7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Bakuon 2025. Pale gold, hazy, thick head. Nose is weizenbock clove, banana, sake koji. Estery and rich, malty, wheaty, lots of cloves. Sake character is less than other versions due to the wheat. Good.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2025
at 01:34
7/10
β
Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Beer Hearn Shinjiko Yuuhi Beer
aAPA 5.5% 27 IBU
Rusty Amber orange color with minimal foam but itβs a solid APA.
aAPA 5.5% 27 IBU
Rusty Amber orange color with minimal foam but itβs a solid APA.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Sep 2025
at 15:23
7.2/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Bakuon. Hazy IPA with lemon. Pale yellow, hazy. Lemony nose, orange juice, light tropical notes. Zesty, lemony flavor. Well done.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Oct 2023
at 04:22
7.6/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Dank, fruity aroma, white grapes, tropical fruit, citrus. Mosaic hops evident--Citra also used, they say. Light bready malts, rice. Medium golden to orange with quite a bit of haze a a large, pillowy head. Hoppy, light, crisp. The hops really shine and make it fun. Dank and fruity, with a very bitter finish. The malt is crackery and crisp, senbei, saltines. Also shows a soft, rounded sweetness from the rice. Well done with a surprisingly bitter and crisp finish that lasts a long, long time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2023
at 08:38
6.5/10
Label is more interesting than the beer but itβs fine. Less exciting version of the pils really. Nothing particularly of note.
Tried
on 09 May 2023
at 13:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Shimane x Itakura Sake Orochi 2019 9% Near the end of the bottle, funkier aroma than the 2018. Orange liquor sake funk with sweet syrupy malts. Getting long in the tooth but still good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2023
at 03:12
7.6/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Dig the Line. Clear, bright golden. Pear, apple, melon nose, rich malt, rice, light ginjoka. Very dry, crisp finish for such a strong beer. Cleaner and less sweet than in other years--and now I see it was based on a saison, which explains it. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2022
at 03:51
7.8/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Shimane Beer Orochi 2018 Sake Beer collaboration 9% Golden with orange tints and a malty caramel with honey sake aroma. Medium to full bodied with loads of sweet malty caramel. This is tasting super mellow and smooth.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2021
at 07:21
7.6/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Dig the Line. Clear gold with lace. Nose is rice, peaches, melon, Asian pears. Dry, slightly bitter, somewhat sweet, very fruity. Hides the alcohol amazingly well. Lots of estery stone fruit and melon.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Nov 2021
at 12:24
7.4/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at Takumiya. Deep orange, slightly hazy, with a thick head. Rich fruit nose, citrus, stone, melon, tropical, oranges. Wow. Deep, ripe, luscious fruit aroma. Sweet flavor, ginjo-ka, honey and caramel malt, lightly cloying, malty and rich but a bit simple. slightly funky and bitter finish. A bit too heavy and sweet in comparison to the best years, but still good.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Feb 2021
at 05:34