The bottle is the same short wide mouth that Kirin uses for all of it's specialty brews. It features a green pulltab crimpcap and raised hop flower label art with glitter integrated into the flower portion. The writing on the label is in a strange blocky font indicative of hand drawn block lettering.It was produced on 20170317 and is 5.5% abv. I will use one of my Japanese glasses for this one. Let's pull the tab and see the head.
Nose from the bottle is dank and resiny, with a touch of pine. Pours golden with a white head. Decent small bubble agitation. Nose from the glass is similar to the bottle, but with more pine and a little fruitiness. On first sip, I was not expecting that. This tastes like Trix cereal. It starts off sweet and malty and then immediately hits you with the hops. Has a grape fruitiness in the middle that subsides into pine resin and a semi-dry finish. Body is a straight medium with high acidity.
Listening to the Kill Bill Vol.1 soundtrack. I'm going to smoke a couple of pork shoulders tomorrow. I've got some cherry wood blocks soaking right now along with hickory and mesquite wood chips, those should be good and soaked through by the afternoon. I made my Carolina Gold Sauce to slather the shoulders in. The recipe I use is as follows: 1 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar, 2 1/4 cup yellow mustard, 6 oz can of tomato paste, 1 1/2 cups of sugar, 2 tablespoons molasses, 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, 1 cup water, 2 teaspoon onion powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon ground black pepper, 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves, a couple of healthy doses of Tabasco sauce. Put it all in your sauce pan, do a preliminary mix, then put the pan on low heat (200-250F). Stir occasionally with a french whisk, which you can leave sitting up in the sauce pan, which is one of the awesome things about french whisks, until you reach the desired consistency. If you make sauces and don't have a french whisk, get one. They don't have the "collection" issues conventional whisks have and you can leave them standing up. They are not as good for eggs as conventional whisks are though. I'm building a smoking rig tonight as I don't have a regular smoker. I'll keep y'all posted as to how this all turns out.
Final thoughts, this is an awesome beer! I cannot recommend it enough, Kirin knocks it out of the park again! If you're out and about in Japan, give this IPA a try, it is very well done. I give this beer my blurry seal of approval.
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