Destroy Angel
Ichijoji Brewery
- From:
- Ichijoji Brewery
- Japan
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.6%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.47 | pDev: 8.65%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 10, 2025
- Added:
- Oct 20, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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2017 international Beer Cup gold medal
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by smcolw from Massachusetts
3.69/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Minor head but it leaves a few thin streaks on the glass. Beautiful dirty copper color. Clear.
Very mild aroma with barely perceptible malt and hop smells.
The taste has a deep, not so sweet, toastiness. Full bodied with ample carbonation. Plenty of bitterness. Although advertised as a British IPA, this has stronger elements of a west coast IPA--dry and more bitter.
Jun 10, 2025Very mild aroma with barely perceptible malt and hop smells.
The taste has a deep, not so sweet, toastiness. Full bodied with ample carbonation. Plenty of bitterness. Although advertised as a British IPA, this has stronger elements of a west coast IPA--dry and more bitter.
Reviewed by Tomesco from Canada (ON)
3.85/5 rDev +11%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +11%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This is a surprisingly good IPA and one of the better Japanese craft beers I have sampled.
Hints of flavor, subdued compared to IPAs from the USA but definitely moving Japan in the right direction. No complaints about it, but a bit lacking for the experienced drinker.
Jul 17, 2018Hints of flavor, subdued compared to IPAs from the USA but definitely moving Japan in the right direction. No complaints about it, but a bit lacking for the experienced drinker.
Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
3.11/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.11/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
270ml keg at Ichi-Ya Bar, Kyoto, Japan (¥648):
This was a beer with a pleasant enough taste & it was definitely the better of the two beers from the brewery that I tried during my time in Japan but like the Joshuaku Plum Ale before it, this one just wasn't strong enough at any point & almost seemed weak & bland at times too. There was some hop & pine bitterness at times & the nose wasn't quite as bad as the taste but it never really got going sadly.
Oct 20, 2017This was a beer with a pleasant enough taste & it was definitely the better of the two beers from the brewery that I tried during my time in Japan but like the Joshuaku Plum Ale before it, this one just wasn't strong enough at any point & almost seemed weak & bland at times too. There was some hop & pine bitterness at times & the nose wasn't quite as bad as the taste but it never really got going sadly.
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