AJB - Anglo Japanese Brewery
Microbrewery in Shimotakai, Nagano, Japan 🇯🇵
Contact
345-1 Mushiu, Nozawa Onsen, Shimotakai, Japan
Subsidiaries
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Burger Joint New York, Singapore. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a big lasting frothy tan head and some broken lace. The aroma is roasty malt, chocolate, caramel, vanilla. The flavour is moderate to strong sweet, with a smooth, rich, oily, liqouirce chocolate, light dry coffee palate. Full bodied with flat carbonation. Very sweet initially, which seemed to fade into liqouirce bitterness as the beer warmed. I have to say that I preferred its sweet side.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jul 2019
at 13:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
On tap at Popeyes. Pours a clear amber orange color with a medium white head. A nice soft floral nose. Big flavors, citrus, some toast, really clean, a bit of resin. Lovely beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2019
at 05:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Bungalow. Golden color with a light haze. Lemony nose, light crackery malt. Flavor is clean malt and lemony hops with a light tartness. Decent but pretty plain.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 May 2019
at 03:46
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap @ Shinshu Osakemura. Pours orange, light haze, looking relatively flat. Sweet tropics in the nose, malty base and really nice fruit character there. Taste is malty, fruit elements there but could benefit from some more carbonation, now feels a bit flat. Lemon peel bitterness lingering in the finish. Still good and I do enjoy this.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 May 2019
at 11:10
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap @ Pigalle, Sangenjaya. Nice golden pour, white foam on the top. Nose is malty, grainy but also fresh, fruity and crispy. Taste has good level of bitterness, fruity and has a good linger in the finish. Tasty, I do like it.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 May 2019
at 08:02
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draft at Watering Hole, Tokyo. Clear golden orange with a white head. Aroma of tropical fruits, red berries, mango and peach. Flavour is light moderate sweet and above moderate bitter. Medium bodied with above light carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Watering Hole
on 13 May 2019
at 20:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at the Watering Hole, Tokyo. Poured a clear golden colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light citrus, floral hop. The flavour is moderate to strong bitter, with a crisp, malt, big dry floral perfume hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2019
at 09:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
the name is a bit of misnomer. medium light amber color. Nothing hazy about this at all. Frothy white head. Nice biscuit malty nose with apricot and citrus notes. Semi-dry, borderline astringent mouth, but nice malty backbone that supports a hop onslaught with intense bitterness. Slightly boozy and warming but not overly so. Dry finish with biting lingering bitterness. Pretty good but not mind blowing. Abv could be taken down a notch and malt sweetness could be amped up a touch. Still enjoyable stuff.
Tried
on 31 Mar 2019
at 06:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Komachi. Amber-orange and almost clear. Not really hazy. Lacy head. Bright tropical fruit hops, orange and honey. Light add crisp, becoming dry after a bit of sweet honey and biscuts. Stinky mango, almost durian and lots of pine. Prickly, bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Mar 2019
at 05:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at the Craft Room nozawa Onsen. Piney and juicy and fresh af in the sun
Tried
on 05 Mar 2019
at 07:07