Helios Niku Senyou Pale Ale
Helios Distillery Co., Ltd.

2d review. 1st from brewer. amazing. Simple, tea like, Japanese elegance.
a) Mostly clear reddish amber body with soft, limp head. Low carb.
s) Classic, old school, clean, crisp, apple-fall fruit, orchard earthy autumnal aromas.
t) Follows the smell, but rich. A bit of wooden bilge.
f) Low carb, clean, fall cider, tea-like body.
o) Original, great food beer. (with Rocky's Pizza near the E 35 Ferry)

 

A: Pours a hazy deep honey burnt orange in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation along the edges of the glass and faint reddish copper highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense foamy beige head that slowly reduces to a medium sized half finger thick cap towards the center of the glass surrounded by a large patch of medium thick film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate to significant amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate aromas of toasted + caramel malts with minimal amounts of sweetness underneath slightly stronger than moderate aromas of earthy + spicy hops.

T: Upfront there is a moderate flavor of toasted, caramel, and very lightly roasted malts with a minimal amount of caramel sweetness present. That is followed by moderate flavors of earthy + spicy hops which impart a light amount of bitterness which fades away pretty quickly.

M: Medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation.

O: Enjoyable and easy to drink with fairly classic English Pale Ale aromas + flavors. Alcohol is well hidden and I'm pretty pleased my wife brought me this back from Japan.