Ginga Kogen Stout

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

Serve in Dimpled mug

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Bottle. Beautiful tan head with good duration. Dark brown - almost black. Not much taste tho. Hints of coffee and chocolate.

Medium beige-brown creamy lasting head. Opaque black body. Light roasty caramelly aroma with mealy notes. Dry-sweet roasty mealy caramelly taste with oaty burnted notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, milky, mealy mouthfeel. Dryish roasty licorice aftertaste with burnted minty notes. Traces of coffee and fruit, too. (0.33l draft at Sunset Beer Garden, Sendai, Japan.)

Dark beige head, fast gone over virtually black beer; shards of lace. (Wal)nutty, but also hazelnuts, perfumed in a very good way; roasted aromas. Sweet, liquorice, roasted nuts, black rice, walnuts. Not really well-bodied, but quite grist-slick. Not bad, just a tad too timid and sweet.

on tap at the brewery in the middle of nowhere - big thanks to my buddy josh fo driving to a few of the breweries near yokote. anyways, a very enjoyable experience at the brewery which must have made me especially keen to like this stout. quite close to black with a thin beige head; decent if unstouty aroma of coconut butter, caramelised white chocolate and yoghurt coated sultanas; quite sour with hints of cherries, burnt toast, light smokiness and a decent dry stuff. delicious. i guess it doesn’t travel well

Questionable thanks to Beerbiker. Sleightly hazy brown with a small light brown head. Mild chocolate aroma with suger, flowers and some alchohol. Ok fresh hoppy flowery taste, again a mild chocolate sweetness. No too bad at all!

Bottle. High creamy off-white lasting head. Clear dark red body. Mild malty caramel aroma without the expected coffee notes. Flavor is also mild and sweet barley malt with a touch of caramel but not much hops bitterness.

Draught at the Craft Beer Festival in Ichinoseki, Iwate. Roasty aroma, some dried fruits, lactic acid. Creamy, smooth body, good palate, good sweet / bitter balance. Slightly sweet but well-balanced and nice. Rich chocolate flavor and a nice roasted level. Very flavorful.

clear amber, small beige head. aroma is sweet, faint fruity. flavor is faint hoppy, sweet malty.

Dark brown with a lasting off-white head. Weak aroma of caramel. Dry and malty flavour with a caramel note. Clean, thin and boring beer.

Clear dark amber of color with beige head. An aroma of port and weak sweet notes. A flavor of roasted malt - pretty weak in taste.

33cl, Haus der 131 Biere. Black, small & quick tanned head. Little fruitiness, liquorice and charcoal on the nose. Mildly sour, neutral flavor, dried fruits, ashy finish with little glue and liquorice toffee. Light bodied, coarse strong carbonation. What a stout, ha.