frothy white head. Turbid white golden color. The nose surprisingly doesn’t show much. Very clean but not a ton of hop character. Full body, low carbonation very balanced, some what juicy but the hop character doesn’t really shine. Slightly astringent finish. A touch warming. My overall sense is the hop quality isn’t very high. This could rock if better/fresher hops were used. It’s really well made. The pineapple adds a nice layer. For the abv this does it right. So so much potential, but as is, just falls short. Liked it a bit more as it warmed up.

Tap at Komachi. Amber orange color, clear, with lace. Perfumy nose, mostly lavender, light strawberry, citrus. Flowery, tart flavor, the lavender is doable and not over the top. Not much strawberry coming through. Crisp and light.

Tap at Komachi. Hazy blond color with lace. Rich, spicy malt nose, estery fruits. Spicy, maltty, bready, honey, spicy yeast. A bit on the heavy side. Ok but a bit too sweet and spicy.

Tap at Komachi. Hazy deep gold with lace. Nose is citrus, grass, rich bready malt. Rich malt flavor with citrus and pine notes. Nice.

Tap at Komachi. Hazy gold with lace. Lemony nose, wheat biscuits. Nice wheaty flavor and lemony hops. Rich and full but not heavy.

Tap at Komachi. Very cloudy gold with a high head. Nose is orange and some vanilla. Sweet orange, lactose, vanilla, candy.

Tap at komachi. Dark orange color, cloudy, with a thick, low head. Nose or oranges and some pine. Quite resiny, bitter flavor with tangy citrus hops.

Tap @ iBREW Shimbashi. Lightly creamy golden pour, white foam on the top, leaves some white lacings. Sweet fruity malt base with a tropical touch. Tastes creamy, tropical fruits are giving some soft and a bit oily mouthfeel at first but then more intense bitterness arrives and leads to a grassy bitter linger in the finish. You can actually feel the alcohol a bit, not hidden the best. OK.

Not super heavy on the rye

Tap @ iBREW Shinbashi. Nice golden pour, just a bit misty. Nose has some Belgian yeast esters, simple and sweet. Tastes like melted sugar candies, kind of sweet and some Belgian yeast spices thrown in. Not bad but well, not too special either.