Biruski (4902) reviewed Kumano Kodo Beer from Ise Kadoya 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Copper with a big white head. Grassy hops, light sweet malts, and some lemon in the aroma. Flavor is nice, but is this really a brown? The grassy hops are very present. Lightly citrus, some sweet malting in the back. A bit simple and one-sided with the grass being the major feature here. Still, very nice and pretty easy to drink. I would actually buy this more often if I could find it around me.
JK (8181) reviewed IPA from Ise Kadoya 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cloudy orange. Sweet for the style, with lots of malt. Maybe a bit under-hopped, but good hop bitterness anyway. I like the Triple Hop better.
JK (8181) reviewed Triple Hop Pale Ale from Ise Kadoya 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cloudy gold appearance. Huge white head. Immensely floral aroma, with a bitter hop flavor, and possibly Belgian yeast. It reminds me of some of the Belgian IPAs. Good hop flavor, and a citrus finish.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Maple and Cinnamon from Ise Kadoya 16 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500 ml bottle from the brewery. Light, thin amber-brown color with a thin head. Spicy, sweet aroma with cinnamon, maple, cookies. A very rich and pleasant dessert aroma. Very sweet and spicy flavor, tons of Maple and Cinnamon! Some fruit, but overwhelming cinnamon, including a gritty bitter spice finish. Some of that seems to be hops as well. It is very sweet. Well done and flavorful with a bit of complexity, though not my style.
notalush (7339) reviewed Triple Hop Pale Ale from Ise Kadoya 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Hmm, a beer from a company that also produces miso and soy sauce? - interesting - a pretty good-looking beer, at least - hazy orange, with a soapy, well-sustained head - kind of a doughy, yeasty aroma, with a bit of mustiness and citrus-like hops - full of mouthfeel, medium body - this bottle seems a little old, as the hops aren’t as crisp as they could be, but they are plenty peppery and minty - mostly dry, with a bit of bready character - a tad earthy - a bit of vegetal character in the finish detracts a touch from the enjoyment, bit it’s decent.
TimE (11146) reviewed Uramura Kaki Stout from Ise Kadoya 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
pitch black color. Very rich dark chocolate and treacles in the nose. A Touch of ash and mildly salty. The mouth is not as full bodied as I was hoping. Decent roastiness and mildly bitter. Could have done with more hops and more abv, but otherwise decent.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Imperial IPA from Ise Kadoya 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught at the brewery. 10 varieties of hops used, put in every minute over 120 minutes. Pretty amber color. Huge, complex, hop aroma, with citrus, grass, pine, and underlying caramel malts. Lovely nuanced hop flavors, layered and elegant, with enough malt to back it up. Fruit, caramel, and hops galore. Bitterness is mild at first, but then kicks in strongly later, and yet it really is a refined and restrained bitterness that works perfectly. Superb. (I have had this several times, and the later ones tended to be far too sweet.)
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Uramura Kaki Stout from Ise Kadoya 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Draught at McGloughlin’s. It was just on, and a bit too warm. Milky, rich, sweet aroma of bitter chocolate, coffee, smoke. Flavors similar, with milk, cocoa/chocolate, coffee, wood, minerals and salt. Thick, super rich flavor with lots of umami, yet the body is too light and thin, rather flat. I’ll need to try this when it is colder.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Triple Hop Pale Ale from Ise Kadoya 16 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from John’s Marketplace. Pours pale orange with a very creamy 4-finger off-white head. Aromas of light fruit, mild caramel and floral hops. Medium body with near frothy carbonation. Flavor is floral and citric. Caramel is mild. It’s bitter, but not incredibly so. A very flavorful, very floral ale. Excellent.
Biruski (4902) reviewed Five Hop Imperial Wheat Ale from Ise Kadoya 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Glowing gold with a large, rocky, white head. Was expecting more hops in the aroma. It’s mostly spicy yeast, some banana, fruit, light citrus, coriander. Full bodied with nice carbonation. Very spicy flavor. Yeast gets you, too. Again, was expecting more hops, though. Some banana, and citrus fruit along with the coriander, again. A very nice wheat actually, just not at all what I was expecting. (Bottle #’d 114 of 600)