Yo-Ho Brewing Company

Commercial Brewery in Saku, Nagano, Japan 🇯🇵
Owned by Kirin Brewery Company (Kirin Holdings)
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 1996

Contact
1119-1 Otai, Saku, Japan
Subsidiaries
Yo-Ho Brewing Company owns 1 brewery/brand:

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6.3/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Aroma: intense wheat, some fruits, some spiciness. Color: very lightly hazy, almost clear golden. It has small white head, which dissapears immediately. The appearence is nothing like what I expect from witbier! Taste: intense sweetness and wheat; orange and spices in the finish. Lively carbonation. Overall: not very typical for belgian wheat. The appearance is really dissapointing, beside that the beer itself isn’t bad.
Tried on 23 Nov 2013 at 10:36

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can. Burnt chocolate and coffee nose, light fruits, a bit sugary. Shiny black with a fine, low head. Sweet and burnt, alcoholic, a bit weird. Some soy, chocolate, licorice, coffee. Bitter finish. Sugary and a bit cloying at first, very boozy in the finish. Not as terrible as I feared, but certainly not as good as Tokyo Black, and far too boozy. No well, it is pretty terrible.
Tried from Can on 19 Nov 2013 at 06:20

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Can shared during GBBF 2013 Day 4 - London. Big thanks to KyotoLefty. Pours clear amber with a light, white cream head. Nose of pine and bread - straight. Medium sweet flavor with notes of melon, pine and mild caramel. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Modest hop resins in the finish with more pine, faint caramel, bread. Tasty and nicely balanced if a bit simple.
Tried from Can on 18 Nov 2013 at 02:27

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Shared at Tadg’s, a marked departure from other Yo-Ho beers. A nice amber brown color with a nutty honey boozy caramel taste which is sweet and malty.
Tried on 16 Nov 2013 at 05:44

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
tastes like weird BBQ sauce. A but dry strange chocolate mole finish. Not very appealing.
Tried on 15 Nov 2013 at 16:27

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Finally saw this in a shop! . A porter brewed with beans...At Asahiya, 7% a dark black pour with a light beige head and a smooth chocolate aroma & a hint of beans. Smooth, roasty, chocolate, grape, pretty good actually especially for just 315yen.
Tried on 14 Nov 2013 at 02:42

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Backlog. On tap @ Popeye, June 2008. Not sure which year, but it was advertised as 8.5%. Aroma’s of sweet fruits, caramel, a bit alcohol, also some hop-bitterness retronasal. Flavor is moderate sweet & moderate bitter. Alcohol feel is quite strong. Body is medium to full. Long, bitter finish. Excellent.
Tried from Draft on 03 Nov 2013 at 01:06

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
12 oz. can from MaruMan supermarket, Nakano, Tokyo. Clear golden color. White head, not too much. Aroma’s: flowery hops, hints of citrus, hints of malt. Rertonasal the citrus is more pronounced and additionally there’s some hop bitterness. Flavor is quite bitter, but with some grain/malt for balance. Medium bodied. Finishes with a delicate flowery hop bitterness. Not extreme, but tasty and balanced.
Tried from Can on 01 Nov 2013 at 05:56

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
12 oz can (from Maruetsu supermarket, Nakano, Tokyo). Light amber to orange color, a bit hazy. White head (not much). Aroma’s: malty sweet, fragrant aromatic hops with a little fruit (confit) retronasal. Flavor is moderate sweet with a starting bitterness. Light bodied but not thin. Finishes with a delicate bitterness and some grain. Certainly decent.
Tried from Can on 01 Nov 2013 at 05:43

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
6.5% Can, 315 yen from Seijo Ishii.  It has a Belgian yeast with hop aroma. The flavor is fruity yeast esters followed by a bit of a heavy handed hop bitterness. The finish is kind of ascerbic. Drunk from the can it is ok but nothing to write home about. --- Beer merged from original tick of Zenryaku Konominante Kiitenaize Sorry #02 on 27 Feb 2021 at 10:27 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6. Original review text: Yo Ho Sorry White IPA 6.5% Very clear gold with a dense off-white foam. A spicy wheat and fairy full body with sweet tarts and Sorachi Ace type hop notes. Decent flavor and for less than 300¥ an alright find at Liquor Mountain.
Tried from Can on 15 Oct 2013 at 07:29