6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Can. Hazy pale gold with an off-white head. Citrus, herbs, floral notes, not great but not bad.

5.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle at Hachidori. Pours a hazy golden with medium white head that lasts. The aroma is strong earthy malt and citrus. Medium body, sweet malt, earth, light finish, decent.

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from H-Mart: pours golden orange with a white head. Aroma is doughy, yeasty, with hefty citrus. Taste is quite fruity, spicy, a little sweet. Not bad.

4.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle. Amber beer with an off-white head. Wheat and spice aroma with light yeast. Wheat and light metallic flavor with light spice. Medium bodied. Wheat and stronger metallic tastes linger with light grain.

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cloudy golden coloured body with a thinnish pure white head. Aroma of grass, funk, yeast, resin, fruit and some tropical notes - mainly lychee and dragonfruit. Light to perhaps Medium-bodied; Strong herbal and grassy flavours at first dominate with very funky and pronounced malt and yeast pungencies with a dry and biscuity malt flavour showing some complexity, but in a deep and astringent way. Aftertaste shows some more complex and deep flavours wtih the fruits, herbs, grass and especially floral notes dominating, with a light pungent quality and enjoyable, subdued sweetness at the very end. Overall, an interesting and slightly funky kick with a lot of flavours, especially on the malt and fruit side of things that don't necessarily transfer to a great complexity and beer, but at least, something different. I sampled this 350 mL can purchased from World Liqour Mart here in Daimon, Tokyo, Japan on 04-August-2019 for 288JPY sampled a day later here in my hotel room in Tokyo, Japan on 05-August-2019 before leaving for Vietnam tomorrow.

4.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Can from YaMaYa, Kyoto. Poured a slightly hazy golden colour with a short-lived frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light hop bitter. The flavour is moderate to light bitter with a light, watery, crisp, grainy, light hay, light floral hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation.

6.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can shared from a store in Kyoto. Fairly hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of citrus, green weedy hops and fruity hops. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and above moderate bitter. Medium bodied with light moderate carbonation.

7

Bought a 330ml can at Takashimaya near Osaka Namba. Aroma and cloudiness similar to a Belgian wit. Peppery lemon flavor, very light and refreshing with very mild hop levels, slight sourness. Perfect for a hot afternoon!

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Deep orange, not really transparent - and with a measured white head. Wheat spice in the nose, citrus peels and a bit of wet paper also there for some reason. Taste is wheaty, some citric notes and yes, also something sour-fruity. Cannot really spot yuzu although finish gets more grape seed bitterness and maybe, just maybe some yuzu peel spices as well. I think they didn’t use fresh fruits, probably some kind of extract. Sansho pepper is more easy to spot - at least when you know to look for it. Bit astringent and balance could be better. Overall, not really my thing, but still a bit better than expected.