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Books & Brews Shogun Soba Ale
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RATINGS: 7   MEAN: 3.11/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.05   IBU: 23   EST. CALORIES: 153   ABV: 5.1%
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Our Soba Ale is an amber ale brewed with buckwheat, giving it a salty-sweetness that we think could have calmed the feudal Japan chronicled in the James Clavell classic.


2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
queenholly (3580) - South Whitley, Indiana, USA - MAY 8, 2015
Bottle. Caramel and buttery/diacetyl aroma. Clear deep amber with a small ivory head. Sweet toasty caramel malt, nutty buckwheat, and subtle herbal hops. Medium body, moderate carbonation.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
b3shine (6924) - Indiana, USA - MAR 11, 2015
Draft to taster at B&B. Looks solid; a mostly transparent amberish orange with off-white lacing. Smells and tastes mildy malty and toasty with a bit of caramel and what seems like a touch of salt as well. Mouthfeel is medium-bodied. Not bad.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
DrSilverworm (8884) - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - JAN 12, 2015
22oz bottle, from the brewery for $7. Mostly clear red orange amber color. Kind of a hazy red on the last pour. Thin khaki head, good retenton. Decent ridges of lace. Medium body, a nice full feel. Smooth, kind of crisp lighter carbonation, good creamy texture. Very swiggable. Interesting malt character.. Some caramel, and interesting kind of raisiny fruitiness, cherries and grapes, mild almost rye-esq spicy tingle, a touch of coffee? Hint of vanilla. Fantastic stuff. If that’s the buckwheat doing all this, it’s a very interesting grain. Nice earthy bit of hop. Good full flavor and long aftertaste for a 5% beer. Good balanced taste, moderate bitter, light to moderate sweet, good mild dryness in the finish. Amazingly balanced and swiggable amber. Super flavorful for the light ABV. Satisfying bit of bitter hop in there, not as sweet as expected. Overall, much better than expected. Fantastic to enjoy with my sandwich. Going in I wasn’t sure how long a bomber would take me to finish, but this disappeared so quickly and easily that I feel like I could maybe handle a 2nd. Maybe I was just really craving a beer and I didn’t realize it, but I enjoyed the crap out of this. Pretty much no complaint at all from me.

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Block (1774) - Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - DEC 22, 2014
Smooth and mild. A very sessionable ale. Sweet, light body. Smooth finish. Light, more characteristic of Japanese beers.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
shrubber85 (9341) - Greenville, Indiana, USA - DEC 18, 2014
Bottle. Light buckwheat and caramel malt aroma. Amber with small head. Mildly sweet caramel malt and mildly bitter buckwheat flavor. Light body. Not bad.

2.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
Patrickctenchi (5107) - Cox’s Knob, columbus, Indiana, USA - DEC 12, 2014
Bottle: Clear, amber-orange with a thin, quick, off-white cap. Tangy, caramel, grain, saline aroma. Taste is light, buttery/salty caramel.... Flat, with a low-level leaft/herbal bitter. Very plain and simple. Not bad.

2.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 9/20
Hartung32 (252) - Indiana, USA - DEC 5, 2014
Really like the brewery and most of the beers that I've tried. This one is a weird one. Very flat and thin, with almost no body. Interesting taste is enough to keep me enjoying the whole bomber. Credit for being unique, but they have better beers. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone


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