First Impact
Ushi-Tora Brewing in Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan 🇯🇵
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Regular|
Score
6.73
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Probably the latest version of this... does RB really need 3 entries for it? Ushitora First Impact American Black IPA Cola black with a light beige head and ruby highlights. The aroma is pine and roasty malts. Medium bodied and super smooth with a soft round mouthfeel. The taste is toasty roasty dark malts, oats and chocolate with soft piney hops. Well balanced and a great example of the style.
willisread (9761) reviewed First Impact #111 from Ushi-Tora Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at Bankan. Pours a hazy deep brown with a small head. Dark chocolate aromas with a weird chalky, sweet aroma that lingers. Dark fruit and bitter hoppiness on the palate. More roasted cacao nib. Feels a little one-dimensional. --- Beer merged from original tick of Uetake #111 First Impact on 12 Sep 2016 at 19:55 - Score: 7. Original review text: Dark chocolate and bit of a weird sweetness on the nose. Dark fruit. Bitter hippiness on the palate with roasted cacao nib. It's ok.
willisread (9761) reviewed First Impact #055 from Ushi-Tora Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Tap at Ushi-Tora. Deep brown to black with some slight cloudiness. Huge roasted malt-forward nose with dark chocolate, grass and hop aromas. Average carbonation with a medium body. More roasted malt notes come out on the palate. Bitter, roasty finish with some light grassy hops. Finish is a little spiky and rough. --- Beer merged from original tick of First Impact #055 on 01 Apr 2016 at 19:24 - Score: 6. Original review text: Roasted malt nose, chocolate, astringent bitterness in the palate. Roasty finish with a touch of grassiness.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed First Impact #055 from Ushi-Tora Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at Komachi. Roasty nose, light citrus and grass. A bit of chocolate and coffee. Light body and flavor, a bit thin. Crisp and dry. Roasty but no big chocolate or rich malt. Ok hops. Nice enough but not special. Very thin and light.
TimE (11146) reviewed First Impact #055 from Ushi-Tora Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
dark brown color. Cappuccino color nose. Medium body fairly decent. Not as hoppy or as good as the Baird version though