It seems to me that for many West Coast brewing outfits, their "Amber Ale" is seen and treated as the red-headed stepchild of the bunch. Not clean and bitter enough to be an obligatory American Pale Ale, not bitter and, er, bitter enough to be an obligatory IPA, and not red enough for the obligatory Red Ale. Often times it seems the Amber Ale is relegated to getting branded as an ESB, even if it has no good reason to be lumped in with the Bitters out there.

But sometimes it's nice to see someone [irishsnake?] actually put some thought into the make-up of an Amber Ale, resulting in a pretty good beer overall.
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Always up for trying something from these guys. As twisted as some of the beers may seem, they always manage to score reasonably well from my perspective. Anyhoo, poured  murky and thick-ish , color was tea colored with some claret hints. Nose was dark fruits and caramel. Full bodied and moderately carbonated. A bit chewy with no real hint of a dubbel here, slight fruity notes but a rather confusing brew overall. Maybe a better explanation is palate confusing. As the beer warms the concord grapes start to shine a bit better. Not something I would grab again ( prefer to hit up RIP Lenny and others) but worth the rather moderately low price tag.

Had this beer at the Club Popeye a few years ago, and it was one of the better IPAs on tap. So when I saw this bottled version here in SoCal, I was cautiously optimistic.

Japanese craft beers have terrible distro issues within the Japanese islands, so much so that the "boutique breweries" do most of their business via online sales & shipping. The brewer of this beer -- Ryujin Shuzo Co,. Ltd. -- is the notable exception. Their website not only doesn't offer extremely expensive mixed case sales and delivery (intra-country only), but doesn't even talk up their brands.
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