Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
350ml can @ Tokyo Midtown tasting, thanks Justin. Clear amber pour with some white foam on top. Malty light caramel nose, bit of older hops there. Taste is light, somewhat fruity and even some bitterness. Caramelly and grassy IPA, not bad but not really good either. Grassy bitter linger.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
350ml can @ Tokyo Midtown tasting, thanks Justin. Nice golden pour with just a little foam on the top. Malty nose, some crispness. Tastes malty sweet and actually not bad. Bit husky maybe and light herbal bitterness in the finish. Not too bad (but this statement does not mean its good).
TimE (11144) reviewed Ale from Tsumagoi Kougen Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Nice Amber color. Head is white. Vegatle nose with some caramel. Sweet malty and not overly tempting. The mouth is an odd mix of stewed burnt vegetables, caramel and infection. Lingering bad vegatle finish. Bad
KansaiBeerLovers (8946) reviewed Shiro from Tsumagoi Kougen Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 2.5
Can from Taniguchi, just bought it for the brewery tick. Served in a weizen glass. It pours a fairly clear deep gold with a foamy beige head with good head retention. Looks more like a US style Wheat beer than a Belgian Witbier which is usually much cloudier & lighter in color. The nose is a big yeasty sweet fruitiness that veers towards grapes. The mouthfeel is nice soft & round on a medium body, quite possibly the palate is the best part of this beer. The taste is not terribly witbier at all, mostly fruity yeasty with some mild chemical cheap bubblegum. I agree with KyotoLefty, this beer is just harsh flavor-wise. Not a witbier at all, ugh. Not infected but badly made with a harsh bizarre aftertaste. Pass on this...
Kyotolefty (15977) reviewed Shiro from Tsumagoi Kougen Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Can from Taniguchi. Last of the 4 (sigh). Bright gold like a pils, low head. Nose of orange peel, light wheat, slightly vegetal. Lightly spicy, with hoeny malts. Extract all the way. Bitter and harsh, with slightly estery sweetness, orange. Earthy, bitter, harsh. Not infected, just obviously made from extract and the harshness is everywhere.
Kyotolefty (15977) reviewed Ale from Tsumagoi Kougen Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can from Taniguchi. Drink by April 17. Earthy hop, caramel malts, grass, light citrus. The best nose of the 3 beers I had from them so far, though not exactly special or well-done. Just not infected. Some cherries and plums. Deep orange amber, clear, with a low head. Flavor is toffee/caramel, lightly, only lightly vegetal, grassy, earthy hops. Fruits. Very bitter finish. Not terrible, but directionless and vague. Cascade and Citra character do not come out well. Best yet from them, though.
Kyotolefty (15977) reviewed Irish Stout from Tsumagoi Kougen Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Can from Taniguchi. Apple juice and celery again, plus a bit of coffee, wood, and chocolate. Slightly better hidden by the roast than in the Marzen, but still not a good beery nose at all. Black with tan lace. Looks good. Roasted malt at first, coffee and some chocolate and berries. Very thin, watery body. Amateurish, but it does taste like a dry stout, though not necessarily a good one. Much better then the useless Marzen, though.
Kyotolefty (15977) reviewed Marzen from Tsumagoi Kougen Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
Can from Taniguchi. Very strange aroma of apples, celery, a touch of caramel. Pretty, clear orange-amber, with a lacy head. Not much of a lager head. Fruit and caramel flavor. Some celery and lots of apple. Weirdly spicy. Nothing lager-like about it, almost nothing beer-like at all. If they told me it was cider, I would be more convinced. A strange beast. Not disgusting, but really not much of anything.