hopIQ found 10 beers with the same chocolate and nutty character as Japan Black. Japan Black began as a single-batch taphouse beer and moved into the core range after it sold out quickly. It is a black lager in the German dark lager tradition, brewed from barley and wheat malt with natural hops. The beer is walnut brown to black under a tan head. The nose shows cocoa and dark chocolate with a light roast edge, and the palate joins smooth malt sweetness with chocolate, raisin bread and toasted nut notes before a dry, light finish that keeps the dark malt easy to drink. Ranked by flavour match rather than popularity.
Closest match: Japanese Dry Black Lager — 82%. No twin in the catalogue yet.
6 countriesmatched across 56 flavour tagsbest match 82%
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