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Shiro
Coedo Brewery (Kyodo Shoji Koedo Brewery)
- From:
- Coedo Brewery (Kyodo Shoji Koedo Brewery)
- Japan
- Style:
- Hefeweizen
Ranked #271 - ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #24,997 - Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 10.89%
- Reviews:
- 24
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 25, 2022
- Added:
- Jan 02, 2010
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 16
Wheat beer is instantly recognizable by its bright hue, tinged with a soft, milky white glow. Yeasts selected specifically for their ability to bring out sweet aromas from the wheat are complemented by fruity notes for a rich yet refreshing brew that is smooth on the tongue and goes down with a flourish. We chose the Japanese word for white for our Hefeweizen as a way to capture not only its bright color, but also its distinctively gentle character that is at once comforting and unique.
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Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
3.6/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.6/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from 330mL bottle into a tulip. Bottled on 9/11/17.
Appearance: light golden hue with a relatively light haze for the style. Head is a finger of frothy white foam with moderate retention. Not too bad.
Smell: sweetish malt with a little bit of wheat character but not much of the banana/clove aroma that really charactertizes the style.
Taste: malty, again, with some wheat character but not really anything of the yeasty banana and clove flavor that makes the style so appealing. For a "pale wheat ale", it's pretty good, but for a "German hefeweizen", it's lacking a bit.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a good carbonation and creaminess.
Overall: this is not a bad beer by any means. But it lacks some of what makes a good German hefeweizen. I am still enjoying drinking this.
Sep 10, 2019Appearance: light golden hue with a relatively light haze for the style. Head is a finger of frothy white foam with moderate retention. Not too bad.
Smell: sweetish malt with a little bit of wheat character but not much of the banana/clove aroma that really charactertizes the style.
Taste: malty, again, with some wheat character but not really anything of the yeasty banana and clove flavor that makes the style so appealing. For a "pale wheat ale", it's pretty good, but for a "German hefeweizen", it's lacking a bit.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a good carbonation and creaminess.
Overall: this is not a bad beer by any means. But it lacks some of what makes a good German hefeweizen. I am still enjoying drinking this.
Reviewed by jdurey from Korea (South)
3.17/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
3.17/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Poured into a small hefe glass. Head was thin and dissipated quickly. Slightly cloudy. Smells like a weak version of your classic Hefeweizen. Taste is unfortunately pretty weak too, with some notes of cloves and bananas. Feel is where this beer fails. Flat and thin on the front end. What happened to the carbonation? No aftertaste to speak of. Watery yet dry. I thought I’d give this a try because hey, it’s a Japanese take on a German classic. Nice try, Japan, but better stick to lagers.
Jul 02, 2019Reviewed by neenerzig from Ohio
3.72/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Never heard of this beer or brewery before. Having it on-tap with lunch with my dad at Crossroads Cafe in 29 Palms, CA on our vacation. Served in a standard pint glass, this beer is a mostly cloudy/hazy, light golden color with a white head that's about an inch thick when first served to me. Head a fairly thick ring lining the inside of the glass along with some decent lacing. Some bready malts, wheat and certainly hints of banana and clove are present. A very similar flavor profile, with some bready malts, wheat and certainly hints of banana and clove and a trace of floral hops. Not at all a bad flavor profile, but the clove and banana were not pronounced enough for this style of beer. Has a crisp, yet smooth and slightly frothy, medium to full bodied mouth feel with moderate carbonation. Has a clean finish and a nice, slightly bready and wheaty aftertaste.
Eric
Jun 21, 2019Eric
Reviewed by hopalongcassidy2 from Massachusetts
3.75/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
My local package stores has 5 or 6 imported German Hefeweizens. I've tried them all, I would say this Japanese product is as good as any of them, and better than some.
May 19, 2018Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain
4.18/5 rDev +16.8%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +16.8%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From Hiper Oriente. In Bavaria hefe glass. Playing Space Pilgrim Episode 4. Typical hefe very well executed in all aspects, just less foamy than usual but feels good. A pity its price (2.85€) and short size (33cl)
Oct 23, 2017Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.73/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Got at Woodman's in Kenosha on a beer run to Wisconsin to find brewers with the good sense not to do business with the Illinois ABC. The haul always includes New Glarus and, this time, Coedo. My first from them.
Being brewers of rice and not malt, the longevity issue for Coedo is how well can they copy the German styles and stay stable enough to get from Japan to the Great Lakes. This hefe is more than OK and given its travel to the Midwest, probably above the average American crafters rendition.
I must say its Looks are not promising, quickly goes flat and never really gets cloudy. But Smells make up for it; Coedo seems to know how to get those smells out of the yeast... not easy to copy banana and clove together. Taste come in good but not well; here too, it is a good copy. Feel falls a bit flat, thin and not lasting.
I will continue this analysis with the other two German styles I purchased.
8/8/20 Edited the above review. Three years later, I buy another copy.. also almost a year old. Still an enjoyable hefe-, but probably not one worth having a third time. But just in case, I will keep count over at UnTappd.
Aug 21, 2017Being brewers of rice and not malt, the longevity issue for Coedo is how well can they copy the German styles and stay stable enough to get from Japan to the Great Lakes. This hefe is more than OK and given its travel to the Midwest, probably above the average American crafters rendition.
I must say its Looks are not promising, quickly goes flat and never really gets cloudy. But Smells make up for it; Coedo seems to know how to get those smells out of the yeast... not easy to copy banana and clove together. Taste come in good but not well; here too, it is a good copy. Feel falls a bit flat, thin and not lasting.
I will continue this analysis with the other two German styles I purchased.
8/8/20 Edited the above review. Three years later, I buy another copy.. also almost a year old. Still an enjoyable hefe-, but probably not one worth having a third time. But just in case, I will keep count over at UnTappd.
Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
3.15/5 rDev -12%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.15/5 rDev -12%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Bottle courtesy of Schlimenhaumer.
More of a kristallweizen, but tasty and clove-emphatic.
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Jul 27, 2017More of a kristallweizen, but tasty and clove-emphatic.
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Reviewed by The_Beergery from Singapore
3.55/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.55/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Poured from a 333 ml bottle, it appears a hazy unfiltered golden colour with plenty of white froth. The aromas detected are typical for a wheat ale, earthy and yeasty, bread and dough. Flavours are again typical of a hefeweizen, sweet malts with subtle hints of spices and fruits in the mix. golden, Light, refreshing brew for the weather!
Jun 20, 2017
Shiro from Coedo Brewery (Kyodo Shoji Koedo Brewery)
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
68 ratings
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