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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at iBrew. Light amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is nice, NZ hops, fruity, peach bit of grapefruit. Taste is nice too, fruity again, nice bitter finish, bit of a spicy malty bite, but mostly hops. Exactly what I expected it to be.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
6/10
Tried
on 15 Nov 2018
at 12:11
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle (thanks jinroh). Aroma is bit farty, citrus, fruits, sour. Flavor is sweet and bitter, caramel, citrus, malt. Finish is dry bitter. Overall: ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2017
at 13:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft - Intense mango. Clear gold with a nice white head. Mango and some nice balancing bitterness. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Feb 2017
at 09:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at CBM Jimbocho. Big fruit aromas: grapefruit, papaya and passion fruit. Light body. Taste is more of the same with orange zest and a slight hint of clove and malt in the background. Crisp and dry. Super refreshing. --- Beer merged from original tick of Namahage IPA on 16 Feb 2016 at 22:21
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2015
at 09:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From a plastic cup @ Japan Brewers Cup Festival 2014. Looks pale, a bit hazy. Aroma is not too strong but reveals some oily and pine-needle character, hinting a hoppy brew. Taste is bitter as it should be - but remains perhaps a bit watery. Aftertaste is long, bitter and enjoyable. Some sweetness in the body, has some passionfruit aromas and taste.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2014
at 19:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Watering Hole, Tokyo. Hazy golden colour with a white head. Mild hops aroma with some citrus. Subtle IPA flavour.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Mar 2013
at 18:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Q-Brick. Batch 2. Grass and citrus nose, light caramel malts. Copper with lace. Grass and sweat, minerals, light caramel malt backing. Very well balanced and smooth, oily body. Nice stuff.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2012
at 16:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Definitive kiwi ipa. Beyond balanced, tons of Nelson sav, excellent backbone. Arguably a pale ale, but if that is the case, a new benchmark has been made. After coming back from NZ recently, I am very confident in saying this is a benchmark, or near a benchmark. Only 8wire can compete with this quality. After having this many many times over the past 11 months, I can say the first batch was clearly the best and deserved the 4.0 rating. However, since then, this been has fluctuated between 3.0 and 3.6. it still should get credit for the first batch I tasted, but new rating reflects first rating and numerous other samples this year.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2011
at 07:25