Faint hop smell. Sweet flavor, not much hop taste except in aftertaste. Cask ale on tap at the brewery.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Faint hop smell. Sweet flavor, not much hop taste except in aftertaste. Cask ale on tap at the brewery.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Slightly sweet aroma with a bit of malt smell. Crisp flavor that’s refreshing, not very hoppy. Followed by a nice even malt flavor then very little aftertaste. Bottle says unfiltered IPA with cascade hops.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Dry, sweet, hoppy smell. Crisp flavor with equal balance of hop and malt. Aftertaste is very clean malt taste, with lingerings of hop sweetness in the background. Without the slight sweetness, would be almost identical to the Dusseldorf alt beers.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Sweet aroma. Sharp bite combined with sweetness, which quickly fades and just leaves a kind of mouth-watering effect in your mouth. On bigger gulps, get a slight malt taste. Overall a big flavor rush that is fairly easy drinking. Got better add it warmed, killing of the overly sweet taste and just left the malt predominant. This 500ml can was from LCBO in Canada and labeling says it was actually brewed in Japan. Bought it on December 8th, date code on bottom reads “U/0126C H013”. I’m guessing that means Julian calendar date 126- or 126th day of the year.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Nice refreshing full flavor, moderate aftertaste.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Initial metal taste, but smooth sweet flavor comes in nicely and leaves you with a sweet caramel flavor.
4 out of 5 Stars.
No aroma other than maybe an old nasty beer smell. Luckily after further sniffs, the clouds parted some and there was a hint of fresh hop sweetness. Flavor is a bit edgy with some hop sweetness overlayed with some harshness. Aftertaste is a bit harsh them fades off to a moderate hoppy maltiness. Not bad, but a bit too much harshness hiding here and there to make it too enjoyable. Says it was canned on 03/08/13, which makes it only 2.5 weeks old. Nothing about it tastes fresh, though.
After letting this warm slightly from the ice cold state, flavor actually mellowed a lot and new flavors came out with a nice maltiness. Bumped it up a half rating.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Super sweet smell. Very wet flavor, not bitter at all. Almost a Belgian yeast flavor. No real aftertaste, smooth.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Slight sweet aroma with an alcohol hint. Clean taste with moderate hop bite, fades out and replaced with malt aftertaste.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Light lager-like aroma. Sweet taste that has a clean malty nutty-like flavor. Leaves little aftertaste other than that nut/malt flavor. Flavor comes out a bit more as it warms, may have started too cold. Says packaged on 12 11 13 at 10:37, but I’m drinking it on December 8th. Ymmv. Batch 3341.
4 out of 5 Stars.