Zeus Bitter
Shimane Beer Co. / Beer Hearn in Matsue, Shimane, Japan 🇯🇵
Bitter Regular|
Score
6.77
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Kaeru. Aroma is grassy hops, malt. Taste is similar. Quite nice in an inoffensive way. Refreshing, bitter finish, with light sweet maltiness lingering. Bit of biscuit.
TimE (11146) reviewed Zeus Bitter from Shimane Beer Co. / Beer Hearn 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
I thought this was much more of a white IPA than a bitter. nice fruity minty , banana cream nose. Medium body, modest bitterness, good minty bitter finish. Pretty decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Can from Tanakaya. Pours a hazy glowing gold with 2 fingers of foam that lingers. Big banana aromas with clove and fresh cut grass. Dry on the palate with more green notes and scratchy carbonation. Some lemon citrus as well. Not bad. --- Beer merged from original tick of Zeus Bitter on 14 Oct 2016 at 18:50 - Score: 6. Original review text: Green grass, banana and clove dominate the nose. Dry on the palate. Green bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at Ibaraki Bakuon. Sold out so I headed to Yamaoka for a bottle. Generally a bitter is served in a pint but I decided to go for a tulip. 5.5% Quite a good looking clear gold pour with a thick soapy looking white head of foam. It has a juicy herbal aroma with a touch of funk & grassiness that puts me in mind of some saisons. The taste is really quite good - floral, herbal and earthy with a dose of funk, some biscuity sweetness and a dry slightly bitter finish. Very crisp and refreshing, this is a sessionable beer that just screams "drink me on a sunny summer day" no wonder it sold out so incredibly fast at Ibaraki Bakuon. Yeah while it isn’t an outstanding beer that will knock your socks off, all these ratings of "nothing special" have me pleasantly surprised by a beer that is quite solid and flavorful. Could also be this compares very favorably to my two previous beers of the night some budget Silly beers...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught at Wachi. Medium copper color with lace. Malty nose, caramel, earthy, somewhat sweaty. Medium malt flavor with light hops. Bland but nicely drinkable.