Ginga Kogen Weizen
Ginga Kogen Beer

Ginga Kogen WeizenGinga Kogen Weizen
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Ginga Kogen Beer
 
Japan
Style:
Hefeweizen
Ranked #225
ABV:
5%
Score:
83
Ranked #23,920
Avg:
3.65 | pDev: 13.7%
Reviews:
35
Ratings:
89
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 04, 2022
Added:
Jan 03, 2003
Wants:
  5
Gots:
  12
“Ginga Kougen Beer” is a “Hefeweizen” style beer a yeast wheat top-fermented beer brewed with more than 50% of wheat malt. It is unfiltered beer distinguished by its fruity aroma and pale color.
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Ratings by OneBrewru:
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Reviewed by OneBrewru from Japan

3.93/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Ginga Kougen Weizen brew pours a rich, cloudy, golden hue and is topped by a with a frothy cloud-white head. Little to no lacing clings to the glass. The appearance is very true to the style.

The aroma of this beer is also very true to the hefeweizen style. Rich and bready smells are present but an acutely powerful clove aroma pierces through. A mild yeast funkiness is also apparent.

Taste-wise, this beer is rock solid. As the aroma would indicate, strong banana bread and clove flavors dominate. The clove is just a bit stronger than it should be, but does help cut through the thick malty flavors.

The texture of this beer is a bit thicker than many hefeweizens and with a bit less carbonation than usual.

All in all, I could drink this beer on a hot summer day or a cold winter night and be satisfied with either. It's light alcohol content lends itself to being a session beer, but the complex flavors make just a pint more than enjoyable.
Mar 28, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.59 by Jsalz21 from New Jersey

Jul 04, 2022
 
Rated: 3.91 by 12ozfan from Illinois

Aug 10, 2019
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Reviewed by MrOH from Maryland

1.89/5  rDev -48.2%
look: 1.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.75
So the bottle doesn't say in English which beer of their's this is, but the kanji on the bottle looks similar enough to the stuff on the can in the picture, and it kinda smells like a weizen, so here we are. Cool blue bottle, btw.
Hazy yellow with a thin white head. Not much in the way of retention or lace.
A little bit of banana and apricot, just a smidgen of clove. Sulphur, bready malt
Bread dough, apricot, banana, a little bit of clove
Definitely needs more carbonation to be a weizen. Feels lifeless.
Maybe its an old bottle, but this really is a poor example of the style.
Jul 08, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by tedho21 from Pennsylvania

Jun 30, 2019
 
Rated: 3.88 by SFC21 from Florida

Feb 02, 2019
 
Rated: 2.81 by chiefz1 from New York

Jan 14, 2019
 
Rated: 2.75 by mpenske from California

Nov 27, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by BlueSpader from Washington

Sep 20, 2018
 
Rated: 3.61 by morrowd3 from Vermont

Aug 21, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by paulish from New York

Jul 31, 2018
 
Rated: 3.81 by ImperatorScab from Tennessee

Apr 29, 2018
 
Rated: 3.62 by rangerred from Tennessee

Nov 27, 2017
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Reviewed by GarrettB from Colorado

1.94/5  rDev -46.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 2
February 22nd, 2015 - On the nose is a bunch of banana, spilling out of the can, like vapors in scientific labs in movies. In spite of the aroma, it comes across mostly as a traditional (orthodox?) hefeweizen. But the flavor is incredibly butter and harsh. There's banana here, but it seems like a band aid over an egregious wound. The carbonation is too strong, too, giving an already brutish flavor a rough callousness. And even those banana flavors, whirling and tossed in the tempest of bitterness, is too strong and intense.
Nov 18, 2017
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Reviewed by The_Kriek_Freak from Pennsylvania

4.13/5  rDev +13.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
It pours cloudy ad with a huge head. The aroma is full of clove and banana. The taste is sweet upfront with a late bitterness and more banana and clove as an aftertaste. Very chewable. A nice and very authentic hefe.
Sep 09, 2017
 
Rated: 3.66 by bb-magic from Florida

Sep 09, 2017
 
Rated: 2.4 by sephyrott from Spain

Apr 26, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by EnojysAnyBeer from Colorado

Jan 07, 2017
 
Rated: 3.25 by NeverSettle from Texas

Dec 18, 2016
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Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle: Poured a hazy yellow color ale with a nice medium white foamy head with OK retention and some lacing. Aroma of light wheat flavours with some residual sugar notes. Taste is also a mix of wheat flavours with some residual sugar notes and light bubble-gum notes. Body is full for style with good carbonation. Not bad but complexity/drinkability were not as high as I had expected.
Aug 22, 2016
Ginga Kogen Weizen from Ginga Kogen Beer
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 89 ratings