Yokohama XPA Extra Pale Ale
Sankt Gallen Brewery

Yokohama XPA Extra Pale AleYokohama XPA Extra Pale Ale
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From:
Sankt Gallen Brewery
 
Japan
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
6%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.85 | pDev: 9.87%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
11
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 24, 2018
Added:
Feb 28, 2012
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  5
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Ratings by shigg85:
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Reviewed by shigg85 from Japan

4.6/5  rDev +19.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
This is my 200th different brew! Having a UK pint of this cask brew at Vivo in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. Clazziquai Project is singing a funky Korean slow-jam into my ears as I enjoy this foggy Gucci leather-colored pale ale. Nice and frothy, cream-colored head on this with a mouthfeel like whipped butter. Wonderful hop scent strolling over the rim of this brew. Beautiful lacing around the glass like a hyena, all mixed up between spots and stripes and random patterns. Keeps a memorable residue on my lips, inviting me to keep tasting it in its traces. Mikan orange and yuzu come through this brew... a distinctly Japanese flavor. As I drink this, it gets smoother and smoother like egg pudding. The lacing reminds me of the varying strata of the Grand Canyon now, telling the story of my sips like the eons of our land's history. As the beer starts to take effect, Crazy Ken Band suavely comes singing of Monte Carlo and Yokohama, coincidentally referencing the brew I'm drinking now. Perfect timing. The upbeat track matches the increasing tingle through my thighs that makes me want to shake my hips on a dance floor. As I read the description of this beer here at Vivo, it says this brew was in the category for the 2011 World Beer Award for World Best IPA. It is definitely an excellent brew in my opinion. Cornelius' "Like a Rolling Stone" comes on as I finish this fruity, hoppy, complex, wonderful brew. Highly recommended as a whole and definitely compared to other American IPAs.
Feb 28, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.86 by Walnut from Missouri

Dec 24, 2018
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Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland

3.54/5  rDev -8.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
330ml bottle from Liquors Hasegawa, Tokyo Station, Tokyo (¥518):
Not a bad beer to finish my run of Japanese beer reviews, this one was quite a fresh and lively offering that had some nice pine and citrus hops with plenty bitterness but my biggest complaint was definitely how light it started on the nose. Initially opening with a pine and grassy hop aroma, the beer was quite light and there wasn't a whole lot going on until the taste with more of a floral bitterness and some bread malts a little further on. It was an interesting offering and one that I'd glad I managed to pick up but there are better IPA's out there.
Dec 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3.45 by dleiner from New York

Oct 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.87 by GrumD from Japan

Aug 22, 2016
 
Rated: 3.6 by Caesarr from Connecticut

Feb 11, 2016
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Reviewed by The_Mad_Capper from Japan

3.41/5  rDev -11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
The aroma is not very appetizing with some grass and pine, bread and caramel, and a touch of orange and grapefruit. The orange-ish gold body is mostly clear, and the head is off-white in color. The flavor is mostly characterized by bitter resin with bready malt beneath the surface. There is also some light fruitiness—orange and grapefruit again. The mouthfeel is smooth and fairly light with light carbonation.

Not very appealing overall. The aroma seems like a confused combination of hops and malt, while the flavor is dominated by the piney, bitter hops but otherwise tastes somewhat watery. Worth another try, at any rate.
Nov 06, 2014
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Reviewed by Hoppsbabo from England

4.03/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The receptionist at my hostel tells me this beer purports to be made with 'very special water'.

A: Slightly dulled copper body with a lovely white head and great lacing.

S: Generic American IPA smell – orange peel and earthy.

T: Nice and bitter, earthy, sharp and snappy. Dry aswell, but the orange peel finish suggests sweetness. Some tea in there.

M: Quite fizzy.

O: A decent but very generic American IPA.
Feb 03, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by CelticAleMan from California

Jul 22, 2013
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

3.74/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
12oz bottle poured into my little hotel tumbler

Pours clear golden with a coppery ting, medium sized light beige head that clumps and clings along the edge of the glass, plenty of carbonation action. Smell is grapefruit and flowers, but mild.

Taste is grapefruit rind bitterness with some orangey sweetness behind it.

Mouthfeel is dry and light. Overall, I like it. Not terribly exciting, but good.
Apr 13, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by ggourde from Missouri

Mar 29, 2012
Yokohama XPA Extra Pale Ale from Sankt Gallen Brewery
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 11 ratings