7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft to a plastic cup @ Nippon Craft Beer Festival 2014. Nice white top, looks hazy copper, quite light. Aroma has some nice flowery hops, fruits and melon. Like a dessert. Taste is nicely hoppy - but soon a bit disturbing grass flavour emerges. Otherwise it has a strong malt base, balancing bitterness nicely. Bitterness itself feels maybe a bit stale but not too bad. Beer itself is good, a bit sweet. Aftertaste is fruity, sweet and.. dry.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jan 2014
at 23:36
6/10
Tried
on 06 Jan 2014
at 07:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. Not sure if this is the same as Toshi’s IPA or meant to be different. Tropical fruit nose, mango, durian. Sweet malt but no caramel, biscuits, peach, orange, mango, tropical fruits. Sofy, silky body. Slight tropical stink. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2013
at 23:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. A new one, it seems, and not clear how it is different from their two pilsners. Grassy hop nose, biscuity pilsner malts, rather grainy. Brilliant gold, medium head. Malty, grainy, with some fruit, citrus, hay. Somewhat like a helles. Light hop flavor, but it is there, gentle but persistent peppery bitterness in the finish. Good malt backbone. Nice lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2013
at 02:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. Hazy golden color, small white head. Aroma of light tropical fruit. Taste is sweet but balanced fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Mar 2013
at 21:05
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from the Beer Club. Malty nose, caramel and chocolate. Dark brown with orange tints and a tall, fine, off-white head. Malty flavor, caramel, chocolate, light raisins. A decent dunkel, not overly rich or sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2013
at 01:21
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Served as August Pilsner in 2008. Might be different now. Gold color with a bit of orange. Tall, white head. Very cloudy. Aroma with strong malt and fairly strong hops as well. Slightly sweet, with butter, yeast. Very rich, unfiltered Pilsner aroma. Strong malt flavor, with tons of hops. Slightly sweet, with great balance. A touch sour, but great hops for what is basically a bohemian style Pilsner. Strong hoppy finish, rather long-lasting. Strong hops for a pills. Medium body and carbonation. A little bit of fruit, this gate, and a touch of spice. Very rich, malty, hoppy Pilsner.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2011
at 23:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at Q-Brick. Pale gold, with a fine, thick, tall head. Big citrus, coriander, and wheat aroma, fresh and crisp like Hoegarden used to be. Sweet and creamy flavor, with wheat, citrus, spice. Nice sour finish, but bready and sweet. Refreshing. Ok stuff.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2011
at 03:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a nice copper color. Aroma of malts, caramel, earthy hops. Flavor is full of the malt, but also has some nice hop bitterness. Not your normal IPA. Good, but hard to down a full pint.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2010
at 23:30
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Beer Works Osaka IPA Challenge. Very malty nose. Huge caramel, rounded and buttery. Sweet, malty flavor. Light hops but rich, lovely malt. A bit fruity at the finish, with a touch of lingering bitterness. Great malt show, though a bit too unbalanced. Very British in style. Decent bitter finish. You don’t find IPAs like this in Japan regularly. (Note: had it again, and although it kept the British malt character, the malt flavor was minimized and wild hop astringency reigned. I think he has yet to figure our what he wants to do here!)
Tried
on 25 Nov 2009
at 17:43