This is the first "Third Category" Japanese beer I have ever bought. I wanted to see what they would do with a Vienna-style beer. It is made by mixing a "hopposhu" made with roasted malt and aroma hops with some extra "spirits," I suppose to make up for the alcohol lacking since they use mostly unmalted barley for flavor instead of higher-taxed malt. Can. Pretty, though light, amber color; nice, tight, off-white head. Slightly roasted malt and caramel aroma with a bit of nasal alcohol burn. Sweet caramel flavor with a bit of fruit, like cherries. Actually approaching a Vienna! Body basically non-existant, though, plus there is a bit of weird grain flavor and some metal. Alcohol evident, and rather like shochu. Leaves a strange taste afterwards. Much less terrible than I expected, and I actually finished it. Not good, but drinkable.