Ushi-Tora #005 3x3=9th Thank You Ale 3.3% 29 IBUs I believe this was made to celebrate Ushitora’s 9th Anniversary. It pours a cloudy light gold with a wisp of bright white foam. This American style session pale ale(APA?) has a soft fruity + prickly one hop bouquet. The taste is quite bitter & earthy on the first sip. The second gives a bit more depth with bitter pine & mild lemon notes. However, the body seems thin & rough at 3.3% this doesn’t work for me boost the malts and make it 4-5% and you’d have a winner. OK, it does the trick as a session beer.

lots of pine, floral note. Big hoppiness. Very sharp. Nice big bitter finish. Well balanced brew.

On tap at Watering Hole in Yoyogi, Tokyo. Served in a shaker pint. Muddy brownish black color with gradation. Looks like an iced coffee made in an aeropress. Light toasted malt aroma with toffee present on the nose. Rich and creamy mouthfeel while feeling light on the palate. Tastes of tootsie roll, toffee, salted caramel and slight bit of sweat. Really interesting beer. Enjoyed the tootsie roll character and rich body paired with light taste. --- Beer merged from original tick of Wee Light Scotch Ale (7 To Go) on 11 May 2015 at 00:19 - Score: 7

On tap at 7 days Nagoya. Pours out a hazy golden straw topped with a small head. Nose is pine citrus hops cereal malts. Taste is pithy grapefruit hops and a pretty good malt bill to round it out.

Hazy yellow color. Frothy white head. Hoppy nose, estery, floral nose. The mouth is light hoppy well balqnced and refreshing. Moderately hoppy finish. Really nice hoppy Weizen.

Ushitora #003 Semi-double IPA On tap at Beer Stand Molto. A deep gold with a creamy head of white foam. The bouquet is mouthwatering tropical fruits & herbs. Medium bodied with a raspy mouthfeel. The taste isn’t as enticing as the nose but it delivers a solid hoppy pine bitterness that lingers. Definitely worth trying.

On tap at Bungalow. A light cloudy gold with a head of 1cm dense creamy foam. Great fruity nose giving me lemon , citrus & a touch of wheat. Soft bodied but with a fairly full mouthfeel. The taste is hoppy citrus & earthy pine, chewy light malts and a semi-dry bitter finish with a hint of residual sweetness. Really nice easy drinking stuff. 

Tap at Komachi. Expected to hate this but didn’t at all. The first whiff and taste really blew me away, actually, but then it settled into to something that was pretty good, but not great. Don’t know why that is. Quite complex, with coffee, orange, spice, even chocolate in the nose. Orange-gold color, cloudy, with a fine head. Very interesting blend of flavors, like a coffee hefeweizen plus American hops. Bready, biscuity malts and a body that is hard to believe from a 3.4% beer. Luc has obviously mastered that part. Decent level of bitterness in the finish gets a bit harsh with time. Starts great, but fades a bit as I’ve noticed with a couple of the low-alcohol beers in this series. Still very good.

On tap at Molto Stand. It pours a muddy dark brown with a creamy off-white head of foam. It has a fantastic hop bouquet with some earthy rye notes. A lively carbonation on a medium body. The taste is astringent from the dark malts with cocoa and acrid black patent malts then tons of green bitter hops. This is more of a dark ale than a "pale" ale, decent but not as nice as most of the beers in this series.