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Asahi Black (Kuronama) 3 184

Asahi Black (Kuronama)

Percentile
46
overall
Brewed by Asahi Breweries
Style: Schwarzbier

Tokyo, Japan

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1843.01/5.03/5.05%42.5Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein
Commercial Description:
Bottle & can: Pasteurised.
Ingredients: Dark roasted malt; hops; rice; maize; Asahi’s pure cultured yeast.
Japan’s favourite dark beer. Brewed in Osaka, Asahi Black is made from three different roasted malts. This gives it a rich, nutty flavour and makes it incredibly smooth-drinking. Unlike other, more bitter dark beers and stouts, it’s brewed in a process called bottom fermentation, which gives it a subtle, sweet edge and smooth 5% abv.
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 GregClow (2498), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/102/513/20
Nov 13, 2004  
Dark ruby-brown colour with a very nice tan head. Aroma of rasted/burnt malt & caramel. Thin body. Nice flavour - toasted malt, a hint of cocoa, and a bitter coffee finish. Not bad...


 RichardGretton (3152), Leicestershire, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Nov 8, 2004  
Very dark beer with a strong head and a burn’t slightly aniseed and banana aroma. The flavour is mild and sweet with hints of banana. Overall not a bad beer but could have been a lot better.


 FtWorthBrew (105), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/57/103/516/20
Oct 15, 2004  
very nice Japanese Black. Reminded me of an Irish beer but there was something missing; tasted one demensional. An excellent choice if you only have Japanese beers on the menu.


 screwball (796), Motala, Sweden
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/55/103/510/20
Oct 10, 2004  
I had this on the Stockholm Beer Festival. A plecent experience. This one is dark amber in color and has a malty aroma. The taste has hints of coffee.


 rickgordon (3304), Göteborg, Sweden
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 8, 2004  
Bottled, Stockholm Beer Festival. Dark amber. Light roasty malty, toffee flavour, hints of butteriness. Somewhat fruity. An average schwarzbier, consumed by Tokyo biznizmen?


 rlgk (3378), Vårgårda, Sweden
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 3, 2004  
Dark amber. Aroma is malty and almost sugary sweet. Malty and quite mild flavor. Ok but nothing special.


 Jeppe (2638), Ølbutikken, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/512/20
Aug 30, 2004  
Dark brown beer with a red gleam and a nice tan head. Sweet malt, brown sugar and coffee aroma. Roasted malt flavor. Fruit, citrus and slight coffee notes. Very thin in the finish. Still a nice and easy beer.


 LaChad (1375), San Francisco, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 24, 2004  
Bottle. Not too bad for an Asian beer. Dark, opaque, slightly mahogany pour. Grapes, raisin, toffee in the flavor; dry throughout. A little bit resinous; nice dark malts. This will prolly be a staple for me if I move to Japan...



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