Espresso Beer
Niigata Beer in Niigata-shi, Niigata, Japan 🇯🇵
Stout Regular|
Score
6.42
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5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle shared. Thanks Raul! Jet black with no head. Sour blackberry nose with big roasted malt aromas. More sourness on the palate with some very high percentage cacao 80 percent or higher. Wine-like somehow, but not in a good way. Like old wine that has been oxidized. More roasted malt on the finish. Needs some work. --- Beer merged from original tick of Niigata Espresso Beer on 09 Oct 2016 at 19:58 - Score: 6. Original review text: It's ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2016
at 06:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Waseda Oktoberfest. Pours dark brown, almost black with jet a few bubbles on top.Aroma is sourish, has a bit of roast also. tastes actually interesting, that sour thing is still there but I am also getting lots of bitter chocolate and some dusty cocoa. What I am missing is actually... coffee or espresso, whatever they claim to have been using. Overall, I am happy that I tried this, beer is not bad and probably one of the best Niigata beers out there. Still a bit weak for the style though - and this sourness is not really right,
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2016
at 08:37
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from Yamaoka, it poured a dark brown that was black in the glass with a medium body. The taste was decent with a true bitter coffee burst of flavor so it lived up to it’s name. I second WestKyoto when he says the mouthfeel is a bit on the thin side for a stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2014
at 16:03
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle. Black with a dark brown, frothy, chocolate-Espresso head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, licorice. Flavors more of the same, though a bit too much sourness in there as well. Interesting licorice and coffee flavor. Creamy. Decent, though it felt like it could be put together a bit more smoothly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2010
at 17:54
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Pours deep brown with a thin, wispy, tan head. Aroma is sweet molasses, roasted malt, coffee, and lightly earthy. Body is thin, which detracts from the enjoyment. Has a very rich coffee flavor. Roasted malt, licorice, cocoa, soap, and molasses. Finish is sorta tangy/metallic and bittersweet. Meh, could definitly use a thicker body and a more complex flavor. Also the finish wasn’t very good.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2007
at 06:12