Thumbs up for the art work on the can. Clear amber pour with a small white head. Aroma is mainly malt with a hint of citrus, tast is more malt, some yellow fruit, smooth finish. Not too bad, but not mindblowing.

Can from the Kiosk at Matsumoto Station. Some citrus hop in the nose, a bit of caramel, minerals. Deep gold with orange tints, frothy head. Sweet malt flavor, caramel, very bitter finish. Not much hop flavor. Drinkable but meh.

Ultra cute can from Shinshu Sake Mura in Tokyo featuring a beer in an apple hat named Arukuma. I wasn’t sure it was a different beer but it’s an ale and made with Cascade so definitely not an Alt/Kolsch/Stout. It pours a brassy gold with a thick foamy off-white head. It has a decent hoppy aroma at the fruity floral end of the spectrum while the flavor is a bit more malt forward giving me biscuity malts, some honey sweetness and a mild hop bite. I guess this could be considered closer to a blond ale. My wife felt it was "futsu" meaning quite regular compared to the flashy cartoon can. I like it, a decent everyday type beer - simple and clean flavored. As I continued drinking it the hop bitterness crept up on me, yep my instincts were right it’s an APA.