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Karuizawa Brewery Ltd. in Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan 🇯🇵
Lager - Pale Regular|
Score
5.56
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6/10
Tried
from Can
on 17 May 2025
at 15:40
5.6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 5
Tried
from Can
on 17 May 2025
at 15:40
5.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
17/5/2025. Can bought from Yutaka Shop online. Pours clear bright dark gold with a small frothy white head. Good looking beer. Aroma is malty, grainy, corn syrup, grassy, citrus, a little tinny. Medium sweet, moderate bitterness and body. Average carbonation. Okay.
Tried
from Can
on 17 May 2025
at 15:37
5.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Can from Yutaka, London. It pours clear golden - amber with a thick, bubbly white head. The aroma is soft, sweet baked goods, rich tea biscuit, white bread, sponge cake, damp grain, touch of egg, pie crust and toasty vibes. The taste is crispy, dry, snappy, bitter - sweet character, grassy, herbal, touch of mint, biscuit, damp grain, paper, sponge cake, corn bread, spice, white sugars and metallic twang. Finish is drying, bitter and herbal. Medium body and pretty heavy going carbonation. Chugged this pretty cold. Fairly hearty for a lager, bit too carbonated though. Ok for the style, not sure I would rush back for it.
Tried
from Can
on 06 May 2025
at 16:13
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
350ml can pours out pale straw topped with a white head. Nose is sweet grain some light grass and corn. Taste is more of the sweet malts grass and garin.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jun 2024
at 10:04
6.5/10
I thought these guys only made Weiss beers, and I can't read the label, so I was a bit disappointed to find a subpar lager. Dang.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Oct 2018
at 22:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
35 cl can, all-malt beer, i think it was quite expensive. Dark gold to light amber color, rocky white head quickly dissipating, modest lacing. Aroma of syrupy malts, sugar, starch, yeast. Taste sweetish, light bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation, smooth malty but clean finish, pleasing aftertaste. Decent lager.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jan 2017
at 13:46
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Clear golden with little white head. Aroma of some mango, dust, normal hoppy lager stuff. Taste is awkward musty sourness, and some hoppy harsh lager bitterness. Mouthfeel is like any other lager, with some dust in the finish. Not so good.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2016
at 12:50
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Can from Foodshow in Shibuya. Drank straight from the can. Slight wet cardboard aromas with sour grain notes and some yogurty fruit. Taste is just as unappealing. This is pretty horrible. Premium garbage. Avoid. --- Beer merged from original tick of Premium Clear on 24 Aug 2015 at 19:09 - Score: 3
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2015
at 09:16
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Can (Kyoto)
Clear golden color, decent white steady head. Harsh and grainy aroma. Medium-bodied. Harsh but quite malty flavor. Finish has some sweetness, even fruityness. Not much real hop bitterness. No good.
Clear golden color, decent white steady head. Harsh and grainy aroma. Medium-bodied. Harsh but quite malty flavor. Finish has some sweetness, even fruityness. Not much real hop bitterness. No good.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2014
at 07:07