Gougin
Daisen G Beer in Saihaku, Tottori, Japan 🇯🇵
Speciality Grain Regular|
Score
7.10
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8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keyaki. Opaque, golden blond orange colour, small white head. Aroma is bit citrusy, maybe lime and a bit funky. Belgian saison like herbal elements and a bit of tripel sweetness. Taste is equally mixed. More saison like, quite dry, but with a lightly fruity Belgian sweetness. Quite grainy too. I like this. Possibly feels a bit boozy though.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
7/10
Apparently made with some amount of nihonshu (sake)? Quite smooth, goes down easily, deceptively strong-ish (for Asia).
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2019
at 17:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
On tap at Raku. Pours a orangeish color with a large white head. A big bready funky nose. Fresh lemon, rice, earthy notes, sort of a funky note. Quite nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jul 2017
at 01:32
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cloudy. Light tan. Has a yeasty nose. Has a dry character with a light fruity touch.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2016
at 12:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Tanakaya. Big yeast-forward driven nose with some sake notes. More saison like notes come out as it warms. Average carbonation with a medium to medium heavy body. Sweet on the palate but not too cloying. The yeast really keeps things interesting. Slightly peppery on the finish. Very enjoyable for fans of Belgian styles. --- Beer merged from original tick of Gougin (強吟) on 04 Jun 2016 at 22:25 - Score: 7. Original review text: Very super saison like with pear on the nose. Sweet malts and a nice peppery finish that's warming. Great!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2016
at 09:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Golden color. Thin white head. Big, distinctive yeasty character with sweet malty backbone. The base beer is a bit off and cloying but I enjoy the yeast character.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2015
at 03:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
A beer made with sake yeast. 6.5% On tap at Beer Komachi a nice bare bones place in a neglected shopping arcade near Higashiyama station. The beer pours a fairly clear gold with a fruity, yoghurty aroma. The taste clearly owes a great deal to the yeast, yoghurt lactic quality, tart fruitiness and a dry palate cleansing finish. Really interesting and probably one of the better sake-beer hybrids out there.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2014
at 06:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Yamaoka. Orange-gold color, hazy, tall, fine head. Fruity nose, rice, malt, wheat, estery. Sweet, fruity, spicy flavor. You can taste the ginjo yeast. Lemon, melon, peaches, lots of orange, light bitterness, light funk. Interesting stuff. Too sweet to be super drinkable, but tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2014
at 03:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Sweet grains, ginger and light lemon. Almost clear gold with a thin white head. Light sweet grain, which is the rice, lychee and some apricot. With all the fruit this isn’t very sweet just flavourful. No bitterness and a rich mouthfeel. I don’t know if I really like this but it is an interesting beer that I would like to puzzle over again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2013
at 16:24