Ginga Kogen Beer Company
Commercial Brewery
in
Sawauchi,
Iwate,
Japan 🇯🇵
Owned by
Yo-Ho Brewing Company
Established in 1996
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from my local Natural Lawson. Pours cloudy orange, not that much carbonation, hazy. Soft fruity and yeasty nose, some overripe pears and apple jam. Yeasty bananas. Tastes soft, sweet and has lots of bananas. Yeast spices are there, drinks quite easy and actually really liking this. Light fruity bitterness in the finish, still sweetish but not in unpleasant way. Liking this more than I thought I would, good and satisfying.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Dec 2017
at 09:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
355ml can @ Tokyo. Pours dark orange with a small head. Aroma of caramely malts, pine, earthiness, citrus and grass. Taste is earthy, slightly grassy and grainy with some pine and citrus. Finish is earthy and grainy with some grassy notes. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Oct 2017
at 09:02
7.5/10
Tried
on 02 Oct 2017
at 11:30
6.5/10
Kinda not exhilarating
Tried
on 21 Aug 2017
at 19:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can from an Aomori & Iwate Antenna shop in Umeda... I got this Ginga Kogen as I’d never seen this can with a big cartoon character with a bowl (wan) full of noodles as a head. Fruity, grains and honey in the aroma. Medium bodied with a smooth texture and a raspy carbonation. The taste is crisp and lightly hoppy, this kolsch really took me by surprise and was much better than the mass-release Kolsch that preceeded it. A good example of what a kolsch can be, perfect for the crazy July heat.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2017
at 02:41
6/10
Tried
on 04 Jul 2017
at 22:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
(Bottle - as "Silver Bottle") Pours hazy golden yellow with small dense white head. Citrus aroma. Light body with nice carbonation. Pleasant wheat beer with citrus and banana notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2017
at 08:34
7/10
I had one in a beautiful blue bottle and then one in a can. MUCH better in bottle!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2017
at 23:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
35cl can a friend brought over from Tokyo. Cloudy spent yellow color short white head thin persistence no lacing. Aroma.Unexpectedly sharp, lots of dough, yeast, wheat, banana, bubblegum with citrus backing. Taste sweet balanced by quite strong sourness. Average carbonation medium body solvent finish, thought abv being much higher. Ok japweizen.
Tried
from Can
on 24 May 2017
at 14:29
6.5/10
Not too shabby
Tried
on 07 May 2017
at 21:21