Bottle from the brewery. Poured into a tulip pint. Big citrus aromas with earthy resin, fig, prune and roasted coffee. Taste is more of the above, but not as strong. Bitter and fruity on the palate. As it warms up more of the fruit notes along with chocolate stand out. Bitter finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Premium Black Ale on 18 Dec 2015 at 21:34 - Score: 7

Re-rate: Handpump at Gremlin. Kind of boring and one-dimensional pale ale. Very mild flavors without much hop character. I prefer the single hop version of the pale ale by a longshot. On tap at Popeye served in a shaker. Light amber color with only a bit of foam present. Strong piney aroma with a bit of papaya present. Well-balanced and not overly bitter on the palate. Almost sessionable. Really flavorful pale ale. --- Beer merged from original tick of Kin Oni Pale Ale on 25 May 2015 at 08:57 - Score: 7

ONI Densetsu Sorachi Ace + Amarillo on tap at Lezzets, 650 yen +tx for a 200ml pour in an aroma glass(oversized wine glass, like a goblet). It is an orange copper gold, deeper than the SSS Pale Ale. The nose is peppery & fruity. Again like the SSS it has an oily undercarbed body. Spoke to someone at another bar and it sounds like this may be an issue at Lezzets these days. The taste is a clean green bitterness with a dry finish. Underwhelming.

ONI Densetsu SSS Centennial On tap at Lezzets. It pours deep gold with a pungent earthy dankness & a juicy fruitiness. Medium to light bodied, a bit oily & undergassed. The taste is a bit weak - dank mild bitterness with a touch of grape. Disappointing.

Half pint at GBF Shibuya. Clear golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of light citrus and floral. Tastes of floral, citrus, pine. Medium body with a dry finish.

Tap at Marciero. Glowing light orange, just about flat. Rather dull nose, light malts with some citrus and grass. Very bitter, not all that floral and fragrant. OK, but not up to the standard they usually set. A problem with the carbonation too. Too flat.

Tap at Qbrick. Fruity nose, mosaic, tropical fruits. Bitter, clean flavor, fruity. Well done, clean and bitter with good fruits. Hops come through well.

5% on tap at Beer Komachi. 650 yen for a glass. A deep orange with a pink tiny to it, somewhat grapefruit like. It has a soft raspberry aroma. The body is a bit rough. The taste is actually pretty good, some earthy maltiness, a solid dash of raspberry but I also get occasional notes of popcorn which detract from it a bit. A lingering sweet berry finish. Overall, pretty good but it needs some more tweaking.

Tap at Komachi. Hazy gold, lively carbonation, thin lace. Big lemony cascade nose, 7-Up,light crackers. Light, crisp flavor, crackers and lemon, with a dry, bitter finish. Good.

Tap at Craft heads, Tokyo. Hazy yellow color, small tropical fruity aroma with dash of citrus. Light-bodied. Fruity flavor with grapefruit. Lingering bitterness. Summer drink and very sessionable.