Abashiri Hamanasu Draft

Brewed by Abashiri Beer
Style: Fruit Beer
Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan

Serve in Flute

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Looks like a Schweppes raspberry ginger ale. Pink carbonated. Grapefruit synthetic food colouring smell. Dry. Strange pasty feeling. Earthy/Dirt. taste. Very artificial and doesn’t taste much like a beer. Very chemical.

Made with Rosa Rugosa rosehips and less than 25% malt. Light red color. Innocuous nose: slightly fruity, dry. Dry, bitter flavor, not sweet (expected it would be), feels like champagne yeast was used. Maybe the flavor of rose hips is there, not sure. Dusty, bitter finish that leaves you with cotton mouth. Not awful—not good either.

Bottle. Pinkish orange with a slightly pink head. Strange aroma, maybe some paper. Hard-to-describe taste; salty, earthy, hints of miso. I do not know what they have had in this beer. The flowery label and colour indicates freshness, but the taste is anything but fresh. I will let the zink digest the rest.