6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rerate Nov. 2015. 7/2/7/3/14: Aging has helped, but this is not a great BW. Lots of tobacco now in the nose, caramel, raisins, prunes, treacle. Oxidized. Better. Tasted 3/22/14: 7/2/7/2/13. 750 ml bottle at Asahiya. Cloudy brown color. Leathery, oxidized nose, oranges and cherries, caramel, treacle. Very sweet and oxidized with a bitter finish. Very oil7 body. Ok, but not really there are far too expensive for the quality.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2014
at 17:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
750 ml bottle at Asahiya. Lemony hop nose, somewhat reminiscent of Dupont. Spicy yeast, bread, apples. Cloudy amber-orange color. Estery Belgian yeast flavor, spicy, caramel, peaches, lemon, lemon, apple cider. Thick and oily.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2014
at 17:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle at Asahiya. Black, with a bubbly tan head. Nose is full of umami—oysters and soy, plus coffee and chocolate. Sweet flavor, cola, chocolate, oysters, light menthol. Tasty and somewhat soda-like, but thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2014
at 17:18
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at iBrew. Pretty, deep gold, almost amber, fine head. Malty nose, some caramel, bread. Quite like a marzen. Sweet and malty start, caramel, then gets clean and ry with a quite bitter finish. Well done beer, hoppy finish kicks it in.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2014
at 04:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Beer Republic. Clear amber color, thick creamy head. Aroma of peaches, pineapple, flowers. Taste is very malty. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Sep 2013
at 19:32
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
deep amber color. Sweet maltiness. No depth, fuckin lame. I always have high hopes for this brewery, but can’t remember the last time I tasted something good from them.
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2013
at 05:13
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap at Beer Republic, Yokohama. Brown colour with a large white head. Aroma of hops, citrus. Flavour is strong in hops, malt, a bit of bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Apr 2013
at 11:33
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
Draft at Faucets for RBJG2. Clear amber brown color. Aroma of lemon juice. Taste is sour lemon.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2013
at 13:57
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at RBJG 2 Grand Tasting, thanks TimE. No 31 of 50. Brown colour with a minimal head. Small lacing. Coffee caramel aroma. Caramel toffee flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2013
at 20:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle at RBJG courtesy of TimE, thank you sir! Cloudy brown color. Aroma of cocoa powder and coffee. Taste is dilute cocoa.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2013
at 17:21