Coriander Black
North Island Beer in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan 🇯🇵
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Herbal Regular|
Score
6.85
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Craft Beer Bar Yokohama. Dark brown, golden head. Aroma is roasty bit chocolate, coriander herbal, quite sweet. Taste is nice, herby, perfumey, nice roast, like a weird black ipa. Floral, and pretty nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap pours out dark brown almost black topped with a small tan head. Nose is vegetables some herb notes coriander I suppose and some grain. Taste is more of the coriander forward herb notes some earthy Hops and a little bit of perfume.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Nov 2018
at 23:09
9/10
What a treat.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Apr 2018
at 16:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 8
2016 re-rate: Tap at Gremlin. Big roasted malt aromas with some dark roasted coffee in the background. Medium body, but a little thinner than I remember it seems. Roasted, bitter finish that is borderline astringent. Seems to have gotten more one-dimensional that it was a few years back. On tap at Beer Bar North Island. Served in a half pint shaker. Coffee black with a minimal off-white head. Wonderful lacing the whole way down the glass. Corriander, nutmeg and coffee notes on the nose. Toasted malts, and charred vegetable comes out as well. Somewhat creamy mouthfeel. Complex finish with hints of sweetness along with the aforementioned bitterness. A very unique beer. --- Beer merged from original tick of North Island Coriander Black on 30 Mar 2015 at 15:00 - Score: 8
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Feb 2015
at 08:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Half pint draft at Craft Heads. Black with light tan head. Aromas of roast, caramel, chocolate. Tastes of roasty notes, herbal, caramel, dark chocolate. medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2014
at 19:10
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft - A bit herbal, coffee and some roast malts. Pitch black with a thin brown head. Dark malts and a vegetal herbal quality, coriander? Not sure, as I know i am looking for it and not sure what I am getting along with the roast. It is a vegetal bitterness though which I don’t thin overall make for a good beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Nov 2013
at 03:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Dark brown colour with a large beige head. Coriander, fruit aroma. Flavour is very much spices, coriander.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2013
at 20:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the North Island Brewpub in Sapporo (and I had a bottle later on at home). It poured a great dark black with a good inch of tan foam. The aroma had the coriander front and center and the flavor started with the spice and ended with a roast coffee flavor. Excellent! Probably one of the best stouts I’ve had in Japan and also a fairly innovative beer, kudos!
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2013
at 04:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
4th August 2012
ChrisOs Marvellous Pre GBBF Mega Tasting. Dark brown beer, little tan head. Light dry palate. Light dark malts. Refreshing fruity coriander and citrus. Limey fruits on top. Dry finish. Interesting tasty beer.
ChrisOs Marvellous Pre GBBF Mega Tasting. Dark brown beer, little tan head. Light dry palate. Light dark malts. Refreshing fruity coriander and citrus. Limey fruits on top. Dry finish. Interesting tasty beer.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2012
at 14:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig, 2012, London. Pours brown with a small, off-white head. Dark malt nose with some grapes and herbs. Light sweet flavor with some tang and dirt. Light boided with soft, fine carbonation. Light sweet finish with further tang and some misplaced spices. Not great, really.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2012
at 09:47