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

On tap at Popeyes. Pours a clear amber color with a medium white head. A nice sweet malty fruity nose. Perfume, light tropical notes, amber caramel base, some toast. Pretty nice.

Tried from Draft on 11 Jul 2017 at 09:40


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Popeye’s, cask actually. Pours a reddish dark amber color with a small white head. A smooth malty fruity nose. The flavor is caramel, toast, citrus, some light bready malts. Solid.

Tried from Draft on 25 Jun 2017 at 06:14


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Keg at Popeye - Tokyo. Pours clear gold with a creamy, white head. The nose holds light pine, citrusy hops. Medium sweet flavour with mellow bitterness, some orange rind, light pine. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Finishes with modest piney bitterness, dried citrus, simple pale bread. So so.

Tried on 21 Apr 2017 at 09:26


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at Popeye - Tokyo. Pours clear orange-gold with a creamy head. The nose has some faded pine, orange rind, bread crust. Light sweet flavour with more piney hops, dry pale malts, grassy bitterness. Light to medium bodiednwith average carbonation. Pine resin in the finish, more grass, crisp pale malts. Not bad in the end.

Tried on 21 Apr 2017 at 09:24


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

Cask at Hop Man. Spicy, earthy hop nose with oranges. Caramel malts, earthy hop flavor, spicy and fruity. Decent bitter.

Tried from Cask on 26 Feb 2017 at 21:12


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Aroma is indeed rice. Some fruity sour stuff as well. Fuzzy tablet maybe, lettuce definitely. Taste is fuzzy tablet. Finish is more of the fruity rice. Smooth and nice.

Tried on 20 Aug 2016 at 11:55


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Honey and bread, caramel. Some tanines. Very foresty fruity taste with bitterness and honey sweetness. More honey and some spicyness in the finish with a full body. Very good.

Tried on 20 Aug 2016 at 05:21


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Lots of fruits, passion fruit, some bready malts as well. Taste is fresh citrussy sourness at first but with some bitterness later which doesnt fit in my opinion. Easy drinkable. Good but with a little catch.

Tried on 20 Aug 2016 at 05:17


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Some darker fruits, honey maybe figs and some malts. Not heavy, only some resin bitterness. Fresh. Nice.

Tried on 20 Aug 2016 at 05:15


8.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Lots of dark chocolate. Taste is bitter chocolate and some alcohol spicyness. Amarena sourness and sweetness. Long finish. Pleasant mouthfeel. Full body. Very nice.

Tried on 20 Aug 2016 at 05:13