W-IPA
Kumazawa Brewing (Shonan Beer) in Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan 🇯🇵
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.48
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at Craft Beer Market Awajicho. Opaque amber colour, small creamy golden head. Aroma is bit soapy, citrus, b.o. Hoppiness, skunky, pungent, good. Taste is similar, grapefruit, bitter, light caramel maltiness, bit sticky too. Pretty decent. Want to try it again. Had again at the mile post, dec. 2014. Lovely. This time lots of pineapple as well as the grapefruit. Like a lower alcohol House IPA. Sticky tropical fruit, minerals. Great stuff. Big score increase.
GenDV138 (9249) reviewed W-IPA from Kumazawa Brewing (Shonan Beer) 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Regular pour on draft at iBrew. Clear golden yellow with off-white head. Aromas of tropical, floral, citrus. Tastes of same with bright fruit. Medium body with a dry finish. Really good!
TimE (11146) reviewed W-IPA from Kumazawa Brewing (Shonan Beer) 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Light Amber brown color. Deep rich grapefruit, citrus nose with a touch of sweet maltiness in the background. Friggin awesome nose. The mouth has an amazing malt backbone that perfectly balances the hop assault of stone fruit, grapefruit, apricot and pure fuckin awesomeness. Moderately bitterness finish that is rounded by some malt sweetness. Fuckin eh, this is the best imperial IPA in Japan and competes easily against top stuff in the US. WOW, WOW and more WOW
Ferris (26026) reviewed W-IPA from Kumazawa Brewing (Shonan Beer) 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft - very sweet tropical fruits on the nose. Clearish orang with a rich white head. Sweet and tropical with lots of mango. A little light for DIPA, but very drinkable with little bitterness.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed W-IPA from Kumazawa Brewing (Shonan Beer) 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught at Marciero. Deep red color with orange tints and a low, fine head. Big nose of citrus and tropical fruits. Huge fruit flavors: cherry, orange, apple, passion fruit. Wow, bursting out. Very tropical. A bit hot, a bit bitter, works well. Just a bit too sweet, but lovely.