Tap @ iBREW Shinbashi. Pours green and hazy, not very dense bubbles but they do stay for a minute or two. Sweet fruity nose - with some green tea thrown in. Maccha latte. Taste is sweet, bitterness also there, a bit lactic and more like green tea linger in the finish. Quite balanced, relatively simple flavours so it does not wow me - but definitely not a fail. Add some tropics and lupulin dust and you get a winner here!

Tap @ Watering Hole. Light amber, quite clear. Bit of white foam there. Malty nose, grainy and some scraping hops. Taste has malts but feels still light-bodied. Hops make overall feel bitter and herbal. Quite dry so interesting combination here. Grassy herbal bitterness over a light malty body. Not that fruity at all. Not a fan but not badly made.

Apricot and muscat in the nose. Modest bitterness. But forgettable middle of the road ipa

pitch black color. sweet chocolate banana, vanilla in the nose. Wow, it is banana split . Like 100% with chocolate and banana. If delivers what it says. Wow. Very smooth . Nice

Tap at Kyoto Beer Lab with a lovely copper gold color and a fruity/floral hop bouquet. The taste adds some earthy bitter elements to that and it’s a well balanced ale. Tasty post work brew. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tap at Kyoto Beer Lab. Amber-orange color with a low head. Clear. Nose of treacle, plums, raisins. Rather sweet, a bit syrupy, strong. Seems a bit young still. Heavy, full. Decent enough but needs something more distinctive going on.

A glowing orange-red with a dense beige head. Mild malty plum aroma. Full bodied and smooth. The taste is chewy malts, plums and a bit of a floral character as well. Pretty solid and it hides the 10% well.

Tap @ iBREW Shinbashi. Hazy orange pour, bit brownish. Some foam at first but comes down with no significant lacings. Nose has some yeast, sweet malty thing with some almost rotting tropical fruits. Sounds worse than it is. Light hop kick. Taste brings out harsh grainy body, not that smooth and hops feel edgy as well. Not bad but well, not really smooth either, quite edgy and malty heavy-bodied IPA. Goes down OK but was hoping for something different.

Tap at Takumi. Glowing golden orange with lace. Hazy. Wheaty nose, clove, banana, honey, spicy, but of strange funkiness. Lightly prickly, not much of pumpkin. Something here is not quite right with the brew.