willisread (9761) reviewed Pale Ale from Ginga Kogen Beer Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can from Food & Company in Gakugei-Daigaku. Malty aroma (caramel and butterscotch) with hints of fruit on the nose. Taste is very malt forward with hints of prune and raisin. Sweet on the palate. Tart finish. I prefer their Komugi beer. --- Beer merged from original tick of Pale Ale on 14 May 2015 at 19:37 - Score: 5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can bought at Food & Company in Gakugei-Daigaku. Poured into an English tulip. Beautiful hazy straw color with a huge white head. Smells of banana and papaya with some clove on the nose. Mostly wheat on the palate with some corriander, clove and pepper noticeable as well. Good carbonation and texture. Nice peppery finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can. For some reason I thought this was a lager so I served it in a footed pilsner glass, imagine my surprise when it pour a cloudy gold with a solid head of white foam - ummm... that looks like a weizen. One whiff, bready wheat and cloves with a bit of a fruity tang. Label check, yep made with wheat. I am just confused as to why they are selling a beer made with wheat as Komugi no Beer and another beer made with wheat as Weizen... I think the body on this one is slightly thinner. I switched to my weizen glass, a subtler nose and a fuller mouthfeel. The taste is a protein rich wheatiness & cloves, with a smooth silky body - in the pilsner glass the carbonation came off a bit rough. The flavor is nicely balanced but a bit mild. I like it and I guess it might be slightly different from the other Ginga Kogen Weizen... I think I need to try them side by side or talk to someone at the brewery...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can picked up on sale at Yamaya. This beer pours pretty as a picture with a light golden honey hazy color & a thick fluffy white head. A wheaty soft cloves aroma. The beer is smooth bodied with a round carbonation. It’s got nice wheat character as well as cloves though the yeast may be a bit too prominent but that is quibbling. A solid Weizen.
jinroh (4381) reviewed Alt from Ginga Kogen Beer Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
350 can I got from Daiei supermarket. Ginga Kogen beers are quite well distributed in Japan although I am not sure if I actually like them. This one starts promising - pours nice dark amber, slightly hazy and with a thin top. Looking good. Aroma has some cucumber, lightly burnt malts and caramel. I know it sounds weird but yes, there is some raw vegetable character too. Taste is at first hard to understand because the carbonation is a bit overwhelming at first. Then burnt sugar, bread and some hop bite at the end. Thin body. These guys failed to surprise me again but well, that’s what I expected.
KansaiBeerLovers (8927) reviewed Alt from Ginga Kogen Beer Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
My can poured a translucent honey brown with a malty aroma that had a certain fruit vinegar tang to it. You know that kind of drinking vinegar they sell in Japan. Thin bodied with a pretty rough carbonation. The taste is an acrid burnt malt bitterness with a bit of fruity tang, ash and nuttiness. This thing is all over the place...
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Alt from Ginga Kogen Beer Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Can from Yamaya. Glowing dark reddish brown, cloudy, with a tall, fine off-white head. Pretty and deep. Malt nose, caramel, a touch of raisin, light, earthy hops. Surprisingly tart flavor, caramel, a bit of roast, some citrus and earth. Bitter, dry finish. The rich malt in the nose is lost in the flavor. Far too fruity and tart for the style. Really thin and disappointing. At least it isn’t sweet, but it isn’t much of anything.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Can from Yamaya. Served in a plastic glass at the beach. A soft gold pour with a big foamy off-white head. The aroma is malty sweet but more malty than sugary which is nice. The taste is a refreshing chewy light maltiness with a sweet edge to it. The malts are very light possibly too light but overall this is a pretty tasty though unimaginative beer. As it warms up some buttery notes show up that detract from the beer somewhat then again maybe that was my imagination...
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can (Kyoto)
Hazy yellow color, steady small white head. Overriped banana dominates the aroma. Light to medium-bodied. Yeasty, overriped banana flavor is also in the flavor. Nice to have good-bodied, unfiltered weizen in a can. Not perhaps the most perfect hefeweizen but drinkable.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Pilsner from Ginga Kogen Beer Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can from Yamaya. Unfiltered. Malty nose, biscuits, bread, light citrus hops, some yeasty esters. Very cloudy, dark gold, with a high, fine head. Malty, bready flavor, light hop flavor but pretty strong bitterness, tingly and prickly finish. Yeast influence is strong in flavor and body. A bit bland, but drinkable and hoppy enough. The can says “natural clarity” in the English slogan while the Japanese clearly says “unfiltered.” Strange. I guess it was made to be something like a kellerbier.