Deanso (15673) reviewed Uijin from Rio Brewing and Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
33cl bottle shared with 3 friends. Thin white head. Very hazy blond pour. A bit herbal.
Kermis (23416) reviewed Uijin from Rio Brewing and Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle shared. Cloudy golden with a white head. Aroma of damp clothes, lemon, grain, light poo and grapes. Flavour is light sweet and above light bitter. Above light bodied with soft carbonation.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Uijin Yuzu Blond from Rio Brewing and Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared with friends. Poured a hazy straw colour with little life. The aroma is citrus aspirin mineral. The flavour is light mineral earthy with a light bubbly aspirin grainy earthy mineral palate. Medium to light bodied with lively carbonation. Fruit beer ?
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Uijin from Rio Brewing and Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared with friends. Poured a hazy light straw colour with a thin white head. The aroma is zesty citrus light yeast. The flavour is light bitter with a light watery yeasty citrus palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Harbor Tale from Rio Brewing and Co. 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Delirium Ginza. Nose of orange, spicy, caramel, some chocolate. GLowing orange amber with a fine head. Minerally flavor, oranges, some spicy yeast. A bit of tartness. Nicely dry finish. Abv is a bit too high. Comes across as a slightly boozy Speciale Belge.
willisread (9761) reviewed Even More Rio from Rio Brewing and Co. 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
On tap at Watering Hole spring 2014. Hazy gold with small off-white head. Big fruity and floral hops on the nose: passion fruit, papaya, yuzu and some grain as well. Bitter on the palate. As it comes to room temperature some wheat notes comes out along with arugula and peppercorn. Nice long bitter finish.
jinroh (4381) reviewed Even More Rio from Rio Brewing and Co. 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
330 ml bottle from Tanakaya@ Mejiro. This one is a collaboration brew with Evil Twin Brewing, made with traditional Japanese citric fruits such as yuzu, kabosu and sudachi. Sounds intriguing. Pours a bit hazy, pale yellow. Aroma is actually quite citric, as I could already guess, having also some skunky side, probably from hops. Taste has lemon peels, yuzu coming through with tongue-piercing acidity and bitterness. There is actually enough malt body to balance it out, so it doesn’t feel too one sided, only a bit - and it is acidic and bitter for sure. Very citric IPA, quite a Japanese take on the style. Would like to see experiments like this more often.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Uijin Yuzu Blond from Rio Brewing and Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft @ ML Fontainas. Dorée, col épais blanc. Arôme fruité restant très subtile avec une pointe de citronné qui est ici trop en retrait. Malt se veut également discret avec un bouquet rappelant les grandes lignes des malts européens.Palais garde ce côté blonde belge assez typique. Ce dernier est relevé par l’ajout de ce fruit japonais - uzu qui procure une certaine fraîcheur citronnée en bouche sans pour cela en amener le côté amer que l’on retrouve dans les houblons ni l’acidulé du citron. Le houblonnage reste assez neutre, profil malt cara pâle. Le fruit devient plus agréable lorsque la bière gagne en t°. Reste néanmoins un effort plutôt décevant de la part de JJ.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Uijin Yuzu Blond from Rio Brewing and Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught at fontainas. Glowing orange with lace, oily looking. Citrus nose, bubble gum. Sweet fruity flavor, yuzu is there but not huge. Dry finish. Decent, pretty interesting.
KansaiBeerLovers (8927) reviewed Uijin from Rio Brewing and Co. 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Brewed in Belgium by Japanese is Rio Brewing’s tagline. On tap at GJBF 2013 in Osaka. Ryohei is their brewer and he brewed it at Struise in Belgium. He is a gypsy brewer & as Belgians couldn’t say Ryohei he named his brewery Rio Brewing Co. Uijin is Japanese for a samurai’s first battle & this is his first brew as a gypsy brewer, he’s a friendly guy. 5% A lovely cloudy gold with a nice foamy white head which stuck around as a thin layer on top. The aroma is a really nice belgian white smell, kind of spicy & sweet. The flavor is great, really fruity with a bitter hoppy finish to it.