Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer

Microbrewery in Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan 🇯🇵
Associated Venue: Iwate Kura Restaurant

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田村町5番42号, Ichinoseki, Japan
+81 0191-21-1144
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omhper
omhper (46100) reviewed
Passion Ale from Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer
21 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled, thanks IslandHaole! Hazy pale yellow. Intense natural juicy passion fruit aroma. Fresh and lightly acidic, light bodied with a hint of bubblegum. Certainly not sweet, making it very refreshing. Extremely well made, other brewers of fruit beer should learn from Iwate Kura.
Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2005 at 07:11
omhper
omhper (46100) reviewed
Stout from Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer
21 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled, thanks IslandHaole! Very black, brown, creamy head. Aroma of licorice and blackberries. Fruit and somewhat funky, like a Swiss/French/Belgian stout. Salty and fairly hoppy but also rathe sweet. Inky, bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2005 at 07:08
TimE
TimE (11138) reviewed
Blueberry Ale from Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer
21 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Medium amber color, with strong caramel and blueberry nose that is mildly tart. Mouth is very well balanced between caramel and blueberries, light bodieds and a refreshing finish
Tried on 09 May 2005 at 09:52
TimE
TimE (11138) reviewed
Weizen Bock from Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer
21 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Brownish copper color, malty nose with cloves, oranges and a touch of rich caramel. It is lighter than I expected for the style with some interesting coriander and spices in the mouth and dry warming finish. This is much more phenolic. Smooth body, lots of bananas and cloves. Full body. Well balanced. Nice stuff
Tried on 09 May 2005 at 09:34
Oakes
Oakes (34517) reviewed
IPA from Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer
21 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Densely sedimented orange-tan colour. Rich piney (think Deus) aroma with peach, grapefruit. Huge bitterness, but fresh rather than tongue-scraping. No resin, no crystal malt..cross-country skiing on a deserted mountain track. Pine needles, wood and grapefruit flavours. Full body and lots of sweet malts underpinning the hops. Similar to Hitachino’s Japanese Classic, I could drink this for days.
Tried on 05 May 2005 at 05:08
Oakes
Oakes (34517) reviewed
Passion Ale from Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer
21 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pale straw colour. Gently effervescent. Big passion fruit aroma, with just a little bit of beer underneath. Tart, wheaty body with very fresh passion fruit character. Very tart - clean not wild. Flowery, fruity, dry finish.
Tried on 05 May 2005 at 04:33