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Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 4
330ml bottle, thanks to Mike for this! Misty golden amber appearance, thin white head that starts to disperse. Not sure what to make of this tbh.. I feel perhaps a fermentation issue at play. Does not feel like a biere de garde, or Vienna malt-led.. doesn't look the part, Belgian yeast used, but that encompasses a wide range, not especially detectable. Not feeling it.
minutemat (16258) reviewed Reserva 1925 from Cervezas Alhambra 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
330ml bottle, Christmas present from brother Ben because 'im into my beer' Pours a pale amber, white head.. decent actually.. nicely fresh.. clean.. light butterscotch notes.. like it.. can't quite understand the low ratings
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Small bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, Sep 18. Brought by me, picked up at a small carrefour in France. My first sake rating. Pours pale, clear. Strange nose, taste is strong alcohol, almonds, soya milk, hard to describe really. Difficult to gain much pleasure from this. Rated kindly.
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updated a beer:
Ozeki (Champion) Dry Sake
brewed by Ozeki Sake (USA), Inc.
3 weeks ago
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updated a beer:
Plum Wine Umeshu
brewed by Yokota Shuzou
3 weeks ago
minutemat (16258) reviewed Plum Wine Umeshu from Yokota Shuzou 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Small bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie Oct 2019. Thanks blackhaddock for this gem. Pours a reddish amber. Super sweet plums in aroma and to taste. I can't say sake features high on my drinking schedule so its hard to comment exactly on its good features but it does seem exceptionally sweet. Not for me but interesting to try it.
minutemat (16258) reviewed 5 - Alarm from Siren Craft Brew 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
27th March 2020: 330ml bottle. "Still quite a fiery chili kick going on here despite being 4 years old, tomatoey murmurs underneath"
9th Nov 2016: 330ml bottle. "Smokey tomatoey"
minutemat (16258) ticked Jaywalker from BrewDog 3 weeks ago
28th March 2020: 330ml can from Brewdog Fanzine. Rating on Untappd: "Blah blah.. Boring".
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Level 5 for Japan ticks with a total of 50 from this country.
Takara Shuzo Nippon Chu-Hi Aomori Apple Sparkling Sake from Takara Shuzo Co. was the one that did it!
3 weeks ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
19th June 2023 - 350ml can @ Shrewsbury Beer Share, Chez Sophie. Brought by me apparently, no memory of it. Very pale clear appearance, almost watery pale. Light sparkle. Quite a pleasant apple profile, nicely sweet, balanced.. despite the can having the word sake on the front this seems very much like a hard seltzer. Not bad though. Rated kindly.