Been meaning to pick this up for a while now. Pour is lightly hazy straw with plenty of noticeable carbonation. Has a real small head. Aroma is sour fruit, orange, a bit of sweet malts, yeast, and lime. Interesting. Body is full of carbonation and a touch watery. Interesting beer. Acidic touch on the tougue comes from noticeable lime. Also tastes of spice, sour fruit, sweet malts, and some yeast. I don’t know if I’m even allowed to form on opinion since I don’t know what constitutes a Japanese Saison. But it is an interesting beer...pretty fun to drink.

Hazy orange with an off-white head. Citrus and earthy hops are subtle but noticeable. Caramel, malt and some floral notes as well. Nice body for an IIPA. Citric hops, some floral, caramel, and bready malts in the flavor. Finish has a nice lingering bitterness. Not a huge IIPA, but a pretty decent beer.

Clear orange with nearly no head. Hoppy aroma, earth, pine, some citrus, along with some sweet malt. Flavor is very earth, grass oriented. Some pine, caramel malts. The earth/grass is overpowering. Smooth, full bodied. If the grass was toned down I would have enjoyed this more, as it is it’s a decent pale ale.

Medium offwhite head. Hazy orange body. Deep firm caramelly malty aroma with notes of straw and hops. Dry medicinal straw and hops malt taste with light mango hop notes. Caramelly. Dry medicinal aftertaste. Very nice! Definitely US-inspired. (0.33l bottle from the bus station in Matsumoto.)

Not to be confused with their DPA (Draft Pale Ale, which surprisingly is only avialable on draft). Light amber color, pineapples, citrusy hoppy nose. Med hoppy citrusy mouth with some noticable noble hops as well. Mildly bitter finish.

Pours a copper color with a smallish light tan head. Aroma is fresh fruit, citrus hops(orange mainly), and sweet malts. Hops? In a Japanese IPA? Finally! They’re not as powerful as you’d get in an American IPA, but up to this point I’ve been sorely dissapointed with the sweetness of Japan’s IPAs. This has a nice hop biterness to it right from the start. Sweet, citrus fruits flow into floral and malt. Finshes with a decent dry hop bite. Could still use more hops, but this is a step in the right direction.

Medium offwhite coarse head. Slightly hazy amber body with carbonation. Light resiny hop aroma with notes of roastiness. Taste is bitter resiny hops with notes of tropical fruit and wood. Dry wooden aftertaste. Some chalk. Quite good. (0.33l bottle.)

Medium light brown head. Dark red body, barely translucent. Milky papery aroma with rubbery notes. Dry, sweet burnt coffee taste, very mild. Sugary notes. Aftertaste is dry caramel. Nice, but maybe a little too mild. (0.33l bottle.)

Clear deep golden color. This head, with a moderate aromatic nose of oranges and apples. The mouth has a soft mouth feel and is hop accented, which must be the British hops. The finish is aggressively bitter, this must be the American hops. Not bad

A Japanese Saison?? What is that. Oh, I guess cause it is made mainly from rice around the brewery. The result?? On draft at the Japanese Craft Beer Festival in Sept 06. Hands down people’s choice. Subtle enough to please the newbies, but somehow complex enough for the style to please the hardcore. Clear golden color, funky farmhouse character in the nose. Great depth and balance, with some hoppiness, but bready malts and hints of lemon balance things out. malty finish. A lots of hard to describe complexity going on here, but great stuff. The brewery keeps putting out more and more suprising stuff. I love it.