Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer
Microbrewery
in Ichinoseki,
Iwate,
Japan 🇯🇵
Associated Venue: Iwate Kura Restaurant
DSG (25968) reviewed Fukukou Ale from Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks Stas. Cloudy yellow, white head. Very soapy brett, minerals, yeast, wood, rather dry, slightly sourish, bitter finish, flowers, over-carbonated. Weird.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
At a Japanese restaurant: pours black with a beige head. Aroma is light chocolate, minerals, roasty. Somewhat sweet. Low level of bitterness. Oyster shells shine through. Was quite solid and pleasant with my meal.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Tap. Pours clear orange, medium creamy off white head, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is interesting, floral, lemon, hint of dish water, lemongrass. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, lemongrass, herbal. Medium body. Interesting.
Bytemesis (16171) reviewed IPA from Sekinoichi Shuzo / Iwate Kura Beer 7 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Tap. Pours clear Amber, medium off white head, creamy, good lacing. Aroma is grassy, caramel, a bit Dusty. Flavors is light plus sweet, medium bitter. Medium body.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
This poured a milky honey gold but with some floaters which was off-putting. It had an off-white beige head that dissipated fast. Spicy clove and Yuzu aroma. The taste is spice, Koji, rice and Yuzu but dry Soda-bread too. Decent flavor. The sake type it most reminds me of is a sparkling nigorizake.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at Japan Brewer's Cup 2018. Still had a bit of a cold, so my palate may not have been quite right. This is an IPA with pickled cherry leaves added. Nose is sakuramochi--cherry leaves. Glowing orange, clear. Flavor is cherry, some rich caramel malt, lemon, rather tannic, rough finish from the leaves.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle, as Takata Ringo Ale, from the brewery via Furusato Nozei. Apple nose, more like fresh US apple cider, with some skin, caramel, dark malts. Cloudy dark brown with a low, thick head and low carbonation. Looks like unfermented apple cider from NYS. Dry flavor, apples, chocolate, caramel, treacle. Very different to most apple beers. There is a rich UK dark beer as the base, and it works very well with the apple flavor. Kind of reminds me of a caramel apple. Very tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from the brewery via Furusato Nozei. Super cloudy orange-pink-amber color with lace. Looks like a dark nigorizake. Spicy nose of ginger, yuzu, creamy rice, biscuits, lilies and narcissus and other flowers. Very stragne flavor, mostly yuzu, somewhat flowery, creamy but not at all sake-like, except in the body, which is creamy and smooth like a "bihappo usunigori." Light carbonation also fits that. A strange, interesting, totally unique beer. I would suggest adding koji to make it more sake like, and being careful with the yuzu, as it tastes rather pithy and a bit too astringent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap at iBREW Shinbashi. Dark red or brownish red pour. Some nice foam on top leaving good lacings. Nose is nice spicy and hoppy, good malty character but also a hint of citrus. Taste is hoppy and citric, malty and spicy base there but blends well and leaves nice fresh imperssion. Good balance and good happiness, well made red IPA, definitely enjoyable. Good stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Dark reddish brown color. Reddish hued head. Nice hoppy fruity nose with dried friuit and caramel underneath. Medium full body. Nice dried strawberry character goes well with citrus character from hops. Prickly hops hit across the mouth. Full body than I was expecting. Decent.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.74 |
| Beers | 73 |
| Ticks | 229 |
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