Rising Sun Pale Ale
Baird Brewing Company / Fishmarket Taproom

Rising Sun Pale AleRising Sun Pale Ale
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From:
Baird Brewing Company / Fishmarket Taproom
 
Japan
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
5.1%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.72 | pDev: 12.1%
Reviews:
85
Ratings:
167
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 18, 2020
Added:
Jun 23, 2003
Wants:
  9
Gots:
  21
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Ratings by BEERchitect:
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky

3.5/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Baird Brewing Company continues to infultrate the U.S. with an attitidue about brewing that's right at home. Where the beer shares much in common with classic American pale ales, it relies heavily on British influence as well.

The rich pour of burnt orange and honeyish amber carries with it a dense haze that gives the beer a bright rust aesthetic value. Creamy carbonation patienty lifts to the surface with a thick sheet that spans the surface. Light pocket lacing and medium retention settles the foam character of the beer with a slight lazy or lumbering demeanor.

Rich aromas of malt and hops mingle in the nose. Malty rich with the nutty and caramelly scent that gives a biscotti note from English malts. Citrus, grass, and other earthy hop aromatics blend with the citrus character that share the stage with both American and English hop notes. But the beer's aroma doesn't stop there, it also introduces estery notes of apple, peach, dates, and figs that remind the olfactory senses of light fruitcake.

Flavors of malt also rise first in taste- sweet with rich caramel, toffee, biscuit, and a dash of brown sugar. But the mid palate balances with hop flavors of ripe red grapefruit, dried oranges, peach, apricot, mango, and earthy grasses and woods. The hop compounds develop into a semi-sharp, semi-broad bitterness that again speaks to American hop zest and Brittish hop broadness. Sweetness also accompanies a bready taste that seems almost stale and yeasty in aftertaste.

With low-lying cask ale-like carbonation, the bready-sweet weight of unresolved barley rests weightedly on the tongue and relies on the stripping agents of alcohol, hop resins, and light ferment acidity to close the beer malty-dry and mostly clean.

I personally think that more English pale ale attributes are present with this ale. Regardless, the beer is very pleasant and non offensive to any lover of pale ales in general.
Jul 25, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 2.5 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Aug 18, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by bdlusa from Texas

Aug 07, 2019
 
Rated: 3.73 by Toynk from Illinois

Mar 06, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by shelby415 from Oregon

Jan 29, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by paulish from New York

Jul 18, 2018
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Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland

3.58/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
US Pint on-tap from Goodbeer Faucets in Sibuya, Tokyo, Japan (¥900):
This one was quite an enjoyable beer from Baird & about on par with the previous two from the brewery that I've tried; their Suruga Bay Imperial IPA was probably marginally better but this one was still a solid effort. The nose was a lot lighter than expected but things came through stronger with the nose with some good sweetness & tropical fruits coming through in the early going alongside touches of citrus, mango & pineapple being the most pronounced of the fruits which helped make this one of the better beers I tried while in Japan.
Oct 30, 2017
 
Rated: 2.5 by ThisSeasonsWaifu from Sweden

Jul 15, 2017
 
Rated: 3.74 by Momon from Philippines

Jun 08, 2017
 
Rated: 3.95 by IMZep from Maryland

Jun 03, 2017
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Rated by GokuGatsu from California

4.18/5  rDev +12.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
It's a tasty Pale Ale, one of my staples in Japan. There's a nice citrus nose to it and the head is an off white. Really good with karaage!
Feb 26, 2017
 
Rated: 3.24 by Dewsby from Kentucky

Dec 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.68 by Taphouse_Traveler from Florida

Sep 06, 2016
 
Rated: 3.56 by dsshuck from Delaware

Jul 13, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Nunya from Ohio

Jul 10, 2016
 
Rated: 3.84 by ntanp91 from Thailand

May 24, 2016
 
Rated: 3.69 by BlueSpader from Washington

May 05, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by mpenske from California

Apr 26, 2016
 
Rated: 4.16 by DaPan from Canada (ON)

Mar 27, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by texasspottedcow from Texas

Jan 17, 2016
Rising Sun Pale Ale from Baird Brewing Company / Fishmarket Taproom
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 167 ratings