Can. Pours a medium brown with ruby highlites and a nice light tan head. Aroma is sweet malt with a light roast note as well. Brown sugar and toasted crackers are there, too. Aroma isn’t bad, but it’s very unnoticeable. Mouth is thin and creamy. Has a pleasent, though not remarkable, flavor. Sweet malt, brown sugar, and a metallic edge. Finishes with more metal than anything. Won’t be missed.

My first ever happo-shu! Who says you can’t have any new beer experiences after 5000? This, I presume, is the grainy brother of Ichiban Kuronama. Dark brown colour. Rapidly fading head. The aroma is mainly chocolatey, with hints of toast and caramel. The body is quite thin, with a little burnt character but little else. Some light toffee-accent sugar. Finishes water and grainy. I suppose it is relatively inoffensive for a beer with so little malt it is not even considered beer in its home country.