Pilsner
Otaru Beer Brewery in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan 🇯🇵
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
6.81
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(Bottle) Pours clear golden with big white head. Subtle aroma of citrus, malt and grass. Medium body with plenty of soft carbonation. Good taste. Nice pilsener bitterness. Some subtle biscuit malt. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2023
at 09:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
I haven’t had an Otaru Pilsner since I was at their taproom in Hokkaido years ago: Otaru Pilsner 5% Rich golden orange in color with a honey bready aroma with a soft herbal hop bitterness. Quite full bodied and the taste is the same with sweet honeyed malt then a crisp semi-spicy herbal finish. I prefer the Helles but this is nice too.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 May 2020
at 07:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Beer Horn. Golden colour, crazy horn glass, white bubbly head. Aroma is grainy, floury. Taste is decent, refreshing, good graininess, light creamy sweetness, nice. I was a bit toasted at this stage, but liked it.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
330ml bottle from Bliznetsy in Moscow. Pours clear dark gold with a tall white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, grassy hops. Taste is sweet bready malt, grassy hops, light bitter finish. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2019
at 10:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden with a thick head. Lots of noble hop. Fresh pale malt. Sweet pale malts, has a mellow hop accent.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2016
at 11:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Tokyu bottle shop in front of Sapporo station. Pours a clear gold with a nice white head. Nose is light floral with some grain ad grassy hops. Taste is more if the same. Great balance. Light pepper on the finish with a bit of stone fruit as it warms. --- Beer merged from original tick of Pilsner on 14 Jul 2015 at 09:38 - Score: 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2015
at 09:31
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Tap at Leibspeise, Sapporo fall 2009. Golden, creamy layer, low carbonation. Chewy. Light diacetyl. Flour note. Sticky aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jan 2011
at 04:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at the brewery tap in Sapporo. Golden color with a tall, foamy head. Big bubbles. Aroma of fruit and hops. Full malt flavor. Light, clean flavor. Good hops. Very tasty, round, and slightly buttery. Dry, hoppy finish. Excellent. Great hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2008
at 20:52
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
I originally gave this beer a 1.6, as I bought a bottle in Tokyo and Otaru beer clearly doesn’t travel well. At the brewery, this had a full on floral nose with toasted malts. Hoppy start, but then becomes more balanced. A bit sweeter than I was expecting. Moderately bitter finish. Excellent on draft at the brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2006
at 10:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
[Bottled] Hazy pale yellow, rich head. Distinct grassy nose. Dry and freshly malty with soft mouthfeel. Bready malt together with newly mown grass makes up most of the flavour. Lingering bitter finish. More similar to the softer south German pilseners than the drier and crisper north German ones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2006
at 09:26