This past weekend was full of a bunch of great beers, but there were three so-so brews hanging about. Many of you know that I try to always be positive and say something nice about any Japanese brewer and beer that we meet/try--since they are after all the people behind the industry and movement that I am trying to promote.
This beer was cold and free (to me anyways) and I enjoyed talking about it. See? That was nice.
Rokko Beer hails from Kansai (Kobe) and 'someone' had dropped off three bottles of Rokku to a nice guy in Numazu who poured them out for all to try. The three that we tried were the Pils, the Porter and the IPA. First off, those tasting noted how all beers tasted remarkably alike, and I'm not sure that I could have been able to tell them apart. They should have been vastly different giving that the three styles of beer that they are trying to represent are very different.
Since I was in the home of Great Beer, I could have been being a little rough on these guys. I advise you to try it for yourself, but if a bottle of Rokko is next to a Baird, Takayama, Gotemba Kogen or Swan Lake craft brew....you might be better off getting one of them.
Rokko in the spin cycle...
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The Rokko beer was a gift from the Rokko brewmaster, who visited Numazu and the Taproom last Thursday. I found them all to be on the sweet side, especially the porter.
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