At a craft beer stand at Kyoto Station. Smell of malt, hay. Golden colour, white head. Aroma of malt, straw, grass. Soft carbon. Hay in finish. Clean.

Draught at Craft Beer Live 2012. Pale gold with a fine head and lots of bubbles rising. Uninteresting nose, with a little lemon and honey, and some rice. Heavy body for a beer with rice in it. Rich flavor, with rice and honey and lemony hops. Ok, a bit like a cream ale from my youth. --- Beer merged from original tick of Tango Oukoku Meister on 06 Jun 2023 at 08:52 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5. Original review text: New owner, new label. Let’s see how the beer is. A rice lager. Nose is buttery diacetyl, citrus, caramel. Slick, sweet, buttery flavor, butterscotch, grassy hops, decent bitterness. Very soft and velvety. Don’t really taste the rice. Don’t dig the diacetyl but it’s not a complete game ender. Drinkable, but could be better.