Kōyō
Ardent Craft Ales
- From:
- Ardent Craft Ales
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Japanese Rice Lager
- ABV:
- 3.8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 18, 2019
- Added:
- Apr 18, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Collaboration with Elation Brewing
Kōyō is a Japanese-style rice lager brewed in collaboration with Elation Brewing Company from Norfolk. This is a delicate, pale-yellow lager with a crisp, clean body and balanced hop character from the addition of Zuper Saazer hops. Kōyō is a dry, light lager with minimal bitterness and subtle rice flavor.
Kōyō is a Japanese-style rice lager brewed in collaboration with Elation Brewing Company from Norfolk. This is a delicate, pale-yellow lager with a crisp, clean body and balanced hop character from the addition of Zuper Saazer hops. Kōyō is a dry, light lager with minimal bitterness and subtle rice flavor.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.76/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
3.76/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap:
Pours a near-water white-yellow with a tuft of pure white head topping it. Revival is easy, though getting something to stick to the glass is a tad harder.
Nose and taste are light, the former winning the battle for being most absent. Not having smelled rice prominently in beer too often, there is something different about the non-bitter notes on this one. The hops seems like they’re offering a lemony (non-sour) bitterness, with maybe a hint of grass. The taste is a little more familiar based on my Japanese steakhouse experiences, but very similar to the nose.
Overall, this is a refreshingly light, medium dry beer with a splash of flavor. Seems fairly well executed but overall is just a bit simple - which makes it fitting for many situations.
Apr 18, 2019Pours a near-water white-yellow with a tuft of pure white head topping it. Revival is easy, though getting something to stick to the glass is a tad harder.
Nose and taste are light, the former winning the battle for being most absent. Not having smelled rice prominently in beer too often, there is something different about the non-bitter notes on this one. The hops seems like they’re offering a lemony (non-sour) bitterness, with maybe a hint of grass. The taste is a little more familiar based on my Japanese steakhouse experiences, but very similar to the nose.
Overall, this is a refreshingly light, medium dry beer with a splash of flavor. Seems fairly well executed but overall is just a bit simple - which makes it fitting for many situations.
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