OWA Brewery

Client Brewer in Brussel / Bruxelles / Brussels, Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2006

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Rue des Confédérés 52, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
Description
OWA beer was born in May 2006. It was born and designed for the best Belgium and Japanese fusion food experience. It is indeed a very good combination with SUSHI and YAKITORI (weet soy sauce). The brewery is located in the famous district of Uccle in Brussels, only 2kms from the Moeder Lambic in Saint Gilles. Leo Imai started to brew in December 2008 and in 2009 he made a kitchen laboratory in the brewery, and researched the best marriage with japanese food.

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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
A huge thanks to 77ships for sharing this bottle. Murky yellow color, small white head. Aroma of citrus, peach, plum. Taste is sweet summer fruit with a very subtle sour edge. If I had more of this I’d lay it down for a year or so.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2012 at 03:39

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle sample @ 2nd RBBSG, August 11th 2012. Courtesy of 77ships. Yet another brew from the ever elusive Leo Imai. No idea where the lambic came from. Bottle 55/100. Significantly better than my previously rated Sakura lambic which was way too young, this version using Ume shows some of the sweetness to have started to fade away. Still, room for improvement remains. Dorée, col blanc moyen. Arôme fruité avec en effet des notes de prunes assez parfumé et fleuri, en retrait, on note un léger côté boisé/lambic. Palais reste encore malgré les qcq mois de bouteilles assez doux, fruité laissant une pointe de pétillant/épicé et fruité de prune en bouche avec un côté boisé de chêne que l’on retrouve dans le lambic sur ce côté cuire. Une bière qui peut évoluer mais qui pourrait aussi profiter de meilleures explications du brasseur sur comment, où et quel lambic sont utilisés.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2012 at 10:00

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as OWA Ume Lambic (by OWA Brewery SPRL):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5

11/VIII/2012 - 75cl bottle @ RBBSG - bottle # 55 - (2012-881) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the bottle!

Cloudy yellowish to beige beer, no head. Aroma: bit metallic, lots of chloride, bit floral, some apple skin, bit chemical, some citrus and yuzu fruit or something. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty sweet start, some green sweet ripe prunes, sourish touch, bit lemony, some wood. Aftertaste: ripe to overripe fruits, very mellow sourness, quite some bretta stuff in the end, green apple skin.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2012 at 10:03

5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Sampled at RBBSG, bottle #55/100. Hazy, lightly murky yellow to orange color, no head. Smell and taste sourness, a hint of perfume, some fruityness. Low to medium carbo and body.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2012 at 07:55

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 7
37.5cl bottle courtesy of Leo Imai of Owa, shared with Pierre @ Délices et Caprices. BB 03/2014. Au premier abord, belle étiquette sur sorte de papier parchemin japonais. Dès ouverture on note ce profile cerise de Sakura qui se fait présent avant de verser au verre mais sans être superflus. Bière est dorée avec un col blanc fin qui disparait très vite pour ne laisser que qcq bulles à la surface. Arôme est unique alternant en profile lambic acidulé et un bouquet fleuri de cerise, on est ici loin d’une kriek belge. Bouquet est agréable et on y note aussi l’influence du jeune lambic. Note aussi un léger côté cuire, boisé. En bouche, la bière manque clairement d’age, le tout est plat avec juste qcq bulles qui viennent titiller le fond de la gorge. Un contraste claire se dessine si on compare le tout à l’arôme. Ici le Sakura domine un peu et seulement l’ajout de la lie vient changer le profile qui alors prend plus le côté lambic. L’usage de lambic 1 et 2 ans se ressent également sur la fin, et là l’expérience devient plus agréable, la fin de bouche prend alors des notes entre tourbe/peat, cuire avec un pétillant léger. En l’état, ce lambic aurait du rester encore au moins 6 mois en cave, en ce moment il devait avoir environ 3-4 mois. La cerise telle qu’elle se présente rend le tout beaucoup trop doux et je pense que cela peut évoluer avec le temps ou alors il faut diminuer l’ajout de Sakura qui contribue à tropd e douceur. Potentiel est là avec qcq changements, le tout peut vraiment donner une belle alliance du style belge et de l’influence japonaise.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Aug 2012 at 05:27

5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle 330ml.Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, molasses, chocolate, sweet malt, burnt tyres - dragrace burner. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120622]
Tried from Bottle on 01 Aug 2012 at 09:19

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Medium head with medium duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, caramel, notes of citrus and hops.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2012 at 01:39

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle 330ml @ fonefan
Pours clear brown with a small off-white head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, alcohol, sugar and fruits. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jun 2012 at 08:57

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle. A dense, dark beige head of finger-thick size forms over a more or less clear body, dark reddish to brown in color. Cellar, malts, some yeasty hints, a roasted touch and some dried fruits in the aroma. The flavor has dried fruits up front, with roasted malt notes, cellar and alcohol hints. Quite alcohol tasting, lightly warming, full-bodied and pleasantly carbonated. Lasting finish with roasted malt, some alcohol and bitterness. A quite decent one, but I won’t miss it if I never see it again. 120622
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jun 2012 at 08:50

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. very dark brown/red wit giant tan head. Aroma is light roasted malts, chocolate, yeast and a little phenols. Flavour is light roasted malts, chocolate, little sour, yeast, medium sweet, little acid, hops and a little bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jun 2012 at 08:46