6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Craigs. Pours clear gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light lemon citrus, light Belgian spice, perfume. Taste is light citrus, lavender. Dry finish. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2015
at 14:36
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle at home .. golden yellow ... small white head ... soft dry yeasty bready fruits nose ... soft fruits .. soft fruits ... ligth sweet fruits ... bready fruits
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2015
at 14:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Burger Mania. Listed as a weizen. Lightly cloudy gold with no head (weird, but Burger Mania doesn’t put heads on anything, but I was surprised as it was listed as a weizen...anyway.). Light clove aromas with some fruity and peppery saison like esters. Taste is more of the same with some light sourness. Finish is more weizen like. Ehhh, it’s ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Aug 2015
at 09:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
This one is also 5% version - and as I am drinking from the bottle, it does say Far Yeast Tokyo IPA 第２版 - which could be different version from "2015". Anyway, as others have rated 5% version here, so I am doing it also. Pours somewhat murky orange-amber. Not much head. Aroma is funky-yeasty - definitely more belgian than anything else, IPA character rather subdued. Herbal, green apples. Taste has this herbal bitterness bite at first, then turns somewhat maltier and grassy. In the aftertaste it is one-man show by Belgian Yeast, giving it earthy and somewhat "old books" feeling. Overall, not bad, not great either but decent beer (but not really an IPA in my book).
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2015
at 04:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle while waiting for food at Barkogi. Hazed Orange yellow. Nose is herbal and tropical fruits. Tastes of pineapple, yuzu, herbal, pine needles, yeasty, some veggies. Semi bitter and dry finish. Quite enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2015
at 16:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle picked up at the GJBF 2015 Osaka. Served in a tulip it has an orange-gold color with a thin filmy white head. Had I known it was a pils I would have chosen a different glass. The nose is fruity, honey malts with light hoppiness. The taste is clean malts, grassy, peppery hops and very dry. Yum.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2015
at 09:31
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Beer Fes Osaka 2015. Huge dry hop nose, very grassy, herbal, leafy. Glowing golden color. Sweet, oily, a bit syrupy, the Belgian yeast comes though a bit. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jul 2015
at 20:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
On tap at the GJBF Osaka. Far Yeast IPA pours a clear orange-gold color with a hoppy blood-orange & lime nose. Medium bodied with a very dry finish. The taste is fruity hops, a bit candyish and Pilsner malts in the finish. A 5% IPA? Ok but average. Not sure who added this but the version I tried was draft 5% not 7.5%
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jul 2015
at 09:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml. bottle sampled @ 20ste Zomerbierfestival. Made with yuzu. Hazy golden, little white head. Nose is odd, Vicks & lemon sweet with wheat. The yuzu I suppose. Taste is wheat, light banana, bit artificial-like with sugar, candy & lemon Vicks sweetness,… Sweet candy & wheat,… Overly sweet but okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2015
at 14:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml. bottle sampled @ 20ste Zomerbierfestival. Made with sansho pepper apparently which I have never tried. Reddish wood amber, small tanned head. Nose is light metal, very sweet red fruity, jam & syrup with light licorice-like touch, odd & interesting. Taste is akin to sweet & sugary red fruits, jam, candy, sugar mixed with some light herbal, licorice-like note, the pepper I assume, an odd but pleasant and interesting combo,… Jam-like body. Quite interesting & nice. Also very polarizing, some liked it & others didn’t.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2015
at 13:44