Shikkoku
Kyodo Shoji Coedo Brewery in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan 🇯🇵
Lager - Schwarzbier / Black Lager Regular|
Score
6.61
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft tasting glass @ Pudel – Tallinn. Black, small tanned. S: massive liquorice, roast, treacle, raw bark, roots, all liquorice. T: black liquorice, roots, anis, star anis, syrup, molasses, dark grape. Flat molasses & liquorice syrup body, star anis. Well-made but definitely too black liquorice for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 May 2018
at 13:51
6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
20/3/2018. Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours an attractive looking opaque black with an average sized beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark fruits, chocolate and wood, with a hint of stewed veg and liquorice. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, watery texture, average carbonation. Finish is a touch sour, slightly burnt and malty. Not overly keen on this, looks were a little deceiving.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2018
at 17:43
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle @ Albert's Shed. Pours dark brown, small off-white bubbles atop. Grainy dark malts on the nose. Taste is dark malts, light brown bread, toast, faint grainy chocolate with earthy, woody notes. Thin bodied. Unremarkable, but for a dark lager it's drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2018
at 19:17
7.5/10
Almost as jet black as Japanese hair. Not quite as tasty, though.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2018
at 22:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
333ml bottle, brought back from Japan by a friend, cheers Shirley. Poured into a large Leffe chalice at home on 27th Nov 2017. Red hue to the dark body, swiftly dissipating head. Malty nose, charred malts in fact, not burnt or smoky, just charred: as it warmed a little chocolate and coffee esters came through. Good hop bitterness through the malty sweetness in the taste. Earthy, woody and nutty, liked it, the warming of the beer mad a huge difference to the taste also, with chocolate and coffee flavours arriving, like in the aroma. Pity the head did a runner so swiftly, or this could have been a really high scoring beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2017
at 10:58
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
At a tasting, thanks, almost no head, cola brown color, aroma of wood and roasted notes, flavor of chocolate and cocoa,roasted and dark bread hints, light sourness, light bodied. Pleasant and easy to drink.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2017
at 01:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Coedo Hong Kong. Almost black with a tan head. Aroma and taste of roasted malt, grain and some fruit. The body was medium.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Nov 2017
at 20:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at tasting at Yoav's place. Thanks Tom L. Dark brown. Caramel, nuts, a bit of chocolate, a bit of oxidation, some roast, some coffee, medium-bodied. Pretty nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2017
at 15:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle @ Okonomiyaki restaurant, Shibuya, Tokyo. Smooth, slightly roasty and earthy schwarzbier with some hints of malts and chocolate. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2017
at 06:36
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
On tap at CRAFT Sukhumvit, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out toasted malt, a touch of caramel and some molasses. Flavour is soft, with molasses, toasted malt and some bitter cocoa on the finish, with an almost sour tinge. It's decent, but doesn't seem optimal in this state. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jul 2017
at 02:57