Kumamoto Craft Beer Reviews




bunbuntaro
4.1
Kumamoto Pilsner

Friday, November 3, 2023

bunbuntaro
4.3
Kurokawa Craft Beer Dark Lager

Friday, November 3, 2023

bunbuntaro
4.6
Kurokawa Craft Beer Pale Ale

Friday, November 3, 2023

KansaiBeerLvrs
3
Kumamoto Pilsner
Bottle kindly shared by KyotoLefty. It poured a somewhat muddy looking orange-brown with a chalky aroma that featured some flowery pot-pourri notes. The taste is similar to the nose with an occasionally somewhat honey-like malt sweetness. Alright but not very lager like and too flowery for my tastes.
Sunday, January 7, 2018

KyotoLefty
2.9
Kurokawa Craft Beer Pale Ale
Bottle from Furusato Nozei. Yu-agari Bijin label. Slightly strange nose, stinky durian / very ripe tropical fruit, bit of toffee, ripe stone fruit, metal. Golden orange with a low, lacy head. Sweet, creamy flavor, toffee, creamy, tropical and stone fruit. Very light bitterness, slightly peppery. Touch of diacetyl maybe. Not a lot going on. Nose is a bit out there. Not bad.
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

KyotoLefty
3.2
Kurokawa Craft Beer Dark Lager
Bottle from Furusato Nozei. This is the Yu-agari Bijin label. Cocoa powder nose, lightly roasty, slightly creamy. Shiny dark brown to black with a fine, frothy head. Dry, roasty flavor, dark chocolate and coffee, a bit of burnt wood. I agree this is probably an ale and not a lager, although could be a schwarzbier. Body is rather light, crisp. Finish is mostly roasty and dry. Not bad at all, though somewhat forgettable.
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

TimE
3.4
Kumamoto Pilsner
nice noble hop nose. Moderately hoppy well balanced mouth, dry. Moderate bitter finish. Well put together
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

KyotoLefty
3.1
Kumamoto Pilsner
Tap at NAkanosjima. Malty, biscuity nose. Sweet malt falvor, oily. Ok pils character, particularly the malt, but a bit heavy, sweet, and unrefined. Not bad though.
Friday, September 23, 2016

jdjuice
2.6
Kumamoto Pilsner
Pours light amber with slightly off white head. Aroma is malty, but this time my allergies are preventing me from smelling properly. Flavors are pretty underwhelming unfortunately. Very watery, slight bitterness on the finish accompanied with some citrus flavors, but pretty hard to detect. Not worth the ~$5.25 a bottle. :-(
Thursday, May 17, 2007

jdjuice
3.3
Kurokawa Craft Beer Pale Ale
Hooray! A halfway decent tasting beer made in Japan! Pours a pale slightly green golden color with a nice natural looking head. Flavor is mainly hops, some nice American IPA style hop. Has a slightly oily taste to it, but nothing too bad. Something of an ok beer, hooray!
Tuesday, May 15, 2007

jdjuice
3.3
Kurokawa Craft Beer Dark Lager
Pours brownish black with thin greyish head. Aromas are smoky and hard to smell because I have a cold. Very bubbly carbonation, mouthfeel of a somewhat flat soda. Flavors are very smoky, roasty again, but without any trace of bitterness that can sometimes accompany dominant smokiness in a beer. Decent, not too filling, goes down easy.
Monday, May 14, 2007