496
Spring Valley Brewery in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 🇯🇵
IPA Regular|
Score
6.25
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7.5/10
Blikje op kamer in Kyoto 6 oktober 2025. Donkergouden kleur. Had iets bitterder gemogen.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Oct 2025
at 08:55
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Straight from the can so no comments on the looks. Aroma of oranges, malts and some hints of lemon. Taste follows aroma plus caramel. Low bitterness. Medium carbonation. Nice and easy.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Nov 2023
at 05:15
6/10
Tried
from Can
on 06 Sep 2023
at 12:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Pours clear gold, thin white sheet atop. Nicely fruity, with a zesty orange sweetness coming into play. OK overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2022
at 19:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at Spring Valley Brewing, Kyoto. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of grain, citrus, lemon and light malt. Flavour is above light sweet and bitter. Light bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Spring Valley Brewery Kyoto
on 15 May 2019
at 23:53
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap at Spring Valley Kyoto but brewed at Kirin's Shiga factory. 496 IPA? IPL? Pale ale? 6.5% 45 IBU They don't seem to know what style it is so I will decide for them, some oily type of budget pale ale. Copper color with a mild pine hop bouquet with some honey sweet malt notes. The medium body is slick in texture and reminds me of low-end IPAs shipped without refrigeration- think an IPA where the hops have faded or a really budget macro-IPA, if released in the 1980s it could've been something.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2017
at 22:06
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Pours clear golden, amber-ish hue to it. Hops are there, fruity and a bit tropical, overall, not very strong. Taste is also exhibiting some hop characteristics but not much there to show, kind of limp. Kind of remind me these Kirin’s IPA’s I can find from convenience stores. Not bad but not yet there. Keep trying!
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jun 2017
at 01:14
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Tap at the Daikanyama brew pub. They say it is "like an IPA but not really." Nose of candied oranges and lemon. Smells a bit syrupy. Sweet, syrupy flavor, very fruity in a fake way and cloying. The most disappointing of the visit.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2015
at 19:22