3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Aroma: equal parts bready malt and smoky BBQ.
Palate: smooth, rounded medium-full body.
Flavor: bready malt, smoky and meaty BBQ, nutty, roasted malt
Comment: well balanced. Filling, yet not overly sweet with medium intensity smoke character. Very good.
4.3 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at home though I also had it on tap at Bungalow. The first Japanese beer that really blew my mind as well as one of the first smoked beers I’ve ever had. This is one of the best beers made in Japan and has never disappointed me. It pours a purple amber brown with a light beige foamy head. As soon as you have a glass nearby you can get the wonderful smoked aroma wafting towards you. The flavor starts of smokey, then brings up a spicy malt base and ends on a smokey note with subtle hints of bacon. One of my favorite Japanese beers.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft. Cloudy purple maroon color, large tan head. Aroma of lightly smoked caramel. Taste is sweet and sticky smoke.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(500ml bottle) Pours a hazy amber body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of smoke, caramel, and chocolate. Flavor of caramel, smoke, toasted grain, and toffee.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty smoky caramel aroma. Fruity malty smoky flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty smoky finish.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from a local supermarket. Dark amber brown colour. Aroma meaty, smoke, bit beefy like a belgian dubbel might be, slight chemical smell, soy sauce. Taste is similar, soy sauce, smoke, touch of sweetness lingering in background. Bit thin and fizzy palate wise. Not bad but not great.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark brown in color with a khaki head. Aroma of smoked fish, soy sauce, and salt. A light almond aroma, some bacon, and toasted bread. Flavor is a little less "fishy". Good smoke character, a hint of bacon, salt, meat, and wood. Toasted bread, light chocolate, and a subtle sweetness to it.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
50 cl bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small tan head. Aroma is smoked and sweet caramelish. Sweet malty and light caramelish. Bitter, smoked and toasted malty. Ends smoked and light bitter.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled thanks to kyotolefty on the RBSG bus. Clear deep brown with tan foam. Rich full on Bamberg smoked malt nose. Honey, salt, soy, steak, fat, bacon. Taste is sweet honey, bacon fat, toffee, caramel. Very good. Extremely on style. Better than expected.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Kyoto Craft Beer Festa 2012. Aroma is purely smoke, with a touch of sweet malt. Orange-brown (or, as a friend put it, dark "roan" when held up to the light), with good lacing. Flavors are smoke and more smoke with some solid malt underneath. Great metamorphosis from pure smoke to bitter smoke to sweet smoke. Palate is watery. Overall, though, this is a real treat. It just won a gold medal at the WBC 2012.
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