6/10
Tried
on 26 Jan 2018
at 15:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can (thanks jinroh). Pours golden. Aroma is fruity, soapy, apricots. Flavor is sweet and bitter, fruits, citrus, apricots. Body is on the thin side. Overall: good. --- Beer merged from original tick of Biere De Rydeen Saison Syun-Rai on 25 Jan 2018 at 20:08
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jan 2018
at 18:06
8/10
Tried
on 29 Dec 2017
at 22:33
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from my local Natural Lawson, fresh batch. Pours transparent, nicely golden, some white foam on top. Nose has some grainy base, light tropical hops covering that. Feels like they have reduced the hop bill compared with the last incarnation of this beer. Now feels actually a bit soapy, grainily soapy. Taste brings out more of that hop character, feels quite fresh and with a medium hop level. Finish is dry, bitter and with lingering herbal hops. Probably one of the best session IPL's in Japan.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Dec 2017
at 08:57
7.5/10
Tried
on 30 Nov 2017
at 21:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Shinshu Osake Mura, drunk at home. Pours dark brown with a decent brown foam on top, nice thick brown head that reduces into a thin beige layer of bubbles. Nose is roasty, has some light tar notes and lots of cocoa and dark, dry chocolate. Some berries hidden in between. Tastes dry, ashy even, lots of dark chocolate - and almost no sweetness. Heaps of roast character, medium body, finish has some little fruitiness and more chocolate. Pretty good one, especially for this abv, well done. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Nov 2017
at 10:42
7.5/10
Tried
on 20 Nov 2017
at 21:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from the source. Pours nice clear golden, even sparkling golden. White foam on top, stays for some time. Grainy biscuity nose, light hops there but not that pronounced. Taste is simple, mainly malty and biscuity with some bitter-dry finish. Quite simple and clean golden ale, not that exciting but not bad either.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Nov 2017
at 06:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Shinshu Osake Mura. Pours dark chocolate brown. Not too much carbonation there but this does not really bother me at all. Nose is sweetish, coffee with light roast character and saison yeast spices are there as well. Really great balance which is also coming out in flavour. Taste has good amount of bitterness, so sweetness is not really there, some toffee and again herbal spiciness from yeast. Well done, liking this a lot, also had a second pint!
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Nov 2017
at 06:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from the source. Nice golden amber pour with some white foam on top. Sweet citrusy orange nose, malty base shines through but that fruity thing is in the forefront. Taste is malty but well balanced with hops, some breadier flavours coming out at the end. Quite decent and nicely drinkable pale ale.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2017
at 06:17