6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at the Great Japan Beer Festival, Osaka, 2011. Pale yellow color, cloudy. It has a nice aroma of kinkan citrus fruits but not much else. Fruity flavor, lots of citrus, can’t taste much else beerwise, but it is tasty and balanced for a fruit beer. Not overly sweet.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2011
at 22:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at the Eni-Bru 4th Anniversary Celebration. Medium gold color with a thin, fine, head. Light malt and honey aroma, fruity, with peach, pear. Nice and orignal. Sweet honey flavor with stewed fruits and alcohol, a bit “spirit” tasting, with something that seems like shochu in the alcohol heat. Clean and crisp, though a bit too sweet. Ok.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2011
at 17:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at Q-Brick. Aroma of Islay Scotch: peat, a bit of caramel, almost only peat smoke, though not overbearingly strong. Medium to dark golden color with a low head. Flavor brings out much more along with the peat: honey, crackers, sweet malt, some fruit, maybe peaches, plus biggish peat smoke and a light alcohol burn. Smooth, with rather low carbonation. Full and rich. Very interesting and strange, but it works.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2011
at 05:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Very odd artificial orange color. Minerally malty body, oranges. Straightforward and simple, but not so exciting.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2010
at 05:14
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught at Q-Brick. Bright red—just a bit darker than candy apple. Fine, low, pink head. Fruity, hoppy aroma, lots of citrus and a touch of caramel. Very hoppy flavor—citrus, grass. Rather heavy malt with a slight dark fruitiness and a bit of caramel. Nice bitterness. Very tasty lager, not really a Vienna, but great hops. The added color diminishes my drinking pleasure.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Oct 2010
at 16:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at Beer Belly. Pale golden color, no real mango color. Aroma of rich pilsner malts and mango. Nice malty flavor balances the fruitiness, which is far from over-powering. Nice mango freshness, and a bit of grassy hops and bitterness. Well-balanced and tasty, though I prefer their regular lagers.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2010
at 19:22
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draught at Eni-bru. Pale gold with lace. Hoppy, citrus, peppery aroma. Big, wonderful flavor with great cascade hoppiness. Rich, juicy malts, perfect bitterness. Very complex, with light fruits, and an almost Riesling-like dryness. Light, crisp, well-carbonated body. Perfectly done, wonderful. Another great lager from these guys.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2010
at 19:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 6 months old. Aged for 1000 days before bottling. Deep dark gold with a fine, sturdy, low head. Aroma of honey, fruits, like a well-aged tripel. Oxidized, mellow, fruity flavor with lots of honey, bread, citrus, present alcohol, pears, and herbs. Some grassy hops as well as a nice lingering bitterness. Basically tastes like the aged triples from Belgium I have had. Nice, though I would have liked to try it fresh, as most triples are better fresh. Very authentic Belgian yeast character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2010
at 03:28
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Yamaoka. Deep gold, very cloudy with a low, lacy head. Fragrant, estery aroma with banana, spices (cloves and coriander) rich malts, bread. Bready flavor, somewhat creamy, with banana, clove, light citrus. Belgian yeast but the esters also seem a bit Bavarian. Slight hops at the finish. Complex and clean. Restrained in its additives. Very nice at first, though it became less interesting over time, getting a bit watery and dull. Drink it well chilled and quickly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2010
at 18:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Barley. Hopped with Northern Brewer. Deep dark gold with lace. Belgian yeast aroma: grapes, grains including rice, banana ro melon. Huge fruity flavor, peaches, prea, almost tropical. Good bitter finish. Extremely thick and rich, maybe too much? A bit too sweet and thick, but lovely, with amazing fruit flavors. Great.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Apr 2010
at 17:23