Iwate Kura Pumpkin Ale (2016~)
Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer in Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan 🇯🇵
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Score
6.87
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Iwate Kura Pumpkin Ale 5%
A cloudy gold with a thick foamy head and an on point pumpkin ale aroma: allspice, cinnamon possibly mace and nutmeg as well as pumpkin flesh. Medium bodied and raspy but smooth. The malts give soda bread while it’s deftly spiced with pumpkin. Much much better than I’ve ever had it in bottles or in previous years.
They hit the right balance of pumpkin and spice, I’d prefer a tiny amount more maltiness but that’s a quibble. Not a hop Bomb but I get spice AND pumpkin and in my book that’s what I want. As it warms up the malts come through with a dark rye bread like character.
If you see this on tap, try it and tell me if I’m imagining things but I’d say at the moment this is probably the best local pumpkin beer in Japan.