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Sakai Kashi IPL by Sakai Kashi Brewery

by Rob
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Sakai Kashi IPL is a 6% India Pale Lager from Sakai Kashi Brewery, based in Sakai, in Miyagi, Japan. It’s part of their seasonal lineup and can be found in both bottles and on draught though its availabiity is unknown at the time of writing as we bought this as part of a special Keyaki Beer Festival set.

Sakai Kashi IPL

Sakai Kashi IPL : At A Glance

Basics

  • Alcohol : 6%
  • Style : India Pale Lager (IPL)
  • Hops : Unknown
  • IBU : 20

Sale Information

  • Availability : Unknown
  • On Sale : From November 2021
  • Size : 330 ml
  • Price : From 620 yen

Aroma & Taste

  • Notable Aromas : Plastic and cardboard with a peachy aroma
  • Notable Tastes : Very low to no bitterness, with plastic and oxidised flavours being present.

Sakai Kashi IPL : Aroma & Taste

Sakai Kashi IPL poured out a hazy golden orange colour with a thin layer of white head on top, though that faded to a few bubbles around the side of the glass. That was the only good thing to say about this beer as everything else after that was just terrible. The aroma was of a plastic chemically one, with a strong wet cardboard and peachy aroma that meant Sakai Kashi IPL was either an off beer, or that the beer itself was poorly designed. Sakai Kashi IPL was supposed to have hops in it, it does have some semblance of an IBU according to the brewery, but either they were drowned out by the off flavours, or just contributing to the oxidised flavours.

The body was just as bad and it was a struggle to get halfway through it – should give all beers a fair chance. But Sakai Kashi IPL ended up being a drain pour due to the plethora of off flavours going on in the beer. The plastic oxidised flavours intermingled with just a weird chemically texture on the tongue was not what I expect from an IPL from any brewery.

Sakai Kashi IPL : The Bottom Line

Sakai Kashi IPL has a nice colour but besides that, a drain pour member.

Sakai Kashi IPL : Where to Buy it?

Sakai Kashi IPL can be bought online at the following places:

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