8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Cloudy dark gold with a fine, high, head. Aroma of cereals, with a tart edge, fruity, big grains. Peaches, bananas absent. Slightly funk as well. Rich, thick, sweet flavor with huge cereal flavor and a nice sour edge to balance. Banana here, with peaches and spices. The rye really comes through beautifully. Smooth and full body. A wonderful roggen. They should make this a regular!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2010
at 16:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at Q-Brick. It seems that they add a minimal quantity of barley malt to the recipe in order to brew it legally. Technically it is a happoshu, but there is no evident malt character to it, so I classified it as a cider. Pale gold color, slightly cloudy or hazy. Dry apple aroma. Restrained sweetness in the flavor—remarkable for Japanese apples. Nice dryness and decent sour edge. Very slight carbonation. Best Japanese-made cider by far! Not really special or funky in any way, but clean and crisp and tasty with nice apple flavor and without any over-bearing sweetness.
Tried
on 10 Nov 2010
at 17:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 2010 Beer Series release. Deep copper color with a low, fine head. Caramel malt aroma-quite plain, with no hops noticeable. Very malty flavor with almost no hop flavor. Caramel, ok hop bitterness. Malty like a maibock! Nothing close to what I imagine in an ESB, more like a very malt-centered English pale ale. Quite tasty malt, but thumbs down on the hopping.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2010
at 17:17
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Roasty aroma with milk, chocolate and wood. Dark brown color, low bubbly head that vanished rather quickly. Lightly roasted flavor with milk and vanilla. Rather sweet. Very light body Decent and drinkable though not at all inspiring.
Tried
on 10 Nov 2010
at 17:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Smoked cheese, a touch of bacon. Light body a touch unbalanced, bit refreshing. Light smokey finish.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2010
at 04:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Rich caramel and chocolate nose, with raisins and other dried fruit. Very malty. Dark brown with orange and a bubbly, thin, head. Rich caramel malt: sweet, but not overly so. Cherries, bread, nice chocolate. Not very bitter, but a bit roasty, and sweetness remarkably well controlled. Full, rich, chewy body. Quite fruity as well—dried and otherwise. A dunkel for sure, and a very good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2010
at 16:40
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Neutral aroma. Cloudy amber good lace. Mellow, well balanced flavours akin to a pale ale, definitely not a alt. Ok session beer.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2010
at 07:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. Richly roasty aroma—well smoky, with a touch of honey, crisp pilsner malt, biscuit, some fruit. Deep golden color, tall, fine, white head. Rich malt flavor, nice smoke, though much less than the nose leads one to expect—rather light, with a grassy hop finish that comes through the smoke easily. Crisp, rich, light and fresh. Nice body. A tasty all-around beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2010
at 02:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Medium brown color. Full bodied,sweet, but decent balance . Lots of grasssy hops. Well made German style lager and one of the better offering from the brewery.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2010
at 16:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
nice clovely banana nose. A bit off balanced, strong banana bread flavor, ok, but not as expected.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2010
at 07:41