3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 EdKing (2205) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - NOV 3, 2014
On keg in Gar Eden, Tokyo. Little hazy dark red to chestnut brown beer, with a white foam head. Nose is citrus, cereal grain, rye bread, tangy and nutty. On the taste its bready, rye, slight nutty, citrous hop, cereal grain. Overall a bit muted in strong flavours.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 shoulderbroken (2963) - Tokyo, JAPAN - SEP 28, 2014
Keyaki. Surprising. Strawberry jam, but also pastry, good stuff. Bit sweet. Like a tart or pastry. Very different to how I expected. Little bit of hoppiness at the end.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20 TBone (14619) - Pori, FINLAND - JUL 16, 2014
Tap at 23 Craft Beers, Nagoya. 5.5%.
Dark ruby pinky color, small off-white head. Caramel and malts in the nose. Medium-bodied. Caramel, ryeish maltyness and light hops in the flavor. Quite standard red/amber ale without big faults but a bit lame.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 GenkiGonzo (704) - Kyoto, JAPAN - JUL 10, 2014
Draught at 23 Craft Beerz Nagoya. Muddy pond colour. Surprisingly malty aroma. Flavour has lots of burnt malts and soe sweet fruit. LACKI in hops for me but an interesting tipple.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 biirusaikou (1446) - - JUN 13, 2014
Hmm starts up with decent red fruit malty flavors but slowly gets overly sweet and boring on the palate. Not an impressive balance.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20 KansaiBeerLvrs (3465) - Kyoto, JAPAN - MAY 30, 2014
On tap at Beer Keyaki Spring 2014. A super muddy brown pour, kind of unattractive. Surprisingly chocolate+cacao aroma. Decent nose but not to style. Medium to full bodied, smooth with a nice bitter finish. The taste is crystal & dark malts with a strong dose of cacao & some fruity hop bitterness. Bizarre but tasty not really a red ale...
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 KyotoLefty (7996) - Kyoto, JAPAN - JAN 25, 2012
Draught at Craft Beer Market. Nice, bright red-amber with a fine head. Fruity, chrry nose with a bit of diacetyl. Sweet, creamy flavor, caramel, cherry, butterscotch. Ok but too much diacetyl and too sweet. Dessert-like. Decent, but a bit too much for me.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 thebeertourist (5155) - Oslo, NORWAY - APR 20, 2010
On tap at Ushi-Tora. Red amber, small head. Fruity aroma. Fruity toffee flavours. Not bad.
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