Dry Premium Houjou Spalter Select
Asahi Breweries in Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
Lager - Pale Regular|
Score
6.23
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
First up the Asahi, Asahi Hallertau Spalter Select 6% Deep macro-lager gold with your typical grainy sweet somewhat soft-drink like macro aroma. The hop contributes a herbal mildly spicy element. Medium bodied and slick the taste is almost cloyingly sweet grains which the, I presume, light hopping regimen struggles to cut through with a fairly decent green herbal hip bite. As with most macros they skimp on hops to such an extent that the end result barely matches the name. It’s a pretty average macro, too sweet and gassy but not outright terrible or anything. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Modest hoppiness, buf as mentioned mid-palate kinda falls about and too sweet. A bit too full bodied for the style as well. Kinda reminded me of a polish strong lager it’s ok
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can at Matsukawa. Nicely hoppy nose, light, herbal, some citrus. Medium gold. Malty, a bit thin, nice hops coming through, rather boring malts, herbal and spicy. the hops work well enough for what it is.