2nd Story Ale Works

Microbrewery in Tokushima-shi, Tokushima, Japan 🇯🇵
Associated Venue: 2nd Story Ale Works

Contact
Hata-cho, Tomohiro 148, Tokushima-shi, Japan
Description
2nd Story Ale Worksは、徳島市郊外の山間部にあり、のどかな田園風景が眺められる小さな醸造所です。私達は、様々なビールを作りますが、共通して言えるのは、高品質であるべきということです。何よりも品質を一番に考えております。

We are a small beer brewery located on a farm on the outskirts of Tokushima city. We make a range of different beers with the common thread being high quality. Other than quality we try not to take things too seriously. We are making beer after all, it should be fun.

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7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at Sakaneko. Hazy golden-orange with a lo whead. Nose is citrus fruit, stone fruit, biscuity malt. Nice fruity hop flavor, orange, grapefruit, pine, biscuity malts. West Coast. Full body and dry finish. Solid.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2020 at 11:12

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
330 ml bottle from Pigalle Bottleshop, Sangenjaya. Pours nice hazy orange, looking like peach juice. Not that much foam, some lacings. Nose is fruity, overripe plums and some sweet tropical fruits in the nose. taste has some nice fruity cotton candy, light bitterness. Quite dry and refreshing, does not get cloying. Actually I am digging this one quite a lot, well made and tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jun 2020 at 13:34

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
medium brown color. Pronounced chocolate and raspberry semi-dry nose. Oh wow. The raspberry and chocolate are very pronounced but don’t overwhelm and compliment each other fairly nice, low carbonation, modest acidity, smooth. Really well balanced, semi sweet. The raspberry tartness works really well. At 7.5% I feel this is very good but could be cranked up to 9%. Chocolate stouts are not my favorite, but this is fantastic
Tried on 18 Feb 2020 at 16:32

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
slightly hazy golden color. The dry hopping shows in the mouth but conversely I found the beer drier that I want for the style. Still nice soft mouthfeel. Mangos and citrus notes. Other than low carbonation it didn’t particularly come off as a NEIPA. It was perfectly fine but nothing more than that
Tried on 18 Feb 2020 at 16:31

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Tap at Whity as K2. I think it is just batch differences. Hazy medium golden orange with a medium head. Nose is orange juice, light acidity and pine, some funky tropical fruit. Sweet and juicy, seems to me that there is fruit juice in here but not sure.
Tried from Draft on 18 Jan 2020 at 03:24

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Cloudy orange. Orange on the nose. Oily orange and some peel with a long finish. Solid.
Tried from Draft at Craft Beer Market Lucua Osaka on 14 Jan 2020 at 09:33

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Tap at Marciero. Roasty caramel nose, rich malt, raisins. Almost black with a low head. Rich and malty, caramel, raisin, light roast. Soft, minerally, light body. Nice enough.
Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2019 at 14:41

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
juicy dank nose with some citrus and white mangos. Medium bitterness. Somewhat dank. Pretty nice but don’t love
Tried on 06 Nov 2019 at 13:39

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Tap at CBB branch. Hazy murky gold with a rich overripe mango aroma. Medium bodied, juicy but a bit sweet tart candyish. Ok.
Tried from Draft on 20 Sep 2019 at 05:53

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap at Takumiya. Pink color and cloudy. Nose is passion fruits. Flavor is tart passion fruit, crackery malt, light milk. Quite tart and tangy and very refreshing.
Tried from Draft on 11 Jul 2019 at 04:22