5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from Suvaco/Kyoto Isetan. Kizakura Fushimi Tougarashi (pepper) beer 5% It pours a surprising pale opaque gold with a fizzy white head, it looks like a lager.
It has a big vegetal pepper aroma, think freshly sliced pizza toppings.
Light bodied with a scratchy carbonation, the taste is full on Tougarashi pepper. Vegetal, green, not much heat but more like a vegetable drink than a beer. Just weird...
It has a big vegetal pepper aroma, think freshly sliced pizza toppings.
Light bodied with a scratchy carbonation, the taste is full on Tougarashi pepper. Vegetal, green, not much heat but more like a vegetable drink than a beer. Just weird...
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2017
at 08:32
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
330 ml bottle from Suvaco in Kyoto Station. Now, fushimi chilis are generally sweet, but this has a hot chili nose. Spicy and green, vegetal, a touch of lemon. Veg is coming through much more than in the Eggplant beer. I find the nose extremely unpleasant. Slightly pale gold, hazy, with low head. A shade deeper than the other. Flavor is better than the nose. Lightly spicy peppers, green pepper, lemon. Tastes a bit like a roasted sweet chili with lemon juice squeezed over it. Body is light, with rather low carbonation. There is a tingly, peppery chili finish with a touch of hops, maybe. Nothing great about this, but it makes for a laughable and slightly drinkable gimmick. The veg character is much more prominent here than in the eggplant beer (for better or for worse).
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2017
at 22:20
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
330 ml bottle from Suvaco in Kyoto Station. Rather weird nose of gummy bears, lemon, a bit of eggplant actually, and some rice. Almost like roasted eggplant. Pale gold, hazy. Flavor is light, lemony, ricy. Don’t really taste strongly of eggplant, really, but it is there (since I know to look for it). Maybe a touch of eggplant pickles. It isn’t disgusting, but it isn’t very good either. Light, slippery body, low to medium carbonation. Mostly like a lemony, poorly made witbier. Not recommended, but drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2017
at 22:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Isetan. Nicely hoppy nose, pine resin, citrus, earth, very resinous, with some caramel and cherry. Wow. Surprised from them. Cloudy reddish brown with a low, thick head. Quite hoppy, greapefruit and pine. Rather decent malt, caramel, minerals, edns up watery, probably on account of the rice. Very bitter and minerally. This is actually pretty good. They never had hops in a beer like this before.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2016
at 07:32
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Can at kyoto station. Straight from can. I think very pale color with bubbly head. Aroma is weirf somehow resembling sake with apple and pear and some floral tones, light bitterness in the finish. Thin watery texture sustained carbonation dry finish. Peculiar at least but not really appealing.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Dec 2016
at 01:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can in kyomizu-dera, kyoto. Straight from can. Aroma of roasted malts hints of chocolate and bittering hops. Taste is light sour mild bitter. Light body dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Dec 2016
at 23:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can from lawson as Kizakura kyoto pale ale for 320 yen. Golden color fine white head persisrent and lacing. Light haze. Aroma is uncertain ale a bit sour vaguely fruity, it would not be surprising if they used sake yeast. Light body creamy texture light bitter carbonated extra dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Dec 2016
at 07:14
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Amber color, average foam. Aroma: caramel, dried fruit, raisins, sweetness. Taste: sweet caramel, a bit sour, fruit and dried fruit, velvety.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2016
at 06:49
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. Hazy golden color, good white foam. Aroma: malty, a little spice and pear, sweet, spicy. Taste: sweet, malt, corn, slightly sour, slightly fruity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2016
at 06:46
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. Hazy yellow. Aroma: sake, fruits, rice. Taste: malt, rice, sake and mushrooms.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2016
at 05:55