Fresh Hop IPA
Tamamura-Honten (Shiga Kogen Beer) in Shimotakai, Nagano, Japan 🇯🇵
IPA Regular|
Score
7.00
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"Harvest Brew"とは名乗ってませんが、もちろん、仕込み当日に、ぼくらが一粒一粒手摘みした獲れたての生ホップをアロマホップとしてたっぷりつかんで仕込んだ、生ホップのIPAです。"イースト"フレテレンの旅で感動した、名産ビールに刺激を受けてつくりました。まあ、たぶんスペックも原料もだいぶ違うんだろうと思いますが。マリスオッターとピルスナーの2つのモルトをつかった明るいブロンド。自家栽培のホップは、カスケードを中心に、ウィラメット。生ホップならではのみずみずしさは、もちろん最大の特徴。同じIPAということで、絶賛発売中の、IPA Harvest Brewとまぎらわしいのですが、色目も飲み口も全く違います。IPA Harvest Brewとくらべると、苦味はやや抑えめ。でも、つかっているホップの量は、むしろちょっと多いくらい。ホップの投入のタイミングなんかも含めて、よりモダンなIPAのつくりかたで仕上げてます。うちのカスケードは、ちょっと小さい日本のミカンみたいな香りが特徴ですが、そこにちょっとヨーロッパのノーブルホップみたいなニュアンスも。口に含むと、ほんのり柔らかな甘みを感じますが、引けはあくまでもドライで、度数を感じないでどんどん飲めちゃう感じ。今年はDPA、Pale Ale、Miyama BlondeのHarvest Brew版はつくらなかったのですが、それらの飲み口をひとまとめにして、さらに IPAにしちゃった感じ、なんて書いたら、さすがに乱暴!?食事の間を通して、もう、これだけでいいんじゃないかなっていうくらい、守備範囲も広い、ドリンカブルな仕上がり。ばっちり、当初のイメージ通り出来ました。できれば毎年つくっていきたいこいつ。
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Shiga Kogen Fresh Hop IPA 6.5% Matte gold with a thick rocky head that lingers and a slightly fruity but mostly herbal hop bouquet that smells quite fresh. Medium to full bodied with a slight citrus up front then big herbal green vegetal bitterness. I kind of get the feeling these are a Japanese grown C-hop like cascade or centennial. Definitely one of the nicer domestic fresh hop beers. Roughly 600¥ to boot. From 2022.
2025 version:
Shiga Kogen Fresh Hop IPA 6.5%
Nice light gold color with smfluufyvwhute foam that was gone fast. Light bodied and crisp the overall feel is bitter but balance. Nice stuff, much more enjoyable than the Fresh hop ale.
2025 version:
Shiga Kogen Fresh Hop IPA 6.5%
Nice light gold color with smfluufyvwhute foam that was gone fast. Light bodied and crisp the overall feel is bitter but balance. Nice stuff, much more enjoyable than the Fresh hop ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2024
at 12:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Hopped Up. Pours clear light golden with a medium sized white head, light lacing. Floral, grassy, pine, mild bitter. Ok
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2024
at 19:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from the brewery. Fresh nose, herbal, piny, minty, apricots, oranges. Hazy deep golden color. Very piny, resiny flavor, some tropical fruit and citrus, bready malt. Finish is grassy and very bitter. The body is crisp and light. A fun beer, very grassy and resiny and herbal. Somewhat too bitter, but I got used to it. These guys know how to work with fresh hops--unlike just about everyone else in Japan. They're not the greatest hops but they work in this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2022
at 01:04
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
medium straw color. Rocky white head. Pungent, minty and citrusy nose. Slightly astringent bitter palate. Very clean. Well balanced bur nothing spectacular
Tried
on 16 Jan 2022
at 11:59