Echigo Beer Company
Microbrewery in Niigata-shi, Niigata, Japan 🇯🇵
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松山 2, 西蒲区, Niigata-shi, Japan
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Medium white head. Hazy opaque yellow body. Fruity mealy papery aroma with banana notes. Sweetish mealy fruity taste. Mid-bodied. Mild, mealy mouthfeel. Sweetish mealy papery aftertaste with fruity notes. It’s ok, but I won’t be buying any more of this. (0.35l can, from a liquor store in Setagaya, Tokyo.)
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jun 2017
at 09:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle - Dark roast and chocolate with some molasses notes. Dark brown with a small beige head. Much like it tastes with a touch of toast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2017
at 12:15
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle - Light soft grains. Clear gold with a small white head. Honey like notes with a long slightly sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2017
at 12:13
8.5/10
It's totes legit. Mmmm
Tried
on 07 May 2017
at 20:48
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
My thanks to Painy for bringing me this one back from Japan. Pours light golden with a small white head. Aroma of hop, malt, grain, light fruit and caramel. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Light to medium body, slight oily texture, average carbonation. Finish is slightly dry and semi sweet.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2017
at 09:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
33 cl can, bought in Tokyo in January 2017. Black color. Big dense beige head with good retention. Aroma’s: big roast, a bit drop, caramel/dark sugar. Retronasal there’s caramel, roast, coffee/mocha, hints of red fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet, roasty, Below medium body. Finish is slightly dry, lots of roast, light bitterness. Body could have been a tad bit fuller, but a fine stout otherwise.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Apr 2017
at 15:16
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle 17fl.oz. at [ Pre-Borefts Ratebeer Tasting ] @ Deanso’s place (former ABC Beers), Korte Koediefstraat 5 Den Haag, Netherlands 2511CE. [ As Echigo Koshihikari ].Clear medium yellow color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, hay, corn, rice. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, corn, sweet malt, pale malt, rice. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20160922] 5-3-5-2-8
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2017
at 10:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle at local sushi place in Bethesda MD. Poured a clear red color with a small, foamy white head. Aroma was sweet malts - biscuits, light floral orange notes. Flavor was sweet malts. Sweet character, but not overly heavy, making it a decent beer to have at dinner.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2017
at 20:13
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2017
at 20:45
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
500ml bottle at restaurant in Canberra. Crystal clear golden beer with thin white head. Light rice taste, lightly carbonated. Vegetal finish. Not great but fine with Japanese food.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2017
at 04:53