Nasu Kogen Beer Company Nine-Tailed Fox

Nine-Tailed Fox

 

Nasu Kogen Beer Company in Nasu, Tochigi, Japan 🇯🇵

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
7.06
ABV: 11.0% IBU: 30 Ticks: 17
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7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Beer Rize.
Pours clear light amber with a small beige head, some lacing. Sweet malts, toffee, fruit, spicy hops, resin.
Good

Tried from Draft at Beer Rize on 31 Dec 2025 at 14:06


8.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Tap at Popeye. 2010 version. Clear amber colour, not much head. Aroma is fruity, steeped berries, spicy caramel if that makes any sense, popcorn. Taste is lovely, soft and bit sweet, hint of booze, but not in your face, toffee apple, Caramel. Dangerously drinkable for the strength. Hides the alcohol very well. Very much enjoying these Japanese Barley Wines at the moment. Lovely!

Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2019 at 15:53


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Keyaki fall 2016. Malty nose with honey and caramel and some alcohol on the nose. Syrupy body, more sweetness with some bitterness that kicks in mid-palate to finish. Well-balanced. Maybe a tad young, but I’m not a big barley wine fan anyway. Decent I guess. --- Beer merged from original tick of Nine-Tailed Fox Barleywine on 18 Sep 2016 at 23:39 - Score: 7

Tried on 23 Sep 2016 at 22:51


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

On Tap at Oedo Beer Festival in Kanda, 2015 version, from a super small, 5 litre steel keg. Pours nice amberish golden, small head. Looking beautiful and fresh. Aroma is sweetish, some honey, malt character and also some herbal bitterness. First sip reveals some sweetness, herbal bitter flavour intensifies a bit but is still balanced with the strong and sticky body. Nice, but definitely too young - this beer would taste terrific after a few years of ageing. I even feel a bit guilty to drink it in this not-prime condition as the flavours are still edgy, somewhat green and still need more time to come together.

Tried from Draft on 09 Nov 2015 at 21:25


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tap at Popeye, Tokyo. 12.0 %. Clear amber color, not much head. Aroma has alcohol, bread and light fruityness. Medium-bodied to full-bodied. Alcoholic kick, woody and dry. Some bitterness. Simple.

Tried from Draft on 17 Jul 2014 at 04:00


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Keg at Popeye, Tokyo. Hazy amber, small head. Minerally melon aroma. Sweet with full body and rounded mouthfeel. Fruity and caramelly with crystal malt and minerals. Long bitter finish.

Tried on 22 Feb 2014 at 01:21


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Ceramic bottle 500ml. w. cap & swing top. [ As Nine-Tailed Fox 2000 ]. [ Vintage 2009 ]. ABV: 12.0%. Clear medium orange colour with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, dried fruit, cheese, smelly feet. Flavour is moderate sweet with a long duration, dried fruit, caramel, alcohol, tart fruit notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20121110]

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2013 at 07:42


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at Popeye, Tokyo. Served in a champagne flute. Amber colour with a minimal white head. Some lacing. Sweet honey aroma, butterscotch, tubble gum. Flavour of honey, tubble gum.

Tried from Draft on 25 Mar 2013 at 18:10


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Golden-orange colour with no head. Aroma is oxidation, malt, alcohol, fruit, sugar. Flavour is oxidation, malt, alcohol, fruit, sugar, tropical fruit. OK beer.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Feb 2013 at 00:34


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle, 75cl ceramic. Vintage 2009 it seems. 12% ABV. It pours an almost clear orange-golden body and no head. Quite oily. The aroma has some fruityness, and lots of malty sugar and some peaches and other tropical fruits. There’s some warmth on the palate, it’s full-bodied and a bit sticky, but far from cloying. The flavor has lots of malts, some sugar and a little touch of peaches, finishing more or less in the same way. A nice one, but it lacks on complexity and it could use some more bitterness.. 121110

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2012 at 09:34