Tama no Megumi (Ishikawa) Weizen

Brewed by Ishikawa Brewery
Style: German Hefeweizen
Tokyo, Japan

On tap at the brewery. Bright yellow, opaque with a medium head. Funky yeast aroma again! With bananas and clove. Creamy and sweet—banana cream pie! Thick, creamy body. Yeast presence is annoying. Buttery, with a tiny rancid-like note. Ok, but a little too funky.

A slightly sour-ish weizen. Again, the same undecipherable Japanese hieriglyphics on the label. No matter. The taste speaks for itself in any language. A very nice, wheaty, true-to-style weizen that is a pleasure to drink. Thanks Mark (MRomero548) for sending me all these quality Japanese brews!