Grand Slam IPA Sorachi Ace
Romantic Village Beer / Utsunomiya Craft Beer in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan 🇯🇵
IPA Regular|
Score
6.92
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
2015 version at Keyaki part 2. Cheese and chive but creamy! It's sorachi! Nice. Bit of citrus poking out. Nicely done. Either it's changed a lot or I have. Enjoyed everything about it this time. Rating for 2013 version: Tap at Himalaya Table. Orange amber colour. Bit of off-white head. Aroma is lightly fruity but not so much else. Taste is very sorachi ace, bit of citrus bitterness, cheesy, sour cream and chive. Some biscuity malt too and limoncello. Usual Sorachi Ace mix of things. Quite spritzy. I like the hop, so I like the beer, but it's not mindblowing. 7.3.8.3.15
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
medium Amber color. Very lightly hopped. Very non-descript IPA. Little character in any direction. The sorachi is totally lost.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap at Keyaki Spring 2015. Big Sorachi nose, oily, wood, lemon, some caramel. Oily and smooth, prickly, nicely lemony. Quite nicely done Sorachi showcase. Good use of a hop I often do not enjoy.