#B-IPA
Hyouko Yashiki No Mori Brewery (Swan Lake) in Agano, Niigata, Japan 🇯🇵
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Score
7.04
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at pub Edo. Amber orange cloudy colour small beige head. Aroma Belgian yeast, herbal bit of fruit, berries, some orange. Taste fruity orange bit of bitterness. Quite malty too. Bit of saison taste but bit more full on. Not bad. Best so far.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at IBREW Akihabara, Tokyo. Poured a crystal clear golden colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is grainy malt, floral big hop. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a malt, gluey, smooth, floral, light metallic, big hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 May 2019
at 03:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draft at ibrew, Akihabara, Tokyo. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of yeast, herbal notes and fruity hops. Flavour is above moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Craft Beer Bar Ibrew Akihabara
on 08 May 2019
at 23:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ Furusatomatsuri (18.01.2018). Pours clean dark gold, clear. Soft nose with some candy sugar and fruity esters. Taste has medium bitterness, clean and definktely Belgian yeast character. Less sweet than usual, even dry in the background. Well made example of what I would imagine as Belgian IPA. Dry bitter herbal Belgian linger in the finish. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Feb 2019
at 15:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at CBM Kichijoji. Pear and apple aromas with some light pepper and citrus. Taste is slightly sweet with good citrus notes. Average carbonation with a slightly creamy mouthfeel. Hoppy bitter finish, but not overly so, with a touch of pepper. Solid. --- Beer merged from original tick of Swan Lake #B-IPA on 13 Feb 2016 at 17:36 - Score: 7. Original review text: Take out beer! Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2016
at 07:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Craft Beer Bar Marciero. Pours out a hazy golden topped with a small head. Nose is citrus heavy yeast and some spice. Taste is more of the yeast nice hop touch and a some spice.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jun 2015
at 15:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
B-IPA meaning BELGIAN IPA rather than black IPA... On tap at Bungalow. It pours a cloudy light gold.kild Belgian spicy notes with lots of citrusy hop character in the bouquet. Full bodied, smooth, sweet. Almost candiesh in the flavor, the spices & the hops merge into a tasty cake like sweetness. Not so bitter, very tasty & interesting. It has definite clove notes with a sharp finish. Those clove notes re quite prominent leading me to feel this is more of a hoppy weizen than a Belgian IPA, damn good though.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Feb 2014
at 04:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
No head when finally served. Hazy opaque golden body. Fruity Belgian yeast aroma with pineapple notes. Dry-sweet vaguely funky pineapple taste with mealy spicy notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, mealy mouthfeel. Dryish strawberry and kiwi aftertaste with resiny notes. Nice, subtle, and flavours well integrated. (0.25l draft at Popeye, Tokyo. Menu has it as "Swan Lake Belgian IPA Good", at 7%.)
Tried
from Draft
on 06 May 2012
at 07:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Eni-bru. Very cloudy yellow-gold color with a very bubbly, thin head. Aroma of Belgian yeast, golden malt. Fruity, with some citrus and pepper. Interesting flavor: fruity, strong hops, ok malt. Belgian yeast fruitiness: with grapefruit and citrus. Long bitter finish. interesting and original, though maybe slightly confused. I like it.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2009
at 23:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Golden hazy colored. Spices, light hops, some earthiness. Similar flavor. This one seemed to be trying really hard to accomplish something but missed by a fairly wide margin. It wasn’t bad, but not great. I don’t think the Belgian IPA has been perfected by anyone, though.
Tried
on 30 May 2009
at 10:19