Ginga Kogen Beer Company
Commercial Brewery
in
Sawauchi,
Iwate,
Japan 🇯🇵
Owned by
Yo-Ho Brewing Company
Established in 1996
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Lawson. Not sure how this is different from the past versions, aside from 0.5% more alcohol. Creamy banana and clove nose. Sweet and creamy flavor, typical weizen cloves, banana. On the sweet and simple side but ok.
Tried
from Can
on 09 May 2020
at 00:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
New label new abv so new entry. Decent little hefe featuring cloves from a cloudy gold brew with great head retention.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2020
at 10:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Little spice, ginger maybe. Wheaty, touch of banana, brown sugar?
Tried
from Can
on 06 Mar 2020
at 10:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle - blue with reindeer on it. Cloudy gold with a white head that lasts OK. Wheaty aroma with cloves, lemon, a little banana. The texture is just right - bready but still light with medium high carbonation. Slightly tangy wheaty with a dry and spicy finish. Not much of the spruiked fruit and perhaps not as deeply refreshing as some, but a more than solid hefeweizen.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2020
at 12:28
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Sweet, banana, not much wheat, mostly sweetness, quite fruity. Cherry caramel. Alright. Had it straight from the can, so probably not the best situation.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:03
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Bic Camera. Hazy very pale yellow colour with white head that fades almost immediately. Aroma is buttery, bit of banana, touch of spice. Taste is similar, quite wheaty, but fruity and buttery too. Aftertaste is very malty. Quite smooth in the mouth, with a bit of a spike from the spice. Alright but not wildly exciting.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:54
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Can from the local supermarket. Pale slightly cloudy orange colour with fast fading white head. Aroma is caramel and citrus hoppy. Bit weird. Bit of fruit in there too, apple and pear. Taste is bit too sweet, caramel is there in the background, but the sweetness is full on. Some fruitiness and a bit of a bitter finish, but it is all about the sweetness. Surprisingly flat in the mouth. I don't mind it in a weird way, but will probably not have it again.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:54
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from an online Asian supermarket. Extra marks for the attractive blue bottle. Cloves to the forefront alongside citrus. A banana aroma lurks in the background. Cloudy gold. Frothy translucent white head soon shrunk away. Initial citrus sourness - quite tart. There's an underlying sweetness. Medium bodied. Slick verging on creamy. Low key fizzy carbonation. Dty finish with an edge of astringency. This as been sat forgotten at work so thought it may have faded but a refreshing Hefe which I could easily have downed on this hot summer day.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2019
at 08:41
6/10
Usually they make really dependable German-style beers, but this one was a bit less nice.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2019
at 23:40
6.5/10
Pretty bottle, at least.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2018
at 17:25