Apple Ale
Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer in Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan 🇯🇵
Fruit Beer Regular|
Score
6.91
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle, as Takata Ringo Ale, from the brewery via Furusato Nozei. Apple nose, more like fresh US apple cider, with some skin, caramel, dark malts. Cloudy dark brown with a low, thick head and low carbonation. Looks like unfermented apple cider from NYS. Dry flavor, apples, chocolate, caramel, treacle. Very different to most apple beers. There is a rich UK dark beer as the base, and it works very well with the apple flavor. Kind of reminds me of a caramel apple. Very tasty.
TimE (11149) reviewed Apple Ale from Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
cloudy brown and amber color. Light apple notes with just a touch of hops. Light body, moderate amount of apple character but really focused on just being refreshing. Slightly tart. Some cinnamon notes, got better as it warmed.