Black (Kuronama)
Asahi Breweries in Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
Lager - Dunkel / Tmavý Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.01
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Ingredients: Dark roasted malt; hops; rice; maize; Asahi’s pure cultured yeast.
Japan’s favourite dark beer. Brewed in Osaka, Asahi Black is made from three different roasted malts. This gives it a rich, nutty flavour and makes it incredibly smooth-drinking. Unlike other, more bitter dark beers and stouts, it’s brewed in a process called bottom fermentation, which gives it a subtle, sweet edge and smooth 5% abv.
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Old rating from 2014 - 330ml bottle. Pours not quite black with a white head. Aromas & tastes of dark fruits, coffee, burnt caramel, chocolate, nuts, hints of spice & malt. Moderate body. Dry mildly bitter finish
JuanMartin (257) ticked Black (Kuronama) from Asahi Breweries 1 year ago
Bought from shop in Chatswood, drank in Belrose NSW. Not bad, nothing to write home about.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Black (Kuronama) from Asahi Breweries 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Taichung Brothers baseball game. Pours out dark brown almost black topped with a tan head. Nose is nice roast malts malts some ash and a little chocolate. Taste is more of the nice rich roast malts and some ash.
Basementonline (12540) ticked Black (Kuronama) from Asahi Breweries 2 years ago
#japan
TedE (2767) reviewed Black (Kuronama) from Asahi Breweries 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Big poster in You restaurant, Surfers Paradise. Says 'Asahi Kuronama'. I order a bottle. Label is mostly Japanese except the words 'Munich-style Fortune Phoenix'. Apparently re-launched Nov 2021. On with the review....334ml bottle into glass, mahogany red with a large head of foam. Nose is roasted barley and toast. Patchy lacing.Taste is zingy, refreshing. Smooth and flat in the mouth. Very very easy to drink. Finish is dry. Bitter cocoa with distant fruit and chocolate. Goes great with gyozas!
Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Black (Kuronama) from Asahi Breweries 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
330ml bottle. Pours black with a beige head. Aroma: lightly roasted malts & coffee hints. Taste: light with with caramel, cola & coffee notes. Thin body, dry finish
TimE (11146) reviewed Black (Kuronama) from Asahi Breweries 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
I drank this May 2019 in Takamatsu, Japan and check the serving machine that had a sticker saying Kuronama. There was also a hand written sign “kuronama is back”, so I guess it’s back. Brown color. Metallic nose with faint roastiness. Mouth is light, nice cola and coffee notes with a bit of caramel. Very drinkable and passable schwartz.
bb (18428) reviewed Black (Kuronama) from Asahi Breweries 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft. Dark mahogany beer with a dark cream head. Light caramel aroma. Caramel and light roast flavor. Medium bodied. Caramel and light fruitiness lingers.
cmacklin (5055) reviewed Black (Kuronama) from Asahi Breweries 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
334ml bottle. Pours a clear red-brown with a medium, short lived, tan head that laces. Sweet aroma of roasted malt and caramel. Sweet flavour of roasted malt and nuts with a dry, mildly bitter, metallic finish. Light body with a watery texture and soft carbonation.
Lilja (4691) reviewed Black (Kuronama) from Asahi Breweries 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Flaska från SB. Smak och doft av rostad malt, soja, torkad mörk frukt, kaffe med toner av lakrits. Rund och len, lagom sötma, fin beska.