IPA
Shimane Beer Co. / Beer Hearn in Matsue, Shimane, Japan 🇯🇵
IPA Regular|
Score
6.45
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Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed IPA from Shimane Beer Co. / Beer Hearn 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap at Bungalow. Dark brown with orange and a fine head. Very cloudy, muddy even. Nose of chocolate, caramel pine, earthy, phenolic burnt rubber. Roasty as well! More porter than IPA. Some resins. Weird stuff. Ok tasting, but too phenolic and I have no idea why it is called an IPA. Even if it is supposed to be British, it’s more a brown porter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
On tap at Bungalow, it is a completely opaque reddish-brown with a soft cocoa powder & roasted malts aroma nice but odd for an IPA. The taste is huge roasty malts, a bit sweet and slightly bitter - pine and maybe citrus in the finish. Not at all IPA like but an OK beer. It makes me think of a barley tea with all that earthy roastiness.