Kurodake
Taisetsu Ji Beer

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Taisetsu Ji Beer
 
Japan
Style:
American Porter
ABV:
8%
Score:
+7 ratings needed
Avg:
3.47 | pDev: 14.99%
Ratings:
3 | reviews: 2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Aug 21, 2025
Added:
Jun 29, 2004
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4.19 by The_Kriek_Freak from Greenland

Aug 21, 2025
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Reviewed by tjd25 from France

2.99/5  rDev -13.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A thick brownish head. This beer looks like coffee. Smell is weak, no aromas. The taste reveals strong notes of coffee, maybe hints of cherry. I had an impression of an alcohol kick, that got confirmed by the waiter; 8%. Probably the only interesting thing about this beer is that it's 8%. The mouthfeel is creamy but watery. Ok.
Jun 29, 2004
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Reviewed by donnebaby from North Carolina

3.23/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
This beer's name recalls one of the nearby mountains of the mountain range the brewery names itself after.

Light brown color body, and a long-lasting froth. Looked like weak coffee. Nose held light alcohol and sour coffee. The taste reminds ALOT of Kirin's Kuronama--a beer which I think is quite bad. Sweet coffee syrup taste and some rough bitterness at the end. Big alcohol feel. I thought my stomach would be destroyed drinking it.

Exciting to find a high alcohol beer in Japan--but this one hurt, and I was happy I only had a small sampler size.
Jun 29, 2004