Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap at TBE Brewing. Very nice lemon nose with some grass and herbal notes as well. Body is ultra thin with average carbonation. More lemon...almost like a sports drink or chuhai in this regard. Clean finish. Very refreshing. --- Beer merged from original tick of Awaji Lemon White Ale on 15 Jan 2016 at 22:05 - Score: 6
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Barley from IN International / Rokko 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at Q-Brick. Brown with orange tints, cloudy. Estery nose, oranges, peaches, yeasty. Spicy, cola-like flavor, a bit roasty, chocolate, spicy Belgian-like yeastiness. Not there for a BW.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed NZ Cassis from IN International / Rokko 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at the Star Board Tap Room. Pretty deep purple color. Great, juicy cassis nose, lots of berry richness, but not all that beery. Sweet, yet not overly so. Fruity, a rather bit seedy finish and bitterness. Good fruit drink, not all that beer-like.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap at the Star Board Tap Room. Lemon, estery nose, cloves, some banana. Hazy golden color. Estery flavor, herbal, lemon, wheat. Weizen-like with herb and lemon. Nice citrus flavor, good body.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Baby IPA from IN International / Rokko 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at the Star Board Tap Room. Deep orange amber, low thick head. Citrus hop nose, light caramel, light pine. Soft, fruity flavor, nice citrus, solid malt, some pine and caramel. Quite bitter. Tasty enough, mostly a pale ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Starboard and Portside. It poured a clear gold with a thick fluffy head of foam. Coriander, pepper & wheat in the nose. This is definitely a witbier. The taste gave me flavors of coriander, celery salt, white pepper and wheat. Light bodied with subtle notes of lemon in the finish/aftertaste. Clean & nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Kitanagasa Ale 5% is the house beer at Hop Stand made exclusively for them by Rokko Beer. It pours a clear deep gold with a thick head of foam. The nose is spicy, grassy, lemoney hops. Raspy carbonation on a light body. The taste is spicy green lemon with ultra-mild malt character. Light and refreshing. Think an overhopped everyday blond ale or a solid pale ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Brewpub Starboard. Z Cassis Beer, 5% 10 IBU, which poured a deep purple with a vivid pink head. A waxy tart cassis aroma tantalized my olfactory sense. Scrappy carbonation and a lush vinous wine like tartness. Really interesting, it reminds me of Minoh’s Cabernet Ale. I liked it, easy drinking.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap at CBM Koenji. Clear pale gold with nice soapy white head. Aromas of grain, light lemon zest and some pepper. Nice bitterness but kind of forgettable. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ikigari Draft on 06 Aug 2015 at 19:18 - Score: 6
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed 37 IPA Galaxy from IN International / Rokko 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at Molto Stand. Piny, caramel nose, grass and earth. Dark brown with orange tints. Sweet malt, high bitterness, a bit harsh. More like a hoppy brown. Ok, but not that nice.