Bottle from Awara Onsen, Fukui. Pours nice amber, some dense beige foam on the top. Looking the part for sure. Malty nose with light caramel and some decent bittering hop character. Little heavy and definitely leaning towards Old World. Tastes medium-heavy bodied, strong malt presence, caramel, just slightly harsh malt presence. Old school amber, sturdy and not elegant - but does the heavy lifting. Decent.

Bottle via Rakuten, it pours a clear honey brown. The aroma is peculiar, I find it hard to pin down - earthy, malty, dusty thick... My image is of something like being in a dusty grain mill where they're grinding up barley or some kind of grains, doughy. The beer has a decent body, med-full & smooth. The taste is quite nutty, malty sweet caramel much better than their pils which tasted quite off. This is fairly good. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle from the brewery. Fruity, cherry and caramel aroma with grassy hops. Deep amber to red color with a thick head. Fruity caramel flavor, meaty malts that are in charge but it is well balanced. Mineral finish. Good stuff, just enough earthy hops to balance. I guess this was the best of their three beers.