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Destination Unknown Beer Co.

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From:
Destination Unknown Beer Co.
 
New York, United States
Style:
Japanese Rice Lager
ABV:
6.3%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
3.36 | pDev: 7.44%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 27, 2022
Added:
Aug 09, 2022
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Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3.61 by EMH73 from New York

Dec 27, 2022
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Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut

3.11/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
No canning date (released on 6/9/22, so presumably canned within a few days of that date); consumed on 8/8/22

Pours a translucent, slight murky dark copper body topped with just over a finger of creamy, off-white foam; mediocre head retention leaves a spotty few islands of paper-thin cap along with a nearly nonexistent collar and no lacing holding with any longevity to the walls of the glass.

Aroma offers a distinctly fruity yeast subtext guiding to musty peppercorn with distant shreds of oolong evolving over time; crisp, long-grain rice eases to a clean minerality and soft toast on the back end of the bouquet.

Taste opens to a delicate florality sporting edges of oolong; clean, vague minerality over the mid-palate guides to mild straw grain and a subtle, sweet bread dough finish.

Mouthfeel presents a light body and a progressively flattening, moderate-low carbonation; clean textures remain level, meeting moderate, yeasty heft past the mid-palate to a choppy back end, while the finish itself shows a dry crispness and quiet composure.

Floral umami is featured in waves to enliven a wavering minerality and distantly toasty, tea-tinged base; an ambitious and unique lager experimentation, though a bit too sloppy to be anything incredibly memorable.
Aug 09, 2022