Kolsch
Soni Kohgen Beer in Nara-shi, Nara, Japan 🇯🇵
Kölsch Regular|
Score
6.06
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DSG (25989) reviewed Kolsch from Soni Kohgen Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Tom L's place. Thanks Stas. Hazy yellow. Brett, funky, soapy, yeast, plastic, minerals, fruitiness, dry, bitterish. Badly infected.
TimE (11144) reviewed Kolsch from Soni Kohgen Beer 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Picked this up on draft in a plastic cup from a hardcore liquor store near LBK. Hazy golden color. Slightly sweat malty mouth with some cereal notes. The body is a bit weak with hops not really balancing out things enough. Somewhat watery mouth feel. Real low bitterness for the style. Still very clean and refreshing. Not a bad beer, but pretty middle of the road.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Kolsch from Soni Kohgen Beer 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Pale and hazy, thick head. Bready, sort of doughy nose. Similar palate. Not much hop, just a sweet kit beer sort of thing.
KansaiBeerLovers (8946) reviewed Kolsch from Soni Kohgen Beer 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle, Part of the 1212 yen trail set for new customers direct from the brewery via their Rakuten page. I’m happy they switched labels the bottles look much better than the photo online. They need to update their webpage. On the cloudy side for a kolsch, it pours an opaque gold with a thin foamy white head. Grassy sweet aroma with a light soapy quality, I’d like to know what hop gives that floral soapy smell I’ve been running into it often lately. Overall a clean mild aroma appropriate to the style. Medium bodied, smooth mouthfeel with a light zesty carbonation & a pleasant tangy lightly bitting hop finish. The taste is light malts, bittersweet overall with a grassy green bitterness. Clean & crisp not as neutral as Ballast Point’s Pale Ale (kolsch) this is somewhat more flavorful but loses points in appearance as it is a bit opaque. Judging from KyotoLefty’s comment I would guess this is also unfiltered and I don’t get any big banana or yeasty notes. I suspect it is quite fresh & also served cold which may be surpressing those flavors. This seems to be a decent example of a kolsch barring the clarity issue.
Kyotolefty (15977) reviewed Kolsch from Soni Kohgen Beer 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from the brewery. Unfiltered. Cloudy golden color with a tall white head, though quickly turns to lace. Rich, fragrant aroma of malt, yeast, and fruits. Banana, sweet. Rich, sweet malt flavor. Relatively heavy body. Yeasty and rich, very fruity, bananas. A slightly citrus tang as well. Thick, rich, and interesting. Not what I usually think of as a koelsch, but nice and satisfying (not the first such koelsch I have found in Japan!). Not a lot of hops, but they are there and they kick in to lend a dry, pretty bitter, lasting finish. Strange, but enjoyable.