Tap at Craft Man. Grassy and light citrus hops. Bit of cat pee. Decent bitterness. Alright.

Keg at Popeye, Tokyo. Hazy bronze colour, creamy head. Floral hay aroma. Mid sweet with medium body and soft mouthfeel. Hay and flowers - british style hops. Soft and pleasant with marked bitter finish.

On tap at Standing 1020, 5% citra, Simcoe & Amarillo triple hop beer.. Citrus & biscuit nose, quite nice . Medium bodied but the taste is kind of flat, citrus bitterness & nothing else. OK.

50 cl bottle @ hotel room, Kyoto. BBE 02.10.2011
A bit stale aroma with bready malt, yeast and some fruity hops. Flavour is a bit more hoppy with some bready malt and yeast. Average, I expected more hoppy stuff based on name and style.

500 ml bottle purchased at Bottleworks in Seattle, Washington. The pour is hazed orange golden with a firm three inch clean white head. Pretty beer. The aroma is earthy mildly sweet floral, along with mild citrus fruit. The nose in general is very subdued. The taste is pretty yeasty up front, spice, coriander and the citrus and grass of the nose. The lingering aftertaste is pineapple and a very distant hint of black licorice as well as pine. The flavors really pop out, much more going on then the nose would suggest. The palate is thin to medium bodied with a low carbonation right and the lingering yeast and earthy aftertaste. Odd beer to take notes on, in concert all of these flavors work pretty well together, but quite hard to describe. As I got to the bottom of the bottle, and the yeast became even more pronounced, the beer took on a very "Belgian" character. Interesting beer.

Brown bottle, 1 pint 0.9 ounce, purchased at Bangor Wine and Cheese on August 17 2010, savoured on October 9 2010; eye: geyser, caramel, hazy, no effervescence, tan head that turns into a tiny sheet, lots of lacing; nose: resinous hops, perfumy, light orange, grapefruit; mouth: hops, perfumy, grapefruit, light orange, finale in hops wit light perfumy presence, medium-light body, below-average carbonation, lightly bitter, slightly sweet, lightly grainy texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 0,9 once, achetée chez Bangor Wine and Cheese le 17 août 2010, savourée le 9 octobre 2010; œil : geyser, caramel, trouble, pas d’effervescence, mousse fauve qui se transforme en une mince couverture, beaucoup de dentelle; nez : houblon résineux, parfumé, léger orange, pamplemousse, bouche : houblon, parfumé, pamplemousse, léger orange, finale en houblon avec légère présence parfumé, corps moyen-léger, carbonatation sous la moyenne, légèrement amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement granuleuse; en résumé : correct

Crisp, very hazy copper coloured body with a bright orange glow and a rusty look - very nice, coupled with a super dense, microfoamed tan head. Aroma of fresh soapy hops, some light cardboard and malt, a bit of unfinished wort and a touch of peaches. Medium-bodied; Assertive grassy and herbal hops with that soapy characteristic and a bit of caramel and caster sugar at the end. Aftertaste shows some caramel sweetness, a dry earthy hoppy character and a subtle, yet noticeable soapy finish. Overall, a good beer - not sublime, but not a bad representation of the style from the Japanese. I sampled this 50 cL slender bottle purchased from La Bodega (Yukon Spirits) in Anchorage, Alaska on 26-June-2010, sampled at home on the other side of the country in Washington on 31-September-2010.

Cloudy gold appearance. Huge white head. Immensely floral aroma, with a bitter hop flavor, and possibly Belgian yeast. It reminds me of some of the Belgian IPAs. Good hop flavor, and a citrus finish.

Hmm, a beer from a company that also produces miso and soy sauce? - interesting - a pretty good-looking beer, at least - hazy orange, with a soapy, well-sustained head - kind of a doughy, yeasty aroma, with a bit of mustiness and citrus-like hops - full of mouthfeel, medium body - this bottle seems a little old, as the hops aren’t as crisp as they could be, but they are plenty peppery and minty - mostly dry, with a bit of bready character - a tad earthy - a bit of vegetal character in the finish detracts a touch from the enjoyment, bit it’s decent.