Oh! La! Ho

Microbrewery in Tomi, Nagano, Japan 🇯🇵
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和 3875, Tomi, Japan

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7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can from Shinshu Sake Mura. Taste is light citrus, nice bitterness, grainy, floury. Aroma floral, lemon, biscuit malt. Only a few notes but remember being surprised by it as I thought it wouldn't be so good.

Tried from Can on 09 Sep 2019 at 15:53


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Crisp yellow and golden coloured body with a thinnish, pure white head, only a centimetre or so tall. Aroma of grass, light citrus and very dry herbal hops with a little dose of malt with some crisp yeast present as well. Light-bodied; Sharp malt and grassy flavours with some herbal hops present and very dry grainy notes with a light fresh biscuity malt with noticeable alcohol bites at the end with some astringent and perfumey hop characteristics which are nice and refreshing. Aftertaste is crisp and very balanced with a lot of fresh biscuity malt flavours and quite a bit of dry, grassy hop flavours that show some light bitterness but very noticeably piney and almost resinous character at the end that has a bit more alpha acids. Overall, a balanced and well-structured APA that has fresh malt and hop flavours with a smooth and dry bite of astringency at the end. Nice on a very hot summer day here in Tokyo. I sampled this 350 mL can purchased two days ago at World Liqour Mart in Daimon, Tokyo, Japan on 03-August-2019 for 288JPY sampled two days later here in my hotel room in Tokyo, Japan on 05-August-2019.

Tried from Can on 05 Aug 2019 at 04:10


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Crisp and ever so slightly hazy golden coloured body with a thinnish pure white head that fades quite, but only starts out at about a centimetre. Aroma of grass and hay with a little dose of citrus and resin, but a lot of hops altogether and a dash of sweetness as well. Light-bodied; Strong dry and grassy notes start out with some white grape juice and a dose of hay and flowers and a touch of lager yeast near the end. Aftertaste shows the pale grain, a dash of flowers and hay with a long-lingering dry and hoppy bite that shows some softer and very low alpha acid hops that seem like European or German than anything from America of the South Pacific. Overall, a decent beer at best that really tastes and feels like a lager with a touch of a hoppy and dry characterisitic, but nothing too pungent and quite mellow for any ale at all, especially a 'real' IPA or one that calls themselves one. I sampled this 350 mL can purchased a few minutes ago from Lawson's Natura in Daimon, Tokyo, Japan for 280JPY sampled a few minutes later in my hotel room here in Tokyo, Japan on 04-August-2019. La

Tried from Can on 04 Aug 2019 at 04:07


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at ibrew Akihabara. Pours a clear orange hue with a small white head. A light lemon citrus nose. Bitter, lemons, some toast. Solid. Old school.

Tried from Draft on 30 Jun 2019 at 11:28


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap at Keyaki Spring 2019. Nose is lemon and ginger. Flavor more ginger, fruity lemon, bready malts. A bit like a soda pop. Hazy orange, flat. Too spiced up for my tastes.

Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2019 at 08:58


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

330ml can. Poured a hazy light amber colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, light caramel, fudgy, light woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a crisp, fresh, toffee caramel, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

Tried from Can on 17 May 2019 at 15:03


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

33cl can pours a clear gold with a ring of white head. Nose is old school, malt, coriander, grapefruit, pine, soap. Flavor is grapefruit, soap, heavy bitterness, lemon. Old school. Dry, bitter finish. 7 3 7 4 13

Tried from Can on 31 Jan 2019 at 15:00


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap at Japan Brewer's Cup 2019. Orange-brown, clear. Nose is citrus and pine. Spicy, caramel malts, pine, citrus. Decent enough but a bit bland.

Tried from Draft on 28 Jan 2019 at 00:48


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12oz at the late December DC RB Tasting. Poured a clear, light yellow color with a very small, mostly wispy white head. Aroma was some light earthy hops, mild floral notes. Herbal, sweet malts. Very light.

Tried on 01 Jan 2019 at 04:25


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

From a 33cl can at the Dec 30, 2018 RB gathering. It is a clear golden color with a substantial offhead. The aroma is of lemon and the taste is tangy with some bitterness and hints of pineapple

Tried from Can on 30 Dec 2018 at 18:51