Ginga Kogen Pale Ale

Brewed by Ginga Kogen Beer Company
Style: English Pale Ale
Waga-gun, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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(Can) A hazy orange/caramel color with a big rocky beige head. A very sweet nose, treacle, spun honey, cookie dough, with a hint of hoppy resin. Sweet, thin, a bit tinny. A disappointing effort from this otherwise solid brewery.

Medium creamy offwhite head. Hazy opaque pale amber body. Faint mealy fruity aroma. Dry-sweet resiny taste with mealy fruity notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, mealy mouthfeel. Dryish grape and resin aftertaste with mealy strawberry notes. Nice, pleasant, but not great. (0.33l draft at Sunset Beer Garden, Sendai.)

Can from the local supermarket. Pale slightly cloudy orange colour with fast fading white head. Aroma is caramel and citrus hoppy. Bit weird. Bit of fruit in there too, apple and pear. Taste is bit too sweet, caramel is there in the background, but the sweetness is full on. Some fruitiness and a bit of a bitter finish, but it is all about the sweetness. Surprisingly flat in the mouth. I don’t mind it in a weird way, but will probably not have it again.

Colour is light brown, cloudy. Nose is touch of hop fruit, malty caramel and a bit of metallic from the can, which isn’t so nice. Taste is a very biscuity malty beer, with a bit of ale fruit and slightly sour and bitter fruit. No citrous at all. Bit of caramel in there too. Not an American pale ale and a strange version of a British pale ale, but it’s drinkable, if not memorable.

Can at Papsø’s - Thanks. Cloudy amber - white head. Wheaty notes, light hoppy, amber malts, fruity, orange, citrus, light hoppy, light piney, abricot, grape fruity, light bitterness. OK.

Can at papsø. Hazy amber coloured with a small white head. Aroma of caramel, citrus and hops. Fruity flavour of caramel and hops with notes of citrus. Hoppy finish.

35 cL can, courtesy of Theis. Pours hazy orange with no head. Aroma is flat malty and slight breadish. Mild acidic and malty flavoured. Bitter and metallic into a medium dry finish.

Can. An unclear light amber beer with a thin white head. The aroma has notes of brewmash and grain. The flavor is sweet with notes of metal, brewmash, caramel, straw, and a bit of malt, leading to a dry metallic finish. Thanks Theis for sharing.

Bottle 35 cl. Courtesy of Theis. Pours a cloudy and opaque pale amber with a white head. Sweet overripe fruit in the nose. Medium body, sweet overripe fruit with a dry, light bitterness. 250610

Dark yellow colored with cloudy appearance, little yellow head. Grassy hopped aroma with safty lemon note. Medium bodied. Flavor is more peachy in start, aftertaste turns to grassy and slightly floral. Decent one.