Spring Valley Brewery
Commercial Brewery
in
Yokohama,
Kanagawa,
Japan π―π΅
Owned by
Kirin Brewery Company (Kirin Holdings)
Associated with 3 Venues
Contact
Namamugi, 1-17, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Daikanyama. Big citrus nose, bread, biscuit and hassaku. A bit too bready. Glowing, cloudy golden orange with lace. Nice fruit flavor, not too sweet, some tartness and bitterness. Crackery malt. Not all that beer-like, but with a bit of a peppery finish. Full body. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2017
at 23:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
At Daikanyama, side by side with the Azacca. Nose is Lemon Pledge furniture polish, perfumy. Flavor is funky, astringent, edgy, light a badly made extract homebrew, fruity juice, washing fluid. This one is very amateurish compared to the rather nice Azacca.
Tried
on 20 May 2017
at 23:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Daikanyama. Pale pastel yellow, cloudy. Medium airy head. Good nose: grapefruit, orange, mango, passion fruit, smooth wheat. Wheat flavor, fruit juice, orange and mango, seems quite in the NE mold. Full, smooth, body. Lightly prickly finish. Oily. Decently done though not truly exciting.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2017
at 23:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Kyotolefty. Pours out a orangeish pink topped with a small head. Nose is raspberry sweetness some wheat and grassy hop notes. Taste is more of the raspberry sweetness wet grain and a little hop tick.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2015
at 12:17
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Tap at the Daikanyama brew pub. Nice grapefruit and caramel nose. Flavors of caramel, toffee, syrup, oranges, grapefruit, nectarines. Oily and thick. Ok. They canβt seem to avoid thick sweetness.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2015
at 19:24
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Tap at the Daikanyama brew pub. They say it is "like an IPA but not really." Nose of candied oranges and lemon. Smells a bit syrupy. Sweet, syrupy flavor, very fruity in a fake way and cloying. The most disappointing of the visit.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2015
at 19:22
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at the Daikanyama brew pub. Nicely fruity Saaz nose, oranges, not much malt detected. Medium golden color. Sweet and fruity, nice hop, but not lagered enough. Sweet, thin, oily. The malt character is more pale lager than pilsner.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2015
at 19:21
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at the Daikanyama brew pub. Cloudy, almost black, with a fine head. Roasty chocolate nose, soy sauce, coffee. Quite rich. Sweet milk chocolate flavor, dark chocolate too, creamy, coffee. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2015
at 19:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at the Daikanyama brew pub. Pale gold, cloudy. nice Nelson Sauvin nose, grapefruit, biscuits. A bit too sweet, but very nice hop flavors and rather well balanced. Oily, spritzy body. Best of the day.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2015
at 19:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at the Daikanyama brew pub. Cloudy golden-orange with lace. Nose is snasho and yuzu mainly. Sweet flavor of yuzu and biscuits. Too sweet and a bit too spicy, but not badly done. Second favorite today.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2015
at 19:16