6.5/10
β
Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl can on AN ANA flight. Pours unattractive brown, fairly hazy, with low foam. Aroma is malty and caramel. Body is fairly average with moderate carbonation. Taste is moderately sweet, very low bitterness. Finish is average.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Oct 2018
at 16:03
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
I got this at the local Fukui goods shop by Fukui Station, I'm kind of bummed to discover it is contract brewed in Niigata (I thought the cap looked familiar!) for a liquor store in Tsuruga, Fukui.
Muddy orange brown in color with a thin light beige/dirty off white fizzy head of foam that quickly vanished. the aroma is very yeasty with some tangy mikan (mandarin oranges) as well. Fairly full bodied, grainy and sweet it is a honeyed biscuit with a mikan marmalade on top. Alright but it seems underattenuated.
Muddy orange brown in color with a thin light beige/dirty off white fizzy head of foam that quickly vanished. the aroma is very yeasty with some tangy mikan (mandarin oranges) as well. Fairly full bodied, grainy and sweet it is a honeyed biscuit with a mikan marmalade on top. Alright but it seems underattenuated.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2018
at 11:01
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can, bb 8/18. Murky amber, no head. 2- Aroma of butterscotch, pears, dried banana. Taste is a little better - pears, caramel, a little spice. Some bitterness. Aftertaste of dried banana. Something's gone wrong here.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Dec 2017
at 05:24
7/10
Good 'nuff
Tried
on 30 Sep 2017
at 21:34
8/10
Golden? This is obsidian black. A semi-sparkling, sake-soaked stout. Surpsingly scrumptious.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2017
at 23:42
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
310cl bottle at Tokuzo, Nagoya. Dark golden color, cloudy, light malt aroma with lots of yeast, mild grainy and strong hops background. A bit too yeasty maybe, had 2 or 3 after several sapporos, then switched to shochu so night went crazy and details git lost. But was a nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2017
at 16:53
7.5/10
β
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
F: average, off-white, not long lasting. C: coppery, light hazy. A: sweet caramel, malty, brown sugar, maple syrup, dried fruits, hint of herbal, complex. T: malty, caramel, brown sugar, estery fruity, hint of alcohol, dried fruits, medium to full body, lower carbonation, interesting and good balanced almost complex, 31cl bottle from Tagawa Vleurgat shop in Brussels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2016
at 13:43
5/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle shared. Thanks Raul! Jet black with no head. Sour blackberry nose with big roasted malt aromas. More sourness on the palate with some very high percentage cacao 80 percent or higher. Wine-like somehow, but not in a good way. Like old wine that has been oxidized. More roasted malt on the finish. Needs some work. --- Beer merged from original tick of Niigata Espresso Beer on 09 Oct 2016 at 19:58 - Score: 6. Original review text: It's ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2016
at 06:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Waseda Oktoberfest. Pours dark brown, almost black with jet a few bubbles on top.Aroma is sourish, has a bit of roast also. tastes actually interesting, that sour thing is still there but I am also getting lots of bitter chocolate and some dusty cocoa. What I am missing is actually... coffee or espresso, whatever they claim to have been using. Overall, I am happy that I tried this, beer is not bad and probably one of the best Niigata beers out there. Still a bit weak for the style though - and this sourness is not really right,
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2016
at 08:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from 310mL bottle (15.11 - 17.10). Dark brown with beige head. Lots of raisin and fig with caramel malt, very sweet (perhaps too much so). Light-to-medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2016
at 06:49