7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Takumiya. A bit of a surprise. Orange with brown tints, lovely lace. Malty nsoe, a bit of caramel, earthy hops. Dry, fruity flavor, peaches, oranges, very bitter finish. Body is a bit too full and oily, but overall a nice try. A bit drier would be better tho.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Oct 2015
at 21:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
How did this beer from Kyushu with one rating end up in Portland? Well, beervana strikes again! 12 ounce bottle from Uptown Market. Pours a almost jet black color with a medium brown head. A nice chocolate and dark fruit nose. Very sweet, I mean this is huge sugary chestnuts, smoke, ash, lactose, brown sugar. Hmm. Minerals. Very dry in the finish with rich cocoa and chestnut. Interesting. A bit much for me in terms of the dusty dry finish and the overall sugary sweet middle. But it looks awesome and is promising. Hopefully I?ll see more of this brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2015
at 23:02
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle from Mitsuya. Pours a murky orange with a small off-white head. Grass, lemon, white pepper and yeast on the nose. Taste is all yeast. Has a cue burn like scratchy taste from first impression through the finish. Way too much yeast. --- Beer merged from original tick of Shinkan no Pale Ale on 18 Oct 2015 at 20:25 - Score: 5
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2015
at 10:10
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pours dark, almost black-brown. Aroma is at first not too telling, sweet caramel, burnt sugar, maybe a bit of bourbon. Subtle and getting better when the beer warms a bit. Taste really feels as this is barrel-aged in some bourbon barrels. I cannot see any description confirming it but this one feels really tasty. Didn’t really expect that from Hideji. They do good enough beers but this is really delicious. Bit sweet, bit sticky, loads of whiskey-bourbon, vanilla. Not sure where I should get those chestnut flavours but overall, really well made beer and a big surprise for me from Hideji. Thumbs up!
Tried
from Can
on 09 Aug 2015
at 10:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Old rating. On tap at Ushitora. Dark brown with almost no head. Strong dark roasted coffee aromas. A bit of roasted malt. Taste is all coffee. The body is quite light which makes it easy to drink and refreshing in an iced coffee sort of way. Pretty straight-forward but one-dimensional. --- Beer merged from original tick of Coffee Lager on 13 Jul 2015 at 21:06 - Score: 7
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jul 2015
at 09:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Lightly filtered showing a lemonade yellow The nose shows a very dry kinkan flavors akin to dry fruit. The palate is extremely kinkan forward as it resembles more of a juice than a beer. There’s practically no bitterness in this one, but given it is a lager and meant to be light and refreshing, the extreme fruit forwardness works well and quite nice to be nice to being a summer session.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2015
at 19:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5
Bottle in Hongkong. Fresh sourish nose. The beer starts fresh with hints of lemon, bitter mainpart, fresh, easy to drink. Nice bitter lemon aftertaste, hints of yeast, smooth, fresh, not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2015
at 06:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
On tap at Takumiya. A light gold with a wisp of foam. Chewy light malts with musty grapefruit in the nose. The taste is bittersweet grapefruit & grainy crackery malts. Quite tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Apr 2015
at 04:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Molto. Lightly fruity nose, lemon, restrained. Golden color, clear, fine head. Light and grassy flavor, not very sweet or malty, but crisp and nicely bitter. High drinkability.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2015
at 10:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Bungalow. Hideji Hana no White Weiss Belgian Wit 4.5% a cloudy light gold with a foamy bright white head. Fruity cloves and wheat aroma. The taste is bang on spicy Weizen. More Weizen than witbier as I don’t get much citrus peel from it, perhaps a touch of lemon. Frikin’ delicious with a soft mouthfeel though. Cloves/cinnamon goodness. The best Hideji beer I’ve had by far.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2015
at 06:02