6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Tanakaya. Pours a deep reddish-brown with a small half finger of off-white foam. Grass and light citrus on the nose with pepper and caramel malt standing out. Some light peach and pear as it warms up. Average body with medium carbonation. Well-balanced if not boring. Prickly, peppery finish with caramel malt. Not bad. --- Beer merged from original tick of Bravo! Masaji R-IPA on 17 Dec 2015 at 21:38 - Score: 6
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2015
at 09:01
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Craft Hands. Pours a deep orange to brown with a small half-finger beige head of foam that lingers. Soft tea-like aromas with some light sugar and malty notes. Body is very tea-like with some sweetness on the palate. Well-rounded and balanced, but a little too boring for me style-wise. Finish is fruity with a sweet taste that dissipates fairly quickly on the palate. --- Beer merged from original tick of Iwate Kura Classical Pale Ale on 10 Dec 2015 at 19:46 - Score: 6
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Dec 2015
at 08:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours dark brown with no head into a tall shaker. The nose shows a sweet tea forwardness. The palate shows a tea forwardness that is slightly sweet but for the most party, dry. Light carbonation and medium bodied, a very British style Pale Ale with lots of malts on the finish.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2015
at 20:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
As Fresh Hop Classical Pale Ale. 4.5% 28 IBU and apparently made for the Spring Valley fresh hop event. On tap at Molto. A nice orange-gold with brown highlights & beige head. The minty fruity hop bouquet is really nice. The taste is very earthy then you get a sweet hit. Quite good. Seeing it listed as a Bitter makes more sense than Pale Ale.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2015
at 06:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Bungalow. Nose of tobacco, grass, leaves. Uk hops all the way. Light caramel. Lovely, deep reddish brown color with a fine, low head. Nice nutty UK malt flavor, biscuit, a bit of caramel, great hops, tobacco and leaves. Oily palate and nice bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Oct 2015
at 21:52
6/10
Tried
on 08 Oct 2015
at 20:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Under the name Pumpkin Ale at CBM Koenji. Slightly hazy straw color with a big soapy head. Light pumpkin, squash aroma with some light malt and grass. Taste is pretty mild with a super thin body. No fall spices here, only beer with a hint of pumpkin. Very active carbonation, but super bland. Not much flavor comes out to be honest. Dry finish.
Tried
on 08 Oct 2015
at 09:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Molto. Has some kind of shellfish in it. Amber-orange, clear, with a low, fine head. SMoky nose with some caramel and minerals. Peat smoke flavor, minerals, caramel malt. Clean and light. Ok, but I wish they would forget the gimmicks and concentrate on real beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Sep 2015
at 00:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Tanakaya. Pours a clear, light gold with a small carbonated head that leaves a ring around the edge. Light funk aromas with some pear, grape cobwebs and horse blanket. Taste is more of the same, good funk but kind of one dimensional. Nice and dry with active carbonation. Almost like a dry saison. I like it. Not really sour or tart at all, just basement saison-like with a touch of pear. Very interesting. --- Beer merged from original tick of Iwate Kura Shizen Hakko Beer on 19 Sep 2015 at 21:28 - Score: 7. Original review text: Great....like bone-dry saison!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2015
at 06:48
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
medium amber color. Fairly malty nose, bready with oranges. Ok, but too malty for my liking
Tried
on 11 Sep 2015
at 04:20