Lucky Boar
Kizakura Sake Brewing Co. Ltd. in Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan 🇯🇵
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
6.35
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jgb9348 (11734) reviewed Lucky Boar from Kizakura Sake Brewing Co. Ltd. 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Deep copper and lightly amber tinted body with a thick, four to five centimetre tall off-white head that fades pretty slowly. Aroma of light malts and a good deal of earthy, grainy sugars with some nuts here as well and only a sliver of very subdued hops and bitterness, in the nose, at least. Light-bodied; Crisp ricey and grainy malts show at first with a soft hop note with some earthiness and grainy flavours and only a touch of hops and bitterness right behind without any real sweetness here. Aftertaste shows the light toffee with some softer grainy elements, a slight dash of molasses and caramelised sugars with a hint of bitterness from the hops, but much less of those notes than from the grain. Overall, a pretty poor example of the style, but that was pretty much expected given my other experiences with the 'lucky' series (that were admittedly drunk in Japan, but still not great), but this was a bit worse off than those. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from Tamura's Wine & Liqour in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii on 12-April-2022 for US$4,39 sampled in my hotel room here in Wailea, Maui, Hawaii while on Spring Break with my wife and Kids on 12-April-2022.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
Kizakura Lucky Boar 5% Indian Session Ale (ISA) This style used to be called a Session IPA but I think ISA is slowly replacing it. Fairly clear gold with a rocky head of off-white foam and a woodsy floral piney sweet aroma. Medium bodied with a raspy carbonation and a quite bitter taste overall. Like picking a pine cone or sappy pine tree. Not for me. 275¥+tx is the redeeming feature...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can from Yamaoka. Light, crisp malt, somewhat ricy, lemony, grapefruit. Pretty solid session ipa nose. Lightly hazy medium gold, medium, fine head. Crackery malt, slightl sweetness, decent prickly hops with citrus. Rather crisp. Slightly weird roughness in the finish. Decent enough. The finish is getting more annoying as I go along, though.