Cyonmage Pale Ale

Brewed by Yamaguchi Hagi Beer
Style: English Pale Ale
Hagi, Japan

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Bottle. DMS cream corn nose. Some grassy hops, a touch of caramel. Dull copper color with lace. Citrus hops, caramel, creamed corn flavor. Rather sweet malts, ok hops, nice prickly finish. Could be an all right PA if not for the off flavor. I’m sick of infected J micros!   Seems like Douglass88 also had an infected one, though not as bad as this. Shit!

UPDATED: NOV 9, 2009 330 ml bottle bought in Hagi city Yamaguchi prefecture Japan thanks to Akiko. Labeled as a English style beer, and a pale ale. The cyonmage is that cool haircut the Samurai used to wear. Anyway, the beer; pours a bright golden color with a medium white head. Now it gets different. The aroma is very funky; barnyard notes, hay, loads of yeast, citrus, a ripe funk that is way funkier than I’ve ever had. This is basically the flavor as well; dry, citrus, wheat and loads of yeast, some soapy hops, but man this is really all about a massive funk. Dirty socks, Brett, whatever. One of the oddest beers I’ve ever had. Did something get lost over the Pacific? Who knows. Interesting for sure.