Kawabata Lager
Aqula in Akita-shi, Akita, Japan 🇯🇵
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
7.08
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tokyobeerdrinker (9001) reviewed Kawabata Lager from Aqula 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle from the brewery mail order. Light amber/golden colour with small bubbly golden head. Aroma is nice and hoppy, grassy and citrus, something floral, and a bit of biscuity malt too. Slight fruitiness in the background. Taste is not exciting, but still nice. Quite crisp, hoppiness is much more in the background allowing a nice maltiness to dominate. Some lingering sweetness and nice bitterness at the end. Slightly spritzy but very drinkable. Really surprisingly nice.
willisread (9761) reviewed Kawabata Lager from Aqula 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at CBM Koenji. Light amber with a nice soapy off-white head. Aromas of biscuit, honey and light apricot. Taste is more of the same. Really wonderful balance between malt sweetness and hoppy bitterness. Almost perfectly balanced. A little on the boring side, but technically a very solid beer. Finish is slightly bittter with some nice sweetness that lingers. A malty lager. --- Beer merged from original tick of Kawabata Lager on 29 Jul 2015 at 22:51 - Score: 7
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Kawabata Lager from Aqula 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draught at the brewpub. Deep gold, almost amber, with a tall, fine head. Malt-centered aroma, Urquel-like, with nice, though mild hopping. Great balance. Very nice Bohemian malt with a good hops grab. Fruity, malty, nice hop. Wow! A big surprise with rich, full-flavored malt.
TimE (11146) reviewed Kawabata Lager from Aqula 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Deep golden color. Very malty nose, full body with a rich malty mouth and hints of apricots and brandy. Rich malty finish. Nice. Re-rate at the brewery- grassy hoppy nose. A bit off balance, but moderately full body. Hops really shine are done nice, but the malt should be a bit cleaner. Still nice beer, with a bit more balance would be spectacular.