North Island Beer
Microbrewery
in
Ebetsu,
Hokkaido,
Japan 🇯🇵
Associated with 2 Venues
Contact
元町 11-5, Ebetsu, Japan
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Craftheads. Very cloudy/hazy orange colour not much head. What can I say, it's full on grapefruit. Could probably tell that from the name. Real fruitiness rather than just a suggestion, like juice. Very bitter and nicely thirst quenching. Good for a hot day. Low carbonation, and almost has a real ale type feel about it. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:54
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Craft Beer Market Jimbocho. Big white fluffy head. Pale cloudy blond colour. Aroma lots of coriander, very herbal. Wheat too and some strangeness, but very pleasant strangeness. Taste is full on herbal, bit of banana, very creamy. Very dry, very nice and thirst quenching. Decent fruitiness, bit of strawberry, some lemon. Towards the end, coriander in the background, but still noticeable. Actually quite nice. Quite a strange cross between a Belgian and German wheat beer. All sorts of fruit flavours in there.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at CBM Jinbocho. Light amber colour, white bubbly head. Aroma is b.o. and cat pee hops, bit stinky, quite full on. Taste is bitter, bit skunky. Ok but not very exciting. Not sure about it.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Craftheads. Golden amber colour, small white head. Aroma is bit stinky, sorachi and tropical fruity too. Taste is malty, quite fruity, nice weirdness. Pretty damn nice. Should have eaten something before I started drinking.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Craft Beer Bar Yokohama. Dark brown, golden head. Aroma is roasty bit chocolate, coriander herbal, quite sweet. Taste is nice, herby, perfumey, nice roast, like a weird black ipa. Floral, and pretty nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Bankan. Dark golden brown colour. Small off-white head. Aroma is nice and malty, bit of sweetness. Taste is bit citrus in background, lots of malt, sweet. Pretty solid and a bit fruity.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Keyaki. Amber colour, white creamy head. Aroma is Belgian yeasty, slight spiciness, tripel-like, bit fruity too. Taste is good, biscuity, lots of Belgian yeast again, fruity berry sweetness, herbal finish. Pretty nice. Very smooth.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Light gold colour, small white head. Aroma is little bit spicy, just a touch of banana, wheaty. Taste is nice, quite subtle, grainy, little bit fruity too, berries, bit tropical. Nice dry and crisp, slightly biter finish. Different from how I was expecting, and very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Keyaki fest. Golden colour. Aroma is wheaty, not massive amount else, but decent. Taste is pretty good, wheaty, light hoppiness, good dry finish. Touch of fruit too, almost tropical. Apricot maybe. Pretty good. Getting more into pilsners I think.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Keyaki. Black colour, golden small head. Aroma is roasty, chocolate, bit of smoke. As expected, but still nice. Taste similar, roasty, dark chocolate, some vanilla creaminess, little bite. Slight fruity sweetness too. Pretty good. Nothing unusual but everything you might want In a stout is here.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53