. Its fruity and herbal with roasty malt and that confusing tiger balm. Fun stuff indeed.
Earlier Rating: 5/21/2009 Total Score: 3.7
Bottled at Thrash Zone, Yokohama. Very dark brown, small head. Intriguing aroma of strawberry, tiger balmand cofee. Fairly sweet with medium-full body. There’s aniseed and ginger. Despite it’s size it feels so light and sparkling at times that I can almost imagine that I’m drinking a ginger ale, but then there is depth too. Its fruity and herbal with roasty malt and that confusing tiger balm. Fun stuff indeed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2009
at 15:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Yamaoka. Pitch black with a thin, lacy brown head. Spicy, flowery roasted malt aroma, slightly earthy and nutty, dry, with dark fruit and orange. Fruity, strong malt flavor, with raisins, ginger, orange, a touch of chocolate. Slightly sour edge and not very sweet at all. Well attenuated for sure! Funky, barnyard character in there as well. Not what I was expecting. Pretty good roasted malt bitterness in the finish as well. Or is that hops? Rather thin palate with low carbonation. Really different. Nicely done. Can’t taste that 10% alcohol at all!
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2008
at 06:38