5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gusher. Medium offwhite coarseish head doesn’t last. Clear yellow body with carbonation of big fast bubbles. Sugary grainy grassy aroma. Dry-sweetish delicate floral fruity taste with herbal notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft, smooth mouthfeel with slight fizz. Dry-sweet grainy grapes aftertaste with herbal notes. Very delicate. Perhaps too delicate, even. (0.5l bottle, CitySuper IFC, Central, Hong Kong.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2012
at 04:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at JCBF 2012. Very smokey umami-filled nose, chocolate, bacon, and wood. Sweet chocolate and smoke flavor—nice balance. A bit thin in the mouth, but smooth and nice. Tasty, with a nice roasty finish. Very smoky for a Japanese beer.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2012
at 19:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Dark ruby red colour, tan head. Aroma with lots of caramel, wort, reminding of kvas (квас). Sweet malty flavour, wort sweetness. Light coffee. Very low carbonation, finish: sweet malts.
(From 350mL can shared @ ZZT3, Oirschot. Thanks Jänku for bringing it for me)
(From 350mL can shared @ ZZT3, Oirschot. Thanks Jänku for bringing it for me)
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2012
at 03:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl can @ ZZT III, courtesy of Martinus. Very dark brown color with a deep dark red glow coming through, small off-white head. Smell malts, dark malts, some coffee, alcohol. Taste malts, alcohol, caramel, lightly roasty. Nothing really wrong with it. Decent carbo and body.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2012
at 10:22
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle thx to martinus@zzt3. Nice dark brown to black with some redness shining trough, pretty off white head. Smells caramel, wort, hay, sweet. Tastes sweet, some coffee, some chocolate. No carbo, thick.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2012
at 10:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Small dark brown head. Dark red barely translucent body with carbonation. Deep dark chocolate aroma with earthy perfumy fruity notes. Dry-sweet chocolate and fruit taste with almond notes. Mid-bodied. Mild mouthfeel. Dry-bitter chocolate and earth aftertaste with long smoky burnt tar notes. Nice! (0.33l can shared by hcalsos.)
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2012
at 07:19
2.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Decent head that disappears quickly and a yellow body, like so many others. The aroma is like an unintrusive body odor. The flavour the same - nothing there, slight rice adjunct hints and grain mentions. Like water with some syrup on the bottom.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2011
at 01:11
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Okay foamy head with a darker yellow-copper hue on the body. Soft aroma of malts. Flavour is unintrusive malt and caramel, with a slightly watery finish.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2011
at 00:54
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Got it! Gold can, must be this pilsner stuff... there isn’t even an ABV number to figure out what you might be drinking. Okay head, could be better, could be worse, with that usual dark yellow lager body. Very soft sweet aroma that could be awesome if it was just stronger. Flavour is a mix of caramel and cardboard with a slightly watery finish. This could have been a lot worse, and that’s the best thing I can say about it.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2011
at 00:35
3.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 1
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
As a non-Japanese reader it’s hard to decipher the labels between all these Echigo products... this one definimately says "organic" on the bottom so I think I’m good. Has a decent but foamy head and that average yellow body. Aroma is corn with some slight earthiness, which tells me perhaps it is in fact an organic brew! flavour is a mix of rice adjunct and grain with some grassy notes. The grassiness makes all the difference though for these macro brews: it feels less fake and is a bit easier to suck down. Just a bit.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2011
at 00:18