5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at Ant n Bee, Tokyo. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma of malt, a hint of citrus. Flavour is citrus, fruit, malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Apr 2013
at 22:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Dark brown colour with a large beige head. Coriander, fruit aroma. Flavour is very much spices, coriander.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2013
at 20:47
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
5.5% Bottle from Asahiya. Part of the Masaji Beer Project. Pine, citrus and mild funk aroma. Definitely hopped with c-hops. Smooth bitter bite at the front of the mouth with some sour puckering followed by a caramel malty base. Crisp dry pine finish. Very solid APA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2013
at 06:27
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at Craft Heads, Tokyo. Hazy brown colour with a small white head. Sweet malt aroma. Sweet hops, malt, caramel flavour.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2013
at 19:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Watering Hole, Tokyo. Black colour with a small beige head. Aroma strong in chocolate syrup. Flavour of smoked malt, chocolate. Rather thin and bland. Had expected more from a 15 month matured one.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Mar 2013
at 18:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the North Island Brewpub in Sapporo. It poured a nice amber with an inch of white foam. Some cinnamon aroma and lots of cinnamon flavor. It tasted like powdered cinnamon sugar, quite sweet but nice. 430ml was a bit much to drink at once though as the sweetness got cloying. It isnβt a session ale I think.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2013
at 04:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the North Island Brewpub in Sapporo (and I had a bottle later on at home). It poured a great dark black with a good inch of tan foam. The aroma had the coriander front and center and the flavor started with the spice and ended with a roast coffee flavor. Excellent! Probably one of the best stouts Iβve had in Japan and also a fairly innovative beer, kudos!
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2013
at 04:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Draught at Tenma. Pale amber color. Citru nose, oily citrus, bisctuits. Slick oily palate. Earthy citrus flavors, bread. Weird, unpleasant finish. Nice hops but a bit odd and too oily.
Tried
on 03 Mar 2013
at 18:14
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draught at 1020. 14 month aged version. This name is what they are calling it at the brewery. Black with lace. Hoppy noseβgrass and citrus, still great character after all this time from the Nelson Sauvin dry hopping. Licorice, coffee, and berries as well, but the hops predominate. Bready flavor, like black German rye, with coffee, chocolate, and good hop flavor. Excellently integrated and complex. Delicious stuff. Completely different from the first version, so I put it in as a different beer.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2013
at 18:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
med brown color. Very hoppy with nice woody malt character . As the beer warms up, it becomes a bit cloying and out of balance, but still decent.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2013
at 06:07