5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of yngwie. Pours a cloudy golden with a rough white head. Fruity, yeasty and phenollic aroma. Medium body, sweet fruitiness, coconut, quite some yeast with a little spice and a dry and almost astringent finish. 290111
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2011
at 07:05
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 330ml @ fonefan
Pours clear dark amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt and caramel. Taste is light sweet. Body is medium, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear dark amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt and caramel. Taste is light sweet. Body is medium, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2011
at 05:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of yngwie. Pours a clear nutty brown with a small off-white head. A discreet and mild roast in the nose. Light body, roast, licorice and a little vanilla. Vague raisiny finish. 290111
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2011
at 05:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ Ulfborg Weekend, Jan 2011. Pours amber with small bubbles on top. Sweet malty. Caramel and toffee. Medium bodied. Rich malty a bit of hops in the end. Quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2011
at 05:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Tadg’s. I’m quite sure this version was brewed in Japan at Shiga Kogen. Milky, spicey aroma with coriander, nutmeg, citrus and other fruits, Belgian yeast. Big and black with a nice fine tan head. Strong sour, citrus edge to the flavor, a bit too strong, with spices, roasty malts, chocolate, light raisins. Complex and interesting, though a bit weird, and could lose the citrus.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2010
at 18:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at Bulldog. For some reason there was no head and little carbonation in the beer. Bull is usually good with this, but I guess this was an exception. Lots of dark fruit and roasted character. Reasonably well balanced. Hardly mind blowing, but enjoyable enough, nonetheless.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Oct 2010
at 16:17
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at Tadg’s. Pretty, glowing black with a nice tan head. Lightly roasted aroma with coffee; dry and slightly creamy. Smooth, soft malts, nicely roasted, with coffee and dark chocolate in the mouth. Creamy, with some berries. Light body, but smooth and full. Nice fruity, berry-like edge. A good dry stout, not particularly special, but smooth and tasty.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2010
at 19:53
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Q-Brick. Pretty orange-gold color with large fine head. Huge citrus hop aroma, grapefruit, mango and other tropical fruits, spices, cream. Flavor of mango, pineapple, grapefruit, with a dry Belgian yeast finish. Slightly dusty and farmyard finish. Great citrus throughout, with a strong tart to sour edge. Restrained but solid bitterness. Light carbonation. Creamy. A great American-hopped saison. No muddy yeast or over-done esters. Excellent as usual for the best brewery in Japan today.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2010
at 20:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, at Patricks. It pours a hazy, orange body topped by a minimal sized off-white head. There’s a nice malty sweetish-ness in the aroma, a whiff of alcohol too, but it’s the citrus peel and resins that do the heavy work. The flavor is pretty much the same, a base of sweetish pale malts where the resiny, citrus-peel tasting hops can do their job. Nice bitterness all the way. Full-bodied and with a certain warmth. A beer to sip slowly, or get you drunk really fast if you have a few of them. The sipping is the recommended way of drinking it, that way it’s really pleasant. 100213
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2010
at 12:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, at Patricks. it pours a minimal sized off-white head over a hazy dark golden body. The aroma is on the hoppy side with pale malts in the back. Pine cones, citrus peel and a faint touch of vegetables. The flavor goes down the same road, piney and resiny flavors dominates with it’s bitterness, leaving the pale malts to a place in the back seat, where they do just what they are supposed to. It’s full bodied and deliciously dry, finishing bitter. I don’t like the little vegetal touch, but fortunately that’s only in the aroma. Else it’s a fine one, tasteful and quenching and it goes down almost too easily. 100213
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2010
at 12:54