Grand Kirin Galaxy Hop 2016 Session IPA
Kirin Brewery Company, Limited
- From:
- Kirin Brewery Company, Limited
- Japan
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.37 | pDev: 16.32%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Nov 11, 2018
- Added:
- Jul 14, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by janwagnerhki from Germany
3/5 rDev -11%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -11%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3
From bottle, at a radio astronomical observatory in Nobeyama, Nagano. Fitting surroundings for a beer with this name! Extra points for nice label design.
Short-lived head, nice clear pour. Color is pale-gold, SRM 5 perhaps. Nose is not overly aroma-hoppy, is citrusy and 'raw' grassy and fruity, but not sweet. Taste is surprisingly dry. Only hints of malt, and some rice. Kirin Ichiban with extra hops perhaps. Mouthfeel watery, with a too short-lived and mild bitterness from lagery hops. Overall lacking. Closer to a latin light lager with a bunch of evanescent aroma hops. Overly tame as a "session IPA" and in want of a tad bit more proteins and some candi or complex sugars.
Jul 27, 2015Short-lived head, nice clear pour. Color is pale-gold, SRM 5 perhaps. Nose is not overly aroma-hoppy, is citrusy and 'raw' grassy and fruity, but not sweet. Taste is surprisingly dry. Only hints of malt, and some rice. Kirin Ichiban with extra hops perhaps. Mouthfeel watery, with a too short-lived and mild bitterness from lagery hops. Overall lacking. Closer to a latin light lager with a bunch of evanescent aroma hops. Overly tame as a "session IPA" and in want of a tad bit more proteins and some candi or complex sugars.
Rated by kofukasho from Japan
2.83/5 rDev -16%
look: 2 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.83/5 rDev -16%
look: 2 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
It's nice to see an IPA making its way into convenience stores, but it's far too watery and carbonated to win many people over.
Jul 14, 2015
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