Johana Beer

Microbrewery in Nanto, Toyama, Japan 🇯🇵

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340 Hosono, Nanto, Japan

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap at Craftheads. Pale blond colour with small white head. Aroma is bit herbal, pear, yeasty. Taste is crisp, herbal again. Nice enough, but possibly a bit plain.

Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2019 at 15:53


5.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

Draft at One’s Brewery, Osaka. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of earl grey tea strongly present with soluable painkillers and lemonade notes. Flavour is above moderate sweet. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Draft at One’s brewery on 20 May 2019 at 12:13


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap at One’s Brewery, Osaka. Poured a slightly hazy golden colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is malt, yeasty, orange citrus, herbal tea. The flavour is moderate sweet, with a crisp, fresh malty, light tart, orange, tangerine, light earl grey palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2019 at 11:13


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft at Craftheads in Tokyo, Japan. Clear pinkish red, off-white head. 4 Smell-berry. Taste-berry, light malt. Light body, dry. This rating not sponsored by ZX Ventures or AB Inbev.

Tried from Draft on 14 Feb 2019 at 02:17


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Tap @ Beer Boy, Nakameguro. Hazy orange pour with some foam on the top. Leaving decent lacings. Tropical fruits in the nose but quite faint, somewhat buried under vegetal grassy thing. Still pleasant, just not intense enough. Tastes tropical too, bitterness somewhat rough though, covering pretty much everything with its heavy blanket. Grassy and vegetal (I guess that vegetal part is coming from sweet potato). Aftertaste has some lingering harshness. Overall not too bad but could be improved a lot.

Tried from Draft on 09 Feb 2019 at 05:53


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

The 2018 edition of Johana’s Ore no Aji is a NEIPA. The orange juice looking beer has a tangy citrus juicy aroma that matches the look. Medium to light bodied and surprisingly raspy + dry. The taste is earthy citrus, it’s alright though a dry NEIPA is pretty weird. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tried on 20 Dec 2018 at 08:56


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Tap @ Beer Boy in Nakameguro. Hazy yellow orange pour, kind of muddy type of haze there. Nose has some fruits, tropical and coated with a light layer of honey. Taste has fruits also, tropical and pretty good. Lacks carbonation and also bitterness. Not even hop dust tingle there. This beer has potential but now it drinks a bit heavier than it should. Overall not bad though.

Tried from Draft on 16 Dec 2018 at 09:35


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

cloudy, a mix between east and west coast. Fairly bitter with some tropical fruit notes. Not true be but ok

Tried on 19 Nov 2018 at 12:38


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Apparently this is a NEIPA. Tap at Craft Beer Holiday. Johana Masaru IPA 6% IBU 60 Cloudy gold with a soapy white head and a sweet juicy aroma, maybe a bit of butterscotch diacetyl but less than in Nangokukiban. Medium bodied and pretty dry for a NEIPA, the taste has a buttery character up front mixed with lots of juicy hazy hop goodness. Abrasive carbonic body this beer has the makings of greatness but doesn’t seem to come together well. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tried from Draft on 06 Oct 2018 at 15:10


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Tap @ Shinbashi iBREW. Pours golden, almost cleast, just lightly cloudy. Some white foam on top, stays for a bit. Bitter and herbal nose, somewhat harsh, grainy but laks fruitiness. Taste is also dry, getting some yeast character and just plan dry bitterness. What is gone on me and overall feeling that this print is actually a bit much, was hoping for something quite different. Will finish this but a bit disappointed.

Tried from Draft on 26 Sep 2018 at 11:30