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Baird Yamanashi Apple Ale


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A Fruit Beer brewed by
Baird Brewing Co.

Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan

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43.4/5.03.21/5.0Spring5.9%0 Flute P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Yamanashi Apple Ale is a brilliant hazy golden color and sports a billowy white head of foam. A subtle waft of tart apples immediately greets the olfactory senses. This aroma stems entirely from the use of freshly, and coarsely, grated red apples added to the wort kettle at the end of wort boiling. No aroma hops have been added nor is any real fruit character derived from the yeast (our standard house strain) or the fermentation regime (conducted cool and slow). In the mouth, a pleasantly tart cider-like flavor is accentuated beautifully by the effervescence of a vigorous natural carbonation. The beer is dry and highly attenuated as a result of low mashing temperatures, the exclusive use of pale malts (Maris Otter, German Pils, Wheat and Carahell) and a touch of Japanese candy sugar. At 25 IBUs the hop bitterness is low but this is compensated for by the tartness of the apples.

 Eyedrinkale (3076), Beer Town, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/55/105/514/20

May 14, 2008  
Different looking label then the others but I get green apple in this. Color is cloudy light yellow with a small head. Some honey and mellow sweet malts. Both Baird beers so far are pleasantly subtle.

 mkobes (2006), New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/55/105/513/20
May 16, 2008  
Bottle. Hazy golden yellow in color with a little head. Honey malty aroma. Apple notes. Malty apple tart flavor. Finish is fruity. Drinkable. Well balanced. Decent beer.


 MartinT (4241), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 2, 2007  
My Bottom Line:
Fresh apple tartness and lightly honeyed pale maltiness slowly merge into a very drinkable, fruity Golden Ale which satisfies from beginning to end of the sensory experience.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A sheet of foam covers the clear blond.
-The apple fruitiness is minutiously integrated in the crisp maltiness, and never exaggerates.
-Balance is achieved even though the hops are deftly escape the tastebuds.
-This almost drinks like it’s under 4% alcohol!

On tap at the brewery restaurant.


 TimE (1005), Tokyo, Japan
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 16, 2007  
Cloudy golden color, thick white head. Light appley nose. Med-body, lightly spiced (I guess by the japanese candy sugar) and the apples and tartness really shine through, but it almost makes me think this is a cider. However, the pale malts also show up to give the beer some backbone and ensure it is not a cider. Not sweet at all. If you like cider you will love this. better than I anticipated.




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