Subsidiaries
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottled. Clear dark brown, brief head. Nicely roasty with light-medium body. firm, yet crisp. Tobacco and salt dominate a mild finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2009
at 07:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Near black with a frothy beige head. Coffee is obviously the main player in the aroma. Some sweet, roasted malts, light molasses, and chocolate. Very, very smooth mouth. Roasted coffee beans, light chocolate, and everything else is pretty well masked. Having said that, it wasn’t all that intense of a coffee flavor. Muted just enough to remain very drinkable. I really enjoyed this one.
Tried
on 30 May 2009
at 10:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy golden color, light bananas and cloves in the nose, with only a slight hint of smoke. A touch of smoke and sourness in the mouth, but otherwise a fairly straightforward weisse. Dry light smokey finish.
Tried
on 29 May 2009
at 04:13
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Draught at Thrash Zone, Yokohama Cloudy amber, small head. Lots of toffee, some chocolate. Hops are remakable subtle for a DIPA. Grapefruit is absent, instead there is apple and caramel. In present shape a thoroughly unimpressive beer.
Tried
on 21 May 2009
at 04:32
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at Thrash Zone, Yokohama (as Minoh Espresso Stout). Completely black with small beige head. Rich and wonderful chcolate and coffee aroma. Mid sweet with above medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Plenty of coffee dropped on a velvet carpet. Milk chocolate and espresso linges as it slowly fades out.
Tried
on 21 May 2009
at 04:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at Craft Beer Bar, Yokohama. Hazy straw colour, small head. Careful caramelly banana starts it off. Beechwood smoke grows ever stronger, yet it remains balanced. Soft and fairly sweet. Medium bodied with notes of cookie malt. The vague notes of rubber are easiy forgotten with so much delight surrounding it.
Tried
on 20 May 2009
at 15:42
4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Draught at Craft Beer Bar, Yokohama. Nut brown, small head. Aroma of dusty caramel. Fairly sweet with light body, Sloppy caramel barely covered by dusty hops. Almost thin bodied and with low bitterness. Primitive like a macro bitter.
Tried
on 20 May 2009
at 15:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled at pre-RBJG festivities in Kyoto. Black as night, rich beige head. Chocolaty salty nose. Dryish with dense full body. Lots of tobacco and salty licorice, like a dough made up from salmiak. Lingering salty bitterness. Contains all you can ask for in a well made Imperial Stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2009
at 09:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draught at Eni-bru, Osaka. Transparently black, small head. Chocolatey and mild. Sweetish anr rounded, light roasty flavours with notes of burnt chocolate. Finishes with low-medium bitterness. A well made stout on the milder side.
Tried
on 18 May 2009
at 04:58
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at McGloughlin’s. Glowing yellow color. Cloudy with a fine head. Lovely. Smoke character dominates the aroma, though not strong. Also wheat malt, bananas and clove. Light smoke flavor, with good wheat malt, bananas and cloves. On the sweet side. Very nicely done.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2009
at 00:43