IPA
Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer in Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan 🇯🇵
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Score
6.98
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keyaki. Golden colour, small white creamy head. Aroma is punchy hops, spiky. Taste similar, pretty solid, slight sweetness, good bitter finish. Lots of malt. Best of theirs so far at this fest.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap. Pours clear Amber, medium off white head, creamy, good lacing. Aroma is grassy, caramel, a bit Dusty. Flavors is light plus sweet, medium bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Apr 2018
at 12:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Keyaki Spring 2015. Slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Malty aroma with some grapefruit and apricot on the nose. Medium body with a sticky mouthfeel. Average carbonation. Good bitterness with some slight sweetness. Quite mild for an IPA. Malts really shine though. Easy drinking though and a nice bitter finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Iwate Kura IPA on 03 Feb 2016 at 14:44
Tried
from Draft
on 18 May 2015
at 06:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft to a plastic cup @ Nippon Craft Beer Festival 2014. Pours hazy copper with a thin layer of foam. Aroma is as it is from a plastic cup - I can detect some light fruits. Taste is somewhat lighter, rather British style IPA than American. There is some resin in the start, then fruits start to glow - giving way to a long and resiny aftertaste. This beer is not jumping into your face as an IPA for maniacs - but it feels quite nice and can be drunk by pints.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jan 2014
at 23:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
On tap at the Iwate-ken event near Umeda Station. A cloudy orange gold pour with a citrusy hop nose is solid - 7, taste is also quite good-7, medium bodied with straight up pine P-4 , citrus & grapefruit flavors. Mild puckering it’d act like a good palate cleanser. Quite tasty, if they got this clear & the color of their golden ale it would be a strong solid IPA. The look of it really hurts the overall rating.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jan 2014
at 06:14
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask - Sweetness and grains. Clearish gold with a tho white head. Nondescript bitterness and really dry. The beer takes subtle to a whole new level, almost tasteless. Some resin and citrus, but the bitterness and dryness overwhelm.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2013
at 22:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ Ushi‐Tora, Tokyo. Rated on 16.09.2011
Very refreshing and a bit light aroma with fresh, exotic fruits. Hoppy flavour with bready malt. Sticky finish. An ok IPA, but too malty.
Very refreshing and a bit light aroma with fresh, exotic fruits. Hoppy flavour with bready malt. Sticky finish. An ok IPA, but too malty.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2011
at 10:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Medium copper color with a very low, lacy head. Rather rich amber malt aroma, caramel, some hops but not a lot. Rich malt flavor, caramel, chocolate. Good hops bitterness but without a lot of hop aroma. Some though, with some fruit and a bit of citrus. Very rich strong, malt, though, right through to the end. Earthy, bitter, but malty finish. Very complex, though not as fruity and hoppy as I would ask for. Well done, though. Great Malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2008
at 00:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Beautiful golden amber color. soft hoppy nose of oranges and apples. Sweet malty start is balanced by bitter hops hitting the back of the mouth with a touch of tropical fruit flavors. Well balanced. Finishes dry with hops simply sitting there and lingering. Not aggressive or passive. Its not only me who has said this is an excellent hybrid US-English IPA. Very nice.
Tried
on 20 Jun 2008
at 12:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draught at Popeyes. Poured reddish gold with a small tan head. Aroma of citrus and pine hops. Flavor is earthy/pine hops, citrus and some fruit. Finishes dry and bitter. A very nice IPA.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2007
at 22:11