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KansaiBeerLovers

Kyoto-shi, Japan 🇯🇵 Member

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Member since Jan 1 2013 (on RB as KansaiBeerLvrs( Avg Score Given 3.53 Avg Beer Rated 3.47 Look up my group Kansai Beer Lovers on Facebook if you want more information about the beer scene in Japan in English. My ratings seem to go: under 2 - sucks ] under 3 - not very good ] 3 to 3.3 meh, alright ] 3.4 average but not so memorable ] 3.5 pretty good ] 3.6 to 3.9 good to great ] 4 Great, really nice ] 4.5 + among the best I’ve ever had I guess double these on Brewver?

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7.4

KansaiBeerLovers (8927) reviewed Festive Cherry Sour from Kyoto Beer Lab / Chabeer Brewing Co. 1 month ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Apparently, this is KBL’s Christmas beer this year.

KBL Festive Cherry Sour 6% 8 IBU

A reddish orange color with a nice tart cherry aroma. Medium bodied and silky smooth. Not complex but a nice enough cherry sour beer.

Tried from Draft at KBL The Garage on 28 Dec 2025 at 03:00

KansaiBeerLovers added a new beer Festive Cherry Sour by Kyoto Beer Lab / Chabeer Brewing Co.
1 month ago

7.4

KansaiBeerLovers (8927) reviewed Ban Char Bonfire Smoked Lager w Kyobancha from Kyoto Beer Lab / Chabeer Brewing Co. 1 month ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

KBL Ban Char Smoked Lager w Kyobancha
6% 46 IBU

Nice ruddy brown color with tan foam. Medium to full bodied with a very rauch smoked aroma and flavor. Great beer but the Kyobancha tea gets a bit lost in the shuffle.

Tried from Draft at KBL The Garage on 30 Dec 2025 at 02:57

KansaiBeerLovers added a new beer Ban Char Bonfire Smoked Lager w Kyobancha by Kyoto Beer Lab / Chabeer Brewing Co.
1 month ago

KansaiBeerLovers (8927) reviewed Christmas Beer 2025 Barley Wine w Spice Vanilla from Vertere 1 month ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5

Another on point Japaneee Christmas beer.

Vertere Christmas Beer 2025: Barley Wine w Spice Vanilla 10%

This ruddy brown brew has fluffy beige foam that didn’t linger nor leave much lacing behind.

Full bodied and smooth with quite a bit of boozy heat and warmth. The spicing is a bit more full on and less balanced than the KBC Christmas ale though this is still really solid.

Tried from Can on 24 Dec 2025 at 11:11

KansaiBeerLovers added a new beer Christmas Beer 2025 Barley Wine w Spice Vanilla by Vertere
1 month ago

9.1

KansaiBeerLovers (8927) reviewed The More The Merrier (Manmen Kishoku) from Kyoto Brewing Company 1 month ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5

Those looking for a Japan-made Christmas beer look no further!

KBC nails another Belgian-inspired style.

KBC The More the Merrier Celebration Ale 9%

Made with nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice and cloves. I’m thinking this is either their take on a Belgian Christmas ale or their take on Sierra Nevadas Celebration ale. It’s a purplish brown with thick beige foam and a banana bread and soft spices aroma.

Full bodied, smooth and full of spices but with some molasses type sweetness and brown sugar buns to balance things out.

I’ve gotta say this is great and I hope I can pick some up to cellar for the future in case they don’t make it next year. Bar none the most on point Christmas beer I’ve had from Japan.

Excellent.

Tried from Can at Kyoto Brewing Company on 23 Dec 2025 at 15:45

7.8

KansaiBeerLovers (8927) reviewed Yonder North from Kyoto Brewing Company 1 month ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

First up is:

KBC Yonder North Spruce Tip IPA 7%

Orange gold with thick off-white foam and a big pine freshener type aroma. Medium to full bodied. The flavor is very floral, perfumey and piney. LOADS of Spruce but still clearly an IPA.

I could totally see this as a winter seasonal.

Tried from Can at Kyoto Brewing Company on 23 Dec 2025 at 05:18

7.6

KansaiBeerLovers (8927) reviewed Orion from Kyoto Brewing Company 1 month ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

I thought the enhanced series was only 3 beers then saw they’d released a fourth…

KBC Enhanced Project Orion
TSH West Coast IPA 8%

Matte Orange in color with thick foam that doesn’t leave lacing behind. It’s got a great juicy hop bouquet with citrus and some sharp fruity notes. Fairly full bodied and smooth. Really tasty hop forward beer with perhaps a hint of butterscotch as it warms.

This was a really great series for hop lovers.

Tried from Can at Kyoto Brewing Company on 21 Dec 2025 at 15:09