Bottle in Kagoshima, I am disappointed this has been retired and replaced with the red. I had this years ago and really enjoyed it. It poured a bright reddish-purple with a pink tinged head. The aroma was fruity and a touch spicy with a med-thin body. The taste was lightly fruits & spice, refreshing and unique. I really liked it and this was 5+ years ago when anything with this much flavor was hard to come by in Japan.

Bottled. Lightly hazy purple, wildly gushing lively pink head. Tart aroma of lingonberry and what must be sweet potato. Mid dry with light-medium body. Fruity and buttery with some weird spices. Low bitterness. Weird.

Some style of lager with satsumaimo in it. Sweet aroma of sweet potato, caramel, spices, and malt. Bright dark purple color, with a fine, pink-purple head. Sweet and slightly cloying, not much hop presence detectable. Not insanely sweet, and interesting. Somewhat starchy. OK, but not as well balanced or flavorful as the Gold.