Ishikawa Brewery

Microbrewery in Fussa, Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
Associated Venue: Fussa no Birugoya (Tama no Megumi Brewery)

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熊川 1, Fussa, Japan

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6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On tap at the brewery. Bright yellow, opaque with a medium head. Funky yeast aroma again! With bananas and clove. Creamy and sweet—banana cream pie! Thick, creamy body. Yeast presence is annoying. Buttery, with a tiny rancid-like note. Ok, but a little too funky.
Tried from Draft on 03 Mar 2009 at 20:35

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at the brewery. Medium copper color. Flowery, slightly perfumey aroma, with citrus, hops, fruits. Hoppy, fruity, light flavor. Slightly alcoholic!; with honey. Popcicle like. Ok. It might be good if it weren’t so cold. Rather bland, though.
Tried from Draft on 03 Mar 2009 at 20:34

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Served icy cold at the brewery. Tried to wait for it to warm up... Medium brown color. Yeasty aroma, with some caramel. Caramel flavor, with bitter hops, funky yeast. Slightly metallic, which chocolate. Ok malt—but this yeast overpowers it. Not too interesting. Disappointing.
Tried on 03 Mar 2009 at 20:33

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Pours a hazy caramel-orange with minimal white head. Aroma is bitter hops, citrus, and sweet brown sugar. It does have a slight skunk note as well. Flavor is a bit uncoordinated. Rather grassy, malts, brown sugar, and citrus. Ends with just a very slight bitterness. Body is soft and a bit under carbonated. Not a bad beer but I think it could be improved upon.
Tried on 13 Feb 2007 at 06:30

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Dark brown color. Sweet chcololate malt nose. Smooth, chocolately mouth, with hints of cherry cheescake and faint apples and oranges. Decent chocolatey malt finish. Nice. All these beers are much nicer on tap than in a bottle.
Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2006 at 07:45

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Well balanced, extremely easy to drink Wit, with oranges and some soapiness. Really refreshing, well made. Perhaps easiest beer to drink I ever had, and I mean that with all respect. A definetely step above.
Tried on 05 Nov 2006 at 09:45

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Dark brown color, malty caramel nose. Light body, slight bubblegum flavor. Sweet malty finish. Not bad
Tried on 22 Dec 2005 at 20:40

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
rating is combined. Med. amber color. Little to no head. Big grapefruity, citrusy nose. Sexy oranges, apples, spice, tea and cinammon mouth. Weak malt presence. Finish is lacklustre and has no punch. Will try on draft at pub in near future and see how that is any better. 7/4/7/3/13 -3.4 Nov 5, 2006 Rerate on draft from pub. Light amber color, senous passionfruit, peaches and apricots in the nose. Much more alive thanout of the bottle. Highly aromatic mouth with is like drinking liquid hop flowers with grapefruit soda poured on top. The finish is still lack luster for bitterness, but the body is more balanced than I noticed before with some crystal (??) malts? If it was more bitter this beer would give SNPA a run for its money, but it doesnt. 9/3/8/4/14
Tried from Draft on 05 Aug 2005 at 10:58