Bottle 330ml. [ As Hitachino Nest Daidai IPA ].Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, pale malt, moderate hoppy, fruity hops, spicy hops, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity hops, old hops, spicy hops. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20170930] 7-3-6-3-12

Bottle, 6.2%. Slightly hazy golden with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops, citrus, little orange and a little grapefruit. Flavour is malt, fruit, hops, grapefruit, caramel, little orange, little toasted, medium sweet and medium bitter.

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 300917

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration, Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, flowers, malt, grass, pine and hops. Medium bitter finish.

330ml bottle. Clear, orangey golden colour with average, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Citrusy fruity aroma, notes of mandarine, mandarine zest with a leafy-herbal-spicy touch. Taste is bitter hoppy and bitter zesty, citrusy fruity, notes of mandarine, mandarine zest with minimally soapy and herbal, peppery spicy touch, dry, pale and caramel malty basis.

Draught at Haymaker, 6/11/17.
Lightly-to-minimally hazy, drab, brass-golden with a small, white head showing low retention.
Light citrus up front is quickly pushed out of the way by light-to-moderate caramel-like maltiness with a fair bit of oxidation and fruity esters mixing in on the finish. Neither fruit nor hop seems even remotely fresh and rather quite the opposite. But it’s clean, anyways, with no alcohol noted.
Rather tired, very malt-forward and quite fruity, in the mouth, with a malty, yet fairly dry texture bolstered by low but engaging carbonation. Unfortunately, there’s just so little hop character remaining here and what’s left is just vegetal, vaguely citric and rather peppery. It’s all given to the bready, biscuity malt and there’s even some oxidation already. Obviously this must be a better beer if fresh, though given that it’s coming from Japan, I’m not sure how fresh you can realistically get it. Will probably seek out a bottle assuming they’re dated and see if I can find a relatively fresh one and then give this another go.

RBESG 2017, sampled on July 22, 2017.At Põrgu Õllelokaal, Tallinn.From bottle.Clear amber color, white head. Malty, sweet, fat, herbal scent. Malty, fruity taste. Herbal, bitter aftertaste. Warming alcohol. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness.7/3/7/3/13=3.3

33cl Bottle at Porgu, tfs Jinroh! Clear golden orange colour, white head. Aroma of citrus, mandarin, orange, a bit sharp. Flavour is medium sweet, malty, caramel, orange, mandarin, light citrusy, minerals, bitter finish. Light bodied, oily moutfheel. Decent, but not my kind of IPA.

Really enjoying this. Initially, didn't pick up much orange but as it warmed it's like a liquid marmalade.