Bottle into a frosted glass showing well filtered yellow with a finger of clean white foam. The nose shows a typical malty lager profile. The palate is medium bodied and well carbonated. Lightly sweet caramel malts throughout. Simple macro lager.

Bottle from Hasegawa. Mellow, malty nose, biscuits and soft herbal hops. Helles-like. Bright gold with a low, thick head. Soft grainy malts, biscuit, light lemon, grass, a touch of minerals. Nice helles flavor. Light but solid bitterness, malt-forward. Not too sweet though. Nice. Tasty and very quaffable.

bottle picked up at the brewery in Numazu. These guys have a very small distribution network though they do sell online. Crystal clear straw gold lager look, fluffy white head, sweet, fruity(grape?) & grassy aroma. The taste is a bit chalky, soft malts giving mild biscuit/graham notes with a slightly acidic but sweet fruity finish. Kind of unusual for a lager but not bad. Then again I don’t like typical lagers...