6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Tokyo Real Ale Festival. Pretty red, glowing color. Nicely hoppy aroma, very earthy, as is the amber malt and hop flavor. Nice caramel and good balance. Decent flavor, though not all that special. Can: Starts with a very nice American hop nose, with red fruits and gumballs. The flavor cannot keep up with the nose, though. Maybe better than from the hand pump!
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2010
at 21:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Big floral, apricot and strawberry nose. Little body. Lots of hops. Dry, mildly bitter finish. Not a red ale at all and not exciting, but not bad.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2010
at 05:29
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Deep, clear red with a tan head. Very malty and bready aroma. Flavor is heavy on the malt with some earth and dough. Too much bread malt for my liking, but it’s not a bad beer, really. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jan 2010
at 10:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Golden. Not much head. Malty, somewhat toasty nose like a nice helles. Tastes like one, too, with slightly doughy, fat malts on the tongue. Maybe some late herbal dryness. Not pils, but otherwise good.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2009
at 19:21
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Golden but with no head and some large bubbles. The aroma has a toasty, biscuity character. A more watery body has still a somewhat biscuity accent and only a shade of herbal hop.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2009
at 19:16
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Tokyo Real Ale Festival, 2009. Strong American hop nose, earthy amber malts, earthy and dry. Decent hopping. OK. Not fabulous, but really dry. Rather watery and thin compared to others. Decent balance, but malt not very interesting.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Oct 2009
at 17:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Canned at RBJG park session. Near black,small beige head. Rich cocoa aroma. Mid-sweet with clean rounded mouthfeel. Really drinkable despite crystal malt and plenty of cocoa powder bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2009
at 04:28
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Canned at RBJG park session. Deep golden, small head. Fruity with some caramel. Sweetish with rounded mouthfeel. Mildly buttery with rather ow bittrness. Quite simple.
Tried
from Can
on 22 May 2009
at 11:52
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Draught at Eni-bru, Osaka. Claer dark brown, small head. Molassess and caramel abound. Sweetish and clean. The roasty malt flavours go missing amongst sweet fudge. Low bitterness. Not for me.
Tried
on 19 May 2009
at 02:37
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
bottle, thanks faroeviking for sharing. clear yellow, small white head. aroma where honey dominates, flavor is kinda flat and boreing. low bitterness. grainy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2009
at 14:06