Isseki Sancho
Tamamura-Honten (Shiga Kogen Beer) in Shimotakai, Nagano, Japan 🇯🇵
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.46
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Not sure what makes this one different. ose is dates, berries, chocoalte, vanilla. Blacka dn flat (was opened earlier). A bit tart and funky, raisins, berries, figs, vanilla. Silky softness. Nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Keyaki. Aroma is dark fruit, bit of booze, sweetness. Rich, herbal, soy sauce, good stuff. Dark saison like. Caramel finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12th December 2017
Bodney Towers bottle share. Thanks to Leighton. Almost opaque dark brown beer, good tan head. Smooth and slightly soft palate, modest fine carbonation. Smooth malts, a light creamy sweetness. Spicy licorice and spicy red and black berries. Semi dry finish. Unusual and tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Bodney - thanks to Leighton! It pours near brown - black with a beige head. The aroma is soft, sweet, oily, candy, dark fruits, toasted nut, roasted malt, cocoa and milk chocolate. The taste is soft, sweet, sticky, toasty, roasted malt, earth, oiliness, resin, cocoa, spice, dark fruits and some warming alcohol with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Interesting stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared at Leighton's place at the Ktwse tasting, 12/12/2017. A clear mahogany brown coloured pour with a loose beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, brown sugars, plum. Flavour is composed of brown sugars, praline, cakey malts, , toffee. Palate is medium sweet, moderate carboantion. Nice praline.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ home, most likely from an IP trade with TimE, thanks! Color is very dark, almost black, looks like a stout. Dense beige head, with short retention. Aroma's: sweetish fruit, light vegetal, a bit poop. Retronasal it's sweetish, boozy (at first), fruity, a bit woody, light herbal. Flavor is light moderate sweet with light wood and light bitterness. Medium bodied. Finishes with some wood, light bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottl shared in Hackney - many thanks to TimE for the trade. Pours deep brown with a small, creamy beige head. Nice aroma, some burnt wood, honey, butterscotch, toffee. Medium to heavy sweet flavour, some chewy toffee, more brown bread, berries, low bitterness. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, lightly warming, more dried berries, earth, toffee. Nice depth, pretty good balance. Very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle thanks to TimE. Pours a dark brown color with a medium brown head. A big fruity vinous nose. The flavor is sweet banana, anise, wood, brown sugar. Quite German. Big sweet BA beer. A bit like a HOTD
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Shiga Kogen Isseki Sancho (by Tamamura-Honten (Shiga Kogen Beer)):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
7/XII/16 - 33cl bottle from a trade, shared @ Yet Another Trillium Tasting (home) - BB: n/a, bottled: 16/7 (probably July 2016) (2016-1453) Thanks to BrokenShoulder for the trade!
Clear reddish brown beer, small irregular creamy beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet, lots of dried fruits, caramel, pretty yeasty, alcohol, lots of banana. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: banana, sweet, bit sugary, malty, caramel, yeast. Aftertaste: soft bitterness, bit sourish, sweet and sugary, some alcohol, yeast, bit spicy.