Samurai Gazebo
3 Floyds Brewing Co.
- From:
- 3 Floyds Brewing Co.
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- Japanese Rice Lager
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 12.06%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 19
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 05, 2021
- Added:
- Mar 20, 2010
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
In a Zen-like state
The Samurai wets his blade
Then wets his palate
The Samurai wets his blade
Then wets his palate
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Reviewed by pudgym29 from Illinois
4.3/5 rDev +8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev +8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
On tap at the Globe Pub in Chicago (near Begyle & Dovetail Brwys.).
I actually hit this venue because my laptop battery died darned sooned than I expected at my previous (outdoor) location. I knew I could get a crucial plug-in here.
Anyhow, that this beer seemingly has not been reviewed in _nine years_ is puzzling. The beer is a lucid yellow - the stock color of all lagers, including Japanese ones. Smell is slightly hoppy, but nothing close to what one would get from _pretty much every IPA_ Having been to Japan [fourteen times] and being relegated to consuming a typical Japanese lager (but I must recommend the Kirin tour at its brewery between Tokyo and Yokohama) any number of times {striving to experience the 'izakaya' atmosphere}, this does a superb job of replicating the flavor of a Kirin or Asahi (but _not_ a Sapporo, especially since what is now 'imported' to the U.S.A. is really coming from Ontario, Canada) without the oxidation you might perceive in a beer shipped over from Japan. I can surmise this beer will appear in other venues (perhaps particularly Japanese-angling restaurants). Taste it.
May 31, 2021I actually hit this venue because my laptop battery died darned sooned than I expected at my previous (outdoor) location. I knew I could get a crucial plug-in here.
Anyhow, that this beer seemingly has not been reviewed in _nine years_ is puzzling. The beer is a lucid yellow - the stock color of all lagers, including Japanese ones. Smell is slightly hoppy, but nothing close to what one would get from _pretty much every IPA_ Having been to Japan [fourteen times] and being relegated to consuming a typical Japanese lager (but I must recommend the Kirin tour at its brewery between Tokyo and Yokohama) any number of times {striving to experience the 'izakaya' atmosphere}, this does a superb job of replicating the flavor of a Kirin or Asahi (but _not_ a Sapporo, especially since what is now 'imported' to the U.S.A. is really coming from Ontario, Canada) without the oxidation you might perceive in a beer shipped over from Japan. I can surmise this beer will appear in other venues (perhaps particularly Japanese-angling restaurants). Taste it.
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