7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Beer Belly. A white bock, light golden/brown color. Pungently sweet aroma of bananas and clove. Amazingly rich flavor of bananas, spices, cloves, other fruits. Very sweet, but balanced well by alcohol and sour traces. Excellent and very interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jan 2009
at 02:15
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Draught at GJBF, Osaka 2008. Special aged version. Said to be aged for 1 ½ years, and it tasted that way. Amazingly smooth, with mature, port-like aged tones. Strong, rich, and smoky. Medium sweetness with dark fruits, medium to strong roasted flavor. Excellent.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2009
at 02:13
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at Barley in Nishinomiya, Nov 07. Strong smoked aroma with a bit of fruit. A slightly fruity ale flavor with a bit of hops, good smoke but less than a rauch. Slightly sour. Sourish, smoky and hops finish. Relatively light smoking, and not much other flavors, a bit shallow. Good, but not at all outstanding. Keep trying.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2009
at 02:11
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Draught at the GJBF, Osaka 2008. A light ale with high wheat content, aimed at a Saison taste, but comes out as a rather bland wheat ale. Good idea but must be judged a failure at the stage. Not nice. Try again.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2009
at 02:09
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught at GJBF, Osaka 2008. Huge fruit: cherries, dark fruit. Caramel and decent malt, rather sweet. Decent hops but not really strong. Very nice and interesting, one of the most fruity beers I have tried, yet well balanced.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2009
at 02:07
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at Eni-bru. Bland pale-ale type beer, not much in terms of either malt or hops. I have no idea what is supposed to be Scottish about this. Very disappointing for a brewery that is usually pretty decent.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2009
at 04:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Aroma of dryish amber malts and yeast, earthy, grass. Lighter hops, with pine, and a touch of citrus. Medium copper color with a thin head. Malty flavor, caramel and a bit of fruit. A bit of peppery hops to balance. Definitely malt-focused, yet the malts are not terribly complex. Citrus, peppery hops finish is not very strong but lingers. Interesting, well balanced session beer. Very English in style.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2009
at 10:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Hoppy aroma, sweet and slightly buttery, with golden malts. Crisp. Pale Yellow color, almost a proper head. Hoppy, fruity, rich flavor. Sweet malts in the back, with biscuits. Light but very flavorful, and a bit sweet. Slightly creamy. Dry, hoppy finish. Decent pils. Raised the score by 0.3 in 2016. This beer has gotten much better over the years, and now it is quite excellent. Probably deserves even higher, but I will wait until I get another chance to rate it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2008
at 04:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Clear golden color. Soapy, big grapefruity nose. Mouth is very big and hoppy with lots of grapefruit, but almost no backbone. Strong bitter finish. Very freshing summer beer that came out in Decemeber. Still an enjoyable little hop bomb from a micro that isnt known for using a lot of hops.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2008
at 20:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught at the Microbrewer’s Beer Festa in Hiroshima. 2007 version. Medium amber to orange color, bug malt aroma with something port-like, fruits and a bit of funky cheese. No real hop presence. Flavor similar: huge, complex, malt, not much hops. Seems very English. Very enjoyable, and I think it should age well.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2008
at 04:11