Strange Brewing

Microbrewery in Minamiuonuma, Niigata, Japan 🇯🇵
Associated Venue: Bakushu Club Popeye

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黒土新田79-5, Minamiuonuma, Japan

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7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Tutti frutti sweets, nice dryness. Light fruitiness, very enjoyable dipa taste. Fades a little though

Tried from Draft at Bakushu Club Popeye on 30 Oct 2020 at 13:05


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Nice stuff. Good fruity but resinous hops. Pine maybe too. Bit dank but that light caramel thing in there too. Like it!

Tried from Draft at Bakushu Club Popeye on 30 Oct 2020 at 13:04


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Alright. Nice hoppiness bit a touch of macro maltiness to. Something a little spicy. Lemon.

Tried from Draft at Bakushu Club Popeye on 30 Oct 2020 at 13:03


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Yamaoka. Very rich buckwheat nose, nutty as hell, grainy, light citrus and esters. The buckwheat comes out beautifully there. Hazy golden orange with a tall, fine head. Nutty flavor, estery, malty, buckwheat with orange, peach, dark chocolate, walnuts, wow. I have had a few soba / buckwheat beers before, but this one blows them all away with the boldness and depth of the buckwheat flavor. Not gimmicky at all. Luscious stuff. Light but persistent carbonation, medium, silky body. Surprisingly excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2020 at 08:53


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

9oz at Popeye pours a clear dark orange, clumpy whitr head.  Nose is a SNPA rip off, malt and some honey, pith and pine.  Flavor follow.  Finishes lightly sticky, piney.  7 4 7 3 13

Tried on 24 Feb 2020 at 15:17


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

9oz at Popeye, pours a pulpy orange, little bit of white head.  Nose has berries and cream, melon, mango.  Flavor follows.  Creamy finish.  A decent enough attempt.  7 3 7 3 13

Tried on 24 Feb 2020 at 15:13


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

9oz pour at Popeye, pours a murky orange with a ring of white head.  Nose has perfume, melon, rotting papaya, honey.  Flavor is the same, a bit of a rip off, would feel poorly produced in the US market.  Finishes lightly creamy.  6 3 6 3 12

Tried on 24 Feb 2020 at 15:04


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

9oz pour at Popeye.  Pours a clear, dark gold with a ring of white head.  Nose is old school west coast, malt, pine, pith.  Flavor follows.  Full bodied, sticky and bitter.  SD boys would be proud.  7 3 7 3 12

Tried on 24 Feb 2020 at 15:02


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Marker pen, soy sauce, nice though. If perhaps a little underwhelming. Tobacco

Tried on 22 Feb 2020 at 15:22


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Nice. Lots of apple but hoppy feeling too. Good stuff. Easy drinking.

Tried on 20 Oct 2019 at 14:56