8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared by KBL. Huge floral, fruit nose right after opening, berries, citrus, pepper, spicy apple. Spicy and fruity with big ginjo-ka. Finishes dry. Nice rice richness too though. Velvety and silky. Great stuff. Often Niigata sakes are too one-dimensional and dry, but while this one finishes very dry, it still have a full, rich body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2018
at 00:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Medium golden color with malty caramel nose. Hops are very subtle. Very malty body with caramel with hops very subdued.
Tried
on 21 Apr 2015
at 05:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Taster at PPonshu-kan. Fruity nose, rice, citrus. Light citrus fruit sweetness, then gets dry, with an alcohol burn. Rather light and clean, decent acidity. Nice fruity and spicy dry sake.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2014
at 18:38
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tasting glass at Ponshu-kan. Dry, fruity, mineral nose. Orange, melon, pepper, koji. Very spicy flavor, quite sweet, minerally, some sulfter, orange, melon. Light and tasty. Dry finish.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2014
at 18:37
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
better than most japanese pale lagers, a little more of a distinctive taste. had this one at the nobu in miami beach. went well with the suishi as a light colored and bodied beer. a one and done.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2010
at 13:34
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
300 ml bottle, more than 2 years old (fond out after I got it home). Light and think looking. Aroma of citrus fruit, pepper and spices, lots of rubbing alcohol. flavor thin, hot, some fruit and sweetness, gumballs. Rough and harsh, very strong. Drank it but didn’t enjoy it much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2009
at 16:37
2.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Bottle thanks to blutt59. Labeled as an "ale" for Texas...awesome... Pours with a golden body and a fading white head. Aroma of sourness, lemon, acid, tires, and something else that I cannot read from my notes, but I don’t think it was "great!". Taste is grass, and bitter with orange peel. Fizzy and dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2009
at 09:04
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Deep copper coloured body with a dense tannish coloured head. Aroma of rice, roasted malt, nuts and some toffee and light caramalised sugars. Medium-bodied; Strong malty flavour up front with some figs and nuts following soon behind. Aftertaste shows a light sweetness, a very faint hop flavour and very little else. Overall, not a horrible beer by any means, but nothing entirely special. Better than most japanese beers, but not a bad choice at the restaurant. I sampled this 500 mL bottle purchased from Nobu (downtown) in New York, New York on 09-December-2007, for $12.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2007
at 00:44