Doppo White Chocolate
Miyashita Sake Brewery Co. Ltd. in Okayama-shi, Okayama, Japan 🇯🇵
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.13
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
5% bottle from Yamaoka. The nose is wheaty cloves with some white chocolate(think a white chocolate latte) in the nose. The pour is a dusty opaque gold with a thick head of foam which leaves spotty lacing behind. A light spritzy carbonation with chewy malts. I first thought this was made with a white chocolate extract but looking at the ingredients it said malt, rice, lactose, skimmed milk and white chocolate. The flavor is bizarre, very sweet and candyish, white chocolate, some white beer character and cloves. It isn’t balanced and gets somewhat cloying, kind of a mad experiment that just doesn’t work. Doesn’t seem to have any production issues or off flavors so it is meant to taste this way. Perfect as a girichoco gift(duty chocolate) they will know you don’t like them in that way...
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
A “white ale” with white chocolate cocoa added. Probably a wheat-based ale, although the beer character was almost completely hidden by the white chocolate. It was certainly interesting, but rancidly sweet and basically medicinal. A failure, and probably a really bad idea to begin with.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5
I am not sure why my insane friend bought this. Surely it wasnt because he thought it might be good. I asked, if people thought this beer would be crap or completely crap before tasting. This white chocolate and orange peel brew was the latter, no questions about it. Certified ’complete crap’ by me and my friends. I think it was aiming for a wit with the orange peels, and certainly it hits the nose with white chocolate in the mouth, but who wants white chocolate in beer? To finish my 3 oz sample took a good 20 min and I was very proud of myself I did it in such a short time. avoid at all costs is my suggestion.