6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at the Microbrewer’s Beer Festa in Hiroshima. Lots of fruit, with very little hop presence. Interesting flavors of yeast and unmalted barley. Slightly sweet. Not great, but certainly interesting and different.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2008
at 04:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught at Beer Belly. Very fruity IPA with cherries, muscat, and lots of hops. Good caramel malt flavor. Smooth body. Quite nice indeed. --- Beer merged from original tick of IPA (~2008) on 15 Sep 2008 at 03:33 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Draught at Beer Belly. Very fruity IPA with cherries, muscat, and lots of hops. Good caramel malt flavor. Smooth body. Quite nice indeed.
Tried
on 15 Sep 2008
at 03:33
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
I found this weak, boring and yellow. Faint Belgian yeasty notes in the nose, but body is way too light. Small sample, but remember not being impressed.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2008
at 07:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep copper. Earthy, fruity, citrus, and some sweet malts. pretty nice bitterness on the tongue. More malty than I expected, but nice anyway.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2008
at 00:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark amber color. Full bodied. Cherries, strawberries, oranges and cake. Definete emphasis on malt and definete English style IPA. Moderately bitter finish. Well balanced and enjoyable.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2008
at 19:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Deep brown with just the edges showing light. This brew is topped with a mid size, rocky tan head. Lightly roasted, dark fruits, molasses, and heavy malts. Flavor is a bit lighter than I was expecting. Malty, roasted, some molasses, and a bit chalky in the finish. Hides the 9%. Solid.
Earlier Rating: 9/16/2007 Total Score: 3.4
@ GJBF 2007. Light brown color with a thick head. Aroma is good, roasted malts, cocoa, caramel, dark fruits, but some grass was also in there which was a little distracting. Body was a little thin. Molasses, cocoa, sweet malts, roasted, raisins. Good stout, though a little lacking in the flavor.
Earlier Rating: 9/16/2007 Total Score: 3.4
@ GJBF 2007. Light brown color with a thick head. Aroma is good, roasted malts, cocoa, caramel, dark fruits, but some grass was also in there which was a little distracting. Body was a little thin. Molasses, cocoa, sweet malts, roasted, raisins. Good stout, though a little lacking in the flavor.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2008
at 04:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Brown mahogany color. A faint hint of smoke and nuts. Mildly sour start, but then smoked flavors. I really notice how the smoked flavors are very similar to the smoke character in Bamberg beers, but the volume is definetely turned down on this one. As the beer warms it gets a little too sweet for the style. A good attempt, but more work needed.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2007
at 01:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
@ GJBF 2007. I’m suprised my notes are as extensive (and legible) as they are this far into the festival... Hazy hay in color. Like many Japanese Weizens the banana aroma is fairly strong, but unlike many others it’s not nearly as sweet, which is nice. Yeast, and cloves round it out. Medium to full body, smooth, but spicy. Flavor was spices, yeast, cloves, fruity, banana, and a nicely spiced finish. Found this to be an very good weizen
Tried
on 20 Sep 2007
at 02:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
@ GJBF 2007. Gold with a white head. Aroma is slightly hoppy, some toasty malts, and light floral notes. Flavor is similar, with some fruit tones thrown in. Light hop finish. Thought this was pretty solid.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2007
at 02:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Golden color. A touch of toasted malt. Moderate malty mouth with toasted malts, but nothing too special. Refreshing moderately bitter finish. Kind of like a toasted lager, but with a ale yeast and a bit heavier.
Tried
on 19 Sep 2007
at 08:44