Japanese Lager with tea

Tap at Porta. Very pale gold with a greenish tint, clear, and a low head. Lemony nose, light, crackery malt, and the green tea definitely comes through though I would not have been able to label it tea. Slightly perfumy flavor, citrus hops, umami from the tea. Smooth and rich flavor, silky and slightly sweet. Tasty stuff, and the tea is really used well, even though we were stumped to guess what was in this.

Two Rabbits Japanese Lager with Tea 5% It’s a lovely light straw gold with pillowy white foam and an earthy floral citrusy aroma. Light bodied, crisp and dry. The taste is quite earthy but changeable which gives it a certain complexity but I can’t seem to pin down what tea they used. It free minds me if some earthy almost metallic Chinese or Taiwanese tea I had years ago but cannot recall the name. Interesting but I think it’d be more successful with a simpler more straightforward variety of tea.