Draught at Popeye’s. Clear copper with medium head. Crisp citrus aroma. Hops, cirus and some pine, pretty solid pale ale flavor. Medium/light body, crisp and refreshing. A good brew.

Small offwhite coarse head. Light amber body. Sweet tropical fruit (mango?) and perfume hop aroma with roasty, malty background. Dense sweet dryish taste of tropical fruit and roasted malts with strong citric hops background. Some carbonation in mouth, and some chalk. Soft and smooth mouthfeel. Wonderfully clear and distinct taste. Smoky, dry taste lingers. Powerful taste, but still highly drinkable. Very nice. A really good APA. (0.35l can. First time in Japan, second time gift from Naito-san.)

A slightly hazy orange beer with a thin orange head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of hops and quite a lot of fruit. The flvaor is sweet with notes of peaches and oranges as well as a grassy hop note, leading to a dry hoppy end. The body is a bit thin.

A lovely light amber color, opens up to a bouquet of critusy hops (cascade) and caramel malt. The body shows a good mingling of hops and malt and as the beer warms up apples, oranges and sherry provide the back bone that mixes in with sweet caramel malty overtones. Finishes dry like a good brute. Very refined. However, I think Mr. Ishii took some recipes with him from Stone. Malt profile quiet similar to Stone AB. This could easily pass for a Stone pale ale IMO. A definete must if visting Japan. 4.0 and that is my rating from 2003. deep amber color. Apricot and apples in the nose. Modest hoppiness. Very drinkable approachable APA.