Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at Popeye. Clear golden colour, big fluffy off-white head. Aroma is bit chemically, strong citrus, full on Belgian yeast. Taste is nice enough, Belgian again, quite fruity, bit citrus, Belgian tripel hints. Maybe a bit unexciting, bit maybe I am a Belgian beer snob. 03/14 Was very harsh last time or it has improved a lot. Still citrus but lots of other fruit too. Very interesting graininess. Really like it this time. Belgian yeasty and pineapple.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle at our Ryoukan in Hakone. Result! Dark brown coloured. Taste is rich, chocolate, brown sauce, intense fruitiness. Parma violets too. Aroma slightly floral, beefy, fruity, some sweetness. Nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at Craft Beer Market Toranomon. Golden amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is slightly skunky, earthy, bit of grapefruit. Taste is good. Medium bitterness, fruity. Slightly medicinal but nice. I had a second one.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Had again on tap at Mokichi AUG 2020. Light grassy hoppiness and nice floury wheatiness. Liked it more this time.
Bottle. Looked as you would expect. Taste is biscuity, lemon, grainy, bit like a shandy which was strangely welcome. Nice bitter finish. Aroma is lemony, hops. Nice and crisp.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
slightly hazy golden color. Tons of white gummy bears and vitamin C in the nose. Very juicy. Very juicy, super low bitterness. Lots of over ripe mango and white gummy bears. Low carbonation but missing some tartness. Yeah it’s juicy but I would like more dankness and more tartness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap @ Beer Boy, Nakameguro. Whitish orange pour, a bit cloudy and has some white foam on the top. Nose has tartness, fruits, white peach, a bit of sweetish citrus. Taste has more of that citrus, quite strong lingering citric bitterness there. Medium body, some oats, citrus lingering strongly in the finish. Quite decent one, also feels very fresh.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap @ Titans, Otsuka. Pours creamy orange, some fluffy white head on the top. Nose is fruity and tropical, not only sweet but getting a lot of ripe fruits, multivitamin. Taste has some lupulin dust coming out, quite thin though, perhaps this is not the freshest - although feels relatively in a good condition. Creamy, medium bitter and tropical also in flavor, long bitter aftertaste. Quite satisfying also again a bit too much perfume there for my taste.
TimE (11146) reviewed Amanatsu Ale from Kumazawa Brewing (Shonan Beer) 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
medium golden color. White head. Modest dry tartness from amanatsu. Bone dry mouth, with modest tartness and decent amount of amanatsu fruit. Straight forward but nice.
Kermis (23416) reviewed IPA Kohatu from Kumazawa Brewing (Shonan Beer) 6 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Draft at Beer Komachi, Kyoto. Hazy dark golden with an off white head. Aroma of citrus, fruity hops and green weedy notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and above moderate bitter. Medium bodied with light prickly carbonation.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed IPA Kohatu from Kumazawa Brewing (Shonan Beer) 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap at Beer Komachi, Kyoto. Poured a clear medium amber colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is sweet malt, light toffee, light tropical citrus fruits, light woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a crisp, fruity, light metallic, light woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.