Captain Crow Extra Pale Ale
Oh! La! Ho in Tomi, Nagano, Japan 🇯🇵
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.85
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Experience an unusual hop aroma! It features more than double the usual hops, a hop aroma that is directly transmitted to the nostrils, and a bitter taste that invites a second glass!
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Has a light amber, with a touch of chill haze. Thin head. Has a hint of mushroomy, slightly earthy hop. Has a fair amount of earthy bitterness, but the hop aroma is not very expressive. Has some biscuity malt character, and if you ignore the old C hop character could be an old school EPA.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2016
at 21:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Pale amber, clear, with a white head. Aroma of bread crusts, pine with a medicinal touch, tenor register citrus. Quite full bodied for only 5%. Moderate carbonation. Kumquat and some nectarine, not much of a yelp from the malt side of things except for a bit of an old-school bottle ESB boiled lolly thing. Resinous and somewhat herbal finish is not quite dry but plenty bitter. A bit heavy and naggingly bitter where I’d hoped for refreshing and zesty. Indeed after a while some grapefruit emerges that was obscured. Pretty good but a tad crude.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jun 2016
at 08:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Bakushu Club Popeye, Tokyo. Clear deep golden to amber, with a minimal, white head. Fruity and hoppy aroma with mild piney notes, citrus and pale malt. Moderate sweet with nice fruity flavours and a medium bitter finish. Tasty and refreshing ale!
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Apr 2016
at 08:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Poured into a teku glass showing moderate filtration and dark amber hues with half a finger of clean white foam. The nose shows a few steel tank notes and mostly sharp clean notes of pine and cannabis. A few notes of dried pineapple. The palate is well carbonated and surprisingly light bodied. Very smooth and clean body. Flavors are simple - mostly light tropical fruits, neither particularly juicy or ripe nor unripe, just in the middle. Finally, a respectable Japanese craft pale ale that I can get regularly!
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jul 2015
at 08:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle thanks to Neil. Now this is a find. Pours a clear orange color with a medium white head. A big citrus nose. The flavor is robust sweet citrus, caramel, some floral hops. Very smooth and easy, but flavorful. This is a hell of a pale. Very smooth, super fresh. Awesome. Had some Zombie Dust yesterday, this is almost as good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2015
at 23:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at CBM Jimbocho. Pine needles, floral hops, citrus and grapefruit on the nose with hints of malt and brown sugar. Fairly well-balanced with the sweetness of the malts smoothing out the bitterness of the hops. Has a citrus tang going on as well on the palate. Leans a little more into IPA territory with the floral hop blast. Nice dry finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Captain Crow Extra Pale Ale on 29 May 2015 at 09:12 - Score: 7
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Mar 2015
at 06:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
350 ml can. Golden yellow with off-white head. Aromas of floral, citrus, stone fruit. Tastes of floral and bitter hops, grapefruit citrus. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Dec 2014
at 23:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Amber gold color. Apricots and apples in the nose, fairly aggressively hopped. The mouth is light with a full in hop assault, but doesn’t forget the malt. But big hop assault. Bit lingering bitter finish. Much more of a session IPA rather than an extra pale ale, but whatever this stuff is great.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2014
at 00:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Le Collier. Lovely grapefruit nose, mandarin oranges, light bready malts. Deep orange, cloudy, with a fine, bubbly head. Grapefruit pulp and zest, oranges, very bitter. A bit of Chinese medicine. Smooth and crisp body. Good stuff, just a bit too bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Oct 2014
at 06:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From a small plastic cup at Keyaki Hiroba. Pours nice pale, golden. Very fresh aroma, clean hops. Taste is also nicely dry hopped but still very well balance with a light body. Truly easy drinking, fruity but not too malty. Really nice actually.
Tried
on 22 Sep 2014
at 09:37