5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
11.08.2019, tap @ Afuri Ramen, Lumine 1 Shinjuku:
Nice fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head, slightly cloudy straw colored. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish grainy, hay, dried grain, sour grass, minerals, weeds, paper, yeast, tiny hints of banana. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish grassy, hay, weeds, minerals, paper, grass, dried grain, bark. Medium bitterness, slightly harsh grainy mouthfeel. Boring.
Nice fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head, slightly cloudy straw colored. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish grainy, hay, dried grain, sour grass, minerals, weeds, paper, yeast, tiny hints of banana. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish grassy, hay, weeds, minerals, paper, grass, dried grain, bark. Medium bitterness, slightly harsh grainy mouthfeel. Boring.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2019
at 06:42
3.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
09.08.2019, 0,35l can (as Suntory Rich Malt) @ hotel room in Tokyo:
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, clear golden color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish grassy, hay, paper, sour grass, minerals, popcorn, bark, grain, hints of smoked weeds. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish mineraly, hay, grain, weeds, minerals, paper, sour grass, popcorn, bark, alcohol. Medium bitterness, watery and harsh mineraly mouthfeel. Meh!
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, clear golden color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish grassy, hay, paper, sour grass, minerals, popcorn, bark, grain, hints of smoked weeds. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish mineraly, hay, grain, weeds, minerals, paper, sour grass, popcorn, bark, alcohol. Medium bitterness, watery and harsh mineraly mouthfeel. Meh!
Tried
from Can
on 09 Aug 2019
at 08:34
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from Yamaya. Clear pale golden color with a medium head. Flaovr is light lemony and herbal hops and pale malt, which is a bit like white bread or biscuits. Flavor is lemony again, with really quite innocuous malt character like Wonder bread. Not bad, just really bland. Body is light, somewhat crisp though just a bit soapy. Big Meh all around.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2019
at 08:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Medium golden color with one of the pronounced noses I've had from a major Japanese brewer. It is off to a good start, but was worried about the 6% abv as usually Japanese majors can't pull off higher abv lagers and this is no exception. Slightly boozy and richer than it needs to be. Nice firm bitterness, which is nice. I didn't find it boozy or cloying as some other 6% beers, but this could be taken down a notch. Still modestly refreshing and nice dry bitterness. Pretty decent IMO
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jul 2019
at 13:28
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Fruity hop nose, orange, peaches, a bit of melon. Crisp lager malt. Golden orange color, clear. Boozy, sweet, rich, ok hops. Rather full and too much malt and booze. Not bad but would have better to stick to 5%. The hop flavors are somewhat candy-like and fake.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jul 2019
at 07:42
2/10
Like malt water with a couple hop flakes thrown in. Fantastic.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jul 2019
at 17:27
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Pours a clear golden hue with a large white head. A light grainy nose. Sweet, cheap grains, some toast, corn. OK.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jun 2019
at 14:28
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Nose has a bit of vanilla and wood in it. Flavor is woody, lightly tannic, with a touch of vanilla. It is crisp and light. There must be a very small portion of cask aged beer mixed in here, because the cask character is very light. Tastes nice, as the base beer is nice, but not sure if it was worth the bother, really.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2019
at 07:06
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Interesting....name. 16 ounce can. Pours a yellow gold color with a medium white head. Smooth, light crisp nose. Malty, some light perfume, no real malts, toast. OK.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jun 2019
at 14:03
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Cool pull tab. Pours a clear golden hue with a large white head. A soft perfume malty nose. Semi sweet, mostly dry, light yeast, some bready dough. Reminds me of E European lagers. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2019
at 03:52