Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Keyaki. Copper coloured, small golden head. Aroma is bit stinky, quite sweet, caramel but skunky too. Quite interesting but maybe not intentional. Taste is decent, light caramel, quite woody, bit of creaminess. Cherry maybe too. Quite nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Keyaki. Dark copper colour, small off-white head. Aroma is spicy, malty, pretty good. Taste is similar, spice, ginger, big malty body, bit of bitterness at the finish. Actually really nice. Simple but very tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at Craft Beer Market Awajicho. Opaque amber colour, small creamy golden head. Aroma is bit soapy, citrus, b.o. Hoppiness, skunky, pungent, good. Taste is similar, grapefruit, bitter, light caramel maltiness, bit sticky too. Pretty decent. Want to try it again. Had again at the mile post, dec. 2014. Lovely. This time lots of pineapple as well as the grapefruit. Like a lower alcohol House IPA. Sticky tropical fruit, minerals. Great stuff. Big score increase.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at Hachi. Amber coloured, small white head. Aroma is good, light cat pee, grapefruit, nice spiky maltiness. Taste is good solid bitterness, grapefruit and lemon, tiny bit of malty sweetness. Maybe bit of pineapple too and slightly peppery. Finish is nice and dry. I like it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at JBC. Sorachi weirdness. I like it. Creamy, plastic, cheese and chive. Exactly what you would expect. Drunken rating.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at Server Land. High maltiness, wheaty, light hops, tastes like a golden ale. Job done I guess. Light sweetness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at CBM jimbocho. Very nice. Minerals and light citrus, lemon sherbert. Light creaminess. Bit grainy. First sip was amazing, lost a little afterwards but still good. Sweet and dry. Good stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at Server Land. Lemon, wheat. Nice bitterness. Alright. Refreshing. Not much else for me to say. Rerate at Keyaki. Interesting. Lemon, sour cream, sorachi ace? Pleasantly crisp and easy drinking, very herbal, bit funky.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at 23 Craft Beerz. Light tangerine in the aroma, and some in the taste too. Not much bitterness. Get that later on. Every sip made me hiccup. Bit weird. Got better, but feel like it's missing a little something. Still nice though.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at GBF. Resin hops, gets more prominent as you go. Light roast, bit of choc, good stuff. Very nice.