8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at iBrew. Dark amber colour, very little head. Aroma is very fruity, plums, dark fruit, apples, touch of booze, sweet. Taste is sweet, fruity, caramel, very drinkable, apples. Very nice, very smooth. Really nice.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
2015 version at Keyaki part 2. Cheese and chive but creamy! It's sorachi! Nice. Bit of citrus poking out. Nicely done. Either it's changed a lot or I have. Enjoyed everything about it this time. Rating for 2013 version: Tap at Himalaya Table. Orange amber colour. Bit of off-white head. Aroma is lightly fruity but not so much else. Taste is very sorachi ace, bit of citrus bitterness, cheesy, sour cream and chive. Some biscuity malt too and limoncello. Usual Sorachi Ace mix of things. Quite spritzy. I like the hop, so I like the beer, but it's not mindblowing. 7.3.8.3.15
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
slightly rose and amber color. Beautiful nose of apricot roses and citrus notes. Dry, fairly aggressively bitter with good depth. One of the better takes on the style. Very nice
Tried
on 25 Aug 2019
at 00:27
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at IBREW Akihabara, Tokyo. Poured a clear golden colour with little life. The flavour is gluey malt, light hop. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a crisp, malt, light fruit, yeasty, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 May 2019
at 09:37
4.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 5
Overall 5
Draft at ibrew, Akihabara, Tokyo. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of grain, light yeast and metallic notes. Flavour is light sweet and bitter. Light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Craft Beer Bar Ibrew Akihabara
on 08 May 2019
at 23:24
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
pitch black color. Light brown head. Very dry nose with baker’s chocolate, roasted malt and molasses. Great initial depth of plums, molasses and dark chocolate but there is a not too subtle plastic note that ruins this beer. Something went wrong. Clearly has some potential but couldn’t finish my sampler glass due to the plastic
Tried
on 10 Mar 2019
at 00:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
dark golden color. Full bodied, lots of cereal malt, modest bitterness, semi-sweet.. Definitely a strong lager but fairly clean. Nice enough
Tried
on 10 Mar 2019
at 00:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
slightly hazy but not too turbid. Nice sweet nose of orange gummy bears and citrus notes. Low carbonation, low medium bitterness, semi-sweet orange juice and mango juice. Pretty juicy. Nice stuff
Tried
on 10 Mar 2019
at 00:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
hazy but not turbid, big citrusy nose with muscat and biscuity character. Very juicy, low bitterness, low carbonation, tons of citrus, Apricot and buscuit notes. So quaffable. Not 100% to style but damn I love it
Tried
on 03 Feb 2019
at 12:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap @ Furusatomatsuri (18.01.2019). Clear golden, not that much foam and only a few bubbles on the top. Nose has some smoked bacon and smoked nuts. Kind of rich and pungent - but in a pleasant way. Really, liking this. Taste has this chewy smoke character still there, oily and feels malty and with a bit of booze. Medium low bitterness but more than usual in lagers. Quite happy with this, better than I expected.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Feb 2019
at 15:46