Yo-Ho Brewing Company
Commercial Brewery
in Saku,
Nagano,
Japan 🇯🇵
Owned by
Kirin Brewery Company (Kirin Holdings)
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 1996
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Nice tropical fruit aroma, some grass too and a bit malty. Taste is less interesting, initial lemon bitterness then kind of boring wheatiness. Quite thin but very fizzy. Preferred last years one. It's alright, but not very exciting.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Tap at Hathor. Weird. Grassy, bit twiggy, weird weizen banana element, feels a bit watery. Some sugar too, pretty flat. Not sure about this at all.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Thanks Raul. Aroma has a lot more whiskey than the 12, lots of wood, tea. Fruity, wood and tea in the taste again, coconut. Nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle, thanks Raul. Aroma is boozy, marzipan, fruit, apricot. Taste is wood, wheaty, fruit, dry, lots of booze, smooth. Nice. Can't find the whisky so much but can feel it. Quite earthy, apples.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Belgian aroma but also Parmesan type sick smell. Fruity and yeasty too. Taste is alright, fruity, yeasty, bit rich, bit of booze. Alright, but not quite sure about the smell
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can. Dark brown colour, small golden head. Got that semi thick slightly slick thing going on. Aroma is lightly fruity, lightly roasty, lightly bbq sauce, lightly not much. Taste is similar. Not very exciting, bit fruity, bit roasty, bit of cola. Nothing horrible, but just nothing very exciting at all. Very dull compared to the Tokyo Black.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at Yona Yona Beer Kitchen. Grainy aroma, taste is similar but little sweet. Bit perfumey. Hey it's alright, but not much more.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at Yona Yona Beer Kitchen. Sweets, fruit drops, bit of citrus. Quite different and alright. Some shandy like lemon elements and bit of maltiness. Light bitterness. Alright but maybe a bit wrong.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can. Strawberries and cream aroma, bit of lemon, lightly herbal. Taste is better than I expected. Grainy, surprisingly subtle, creamy sweetness but with a little grainy bite. Touch of bitterness. Enjoyed it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can from Tokyu Food Show. Pale blond clear colour, small white bubbly head. Aroma is Belgian, wheaty, bit yeasty, quite herby, coriander. Little bit of creaminess, maybe bit of lemon. Quite German wheaty smell too, bananas. Taste is nice enough. Easy drinking, uncomplicated. Wheat, some sweetness, banana, lots of wheat, quite dry. Crisp and tasty. But less taste than aroma so a bit disappointing.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.72 |
| Beers | 91 |
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