Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
35cl can from a beer shop in Kyoto. Pours hazy murky yellow with a white head. Fruity aroma with notable banana, some yeasty and wheaty notes and hints of spices. Moderate sweet with nice fruity flavours and a certain acidity. Tasty, balanced and refreshing!
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Weizen Bock from Ginga Kogen Beer Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Rich wheat nose, orange, apricot, banana, clove. Spicy, fruity, rich. Touch of smoke. Cloudy orange/gold, high head quickly falling. Rich, sweet wheat giscuts, creamy, cake, orange and banana. Nice stuff, barely a bock really, but nice enough. Could be better defined, though. It seems mostly like a slightly stronger and sweeter version of their regular weizen. Too sweet without huge character.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can from my local Gourmet City. Ginga Kogen's Extra Pale Ale, 100% hopped with Citra. 5% Nice deep orange pour with a fizzy light beige head. Very lemoney, light white pepper and a buttery maltiness at first which then disappeared. Light bodied with a raspy carbonation. The taste is a vibrant citra hoppiness but the malts just don't provide enough support. Decent but it could have been great. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
jinroh (4381) reviewed Extra Pale Ale from Ginga Kogen Beer Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours messy and dirty orange-brown. Not really pleasant to the eye. Aroma is OK, some malty breadiness, feels at east fresh. Taste has some hop bitterness, not sweet - but really messy. No Citra there - if you don’t call the skunky hops that they have used Citra. Overall, drinkable and better than usual macro’s but not anything I would search out again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Blue bottle from Daiei supermarket. Drank straight from the bottle. Skunky nose with some bread and cracker notes along with peach some stone fruit. Light pissy grass aroma as well. Unbalanced with a skunky aftertaste. I guess there was some hop bitterness in there. Dumped the bottle after half. --- Beer merged from original tick of American Pale Ale on 01 Oct 2015 at 18:43 - Score: 3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
11-12 oz bottle at Izakaya Seki in DC served with a small tasting glass. Clear golden yellow with off-white head. Aromas of sweet malt, herbs, spice, light banana. Tastes of banana, herbs, spice, light citrus, sweet malt. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Extra Pale Ale from Ginga Kogen Beer Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Not extra pale, but a dirty, muddy, brown orange color with lace. Nose is caramel, cepicy Brit hops, tobacco, cinnamon, grass. Sweet caramel and fruit flavor, orange, peach, apples, not much hop. Vey boring and lame attempt. Not bad, but they could easily aim higher.. Ok body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can from food show in shibuya. Drank from the can. Some light citrus on the nose. Light lemon zest, citrus and some caramel on the palate. Fairly dry and crisp finish with some bitterness. Not as sweet as their other beers. Really not bad. Couldn’t really find the Citra though... --- Beer merged from original tick of EXTRA Pale Ale on 07 Sep 2015 at 19:08 - Score: 5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
I guess this one is called "American" because it is supposed to be hopper compared with their usual Pale Ale. We’ll see. Pours hazy and muddy dark orange. Head is quite nice, and even stays for a bit. Aroma is yes, maybe they have put a bit more hops in there, relatively fresh but still barely covering it’s malty-toffee body. Taste is interesting, first some green apple, hop bitterness kicks in, toffee and dark fruits. Finishing up in a long bready aftertaste subdued into a lingering bitterness. Overall, feels murky and not balanced - but has it’s charm while unpolished and rough.