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:

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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
350ml @ Matt's new place. Appearance: slightly blonde with a white head. Aroma: peppery, crispy. Taste: along the same lines. Overall: classic Belgian Saison, really good for the style.
Tried on 15 Jun 2023 at 02:28

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Poured from 350mL can (stamped 23.11.20). Clear blonde with small white head. Crackery grain malt with some light pepper notes. Average.
Tried from Can on 15 Jun 2023 at 02:21

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Can. Clear, pale yellow with lace. Nose is grape, tropical fruit hops. Thin, weak body as expected. Crisp though. Sweet, floral, fruity. A bit on the strange side, but not terrible at all.
Tried from Can on 07 May 2023 at 01:56

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
350mL can, pours a clear blonde with a medium white head. Aroma brings out gentle spicy yeast, light white pepper, toasted grains, and gentle esters. Flavour is estery and spicy, with spicy saison yeast, light pepper, estery notes, and toasted grains. The esters aren't too prominent, but are too prominent for my liking. Not convincing as a proper saison, but at least it's not a sugary mess like many American attempts at traditional saisons. It's alright.
Tried from Can on 01 May 2023 at 03:54

5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
350mL can, pours a clear bright amber with a medium beige head. Nose doesn't have a particularly pleasant hop aroma -- there's earthy hops, some light stone fruit, and some resins. Flavour is somewhat resinous and mostly just earthy in its hop presence with a bready malt backbone. Hops are lacking and seem faded, but the base beer just isn't anything special. Ordinary, pedestrian, uninteresting WC-ish pale with poor hop expression.
Tried from Can on 01 May 2023 at 03:51

7/10
Tried from Can on 22 Apr 2023 at 15:02

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
330 ml can @Isykaya, Oslo. Amber coloured body with small head tat lraves a filmy and some lacing. Malty nose, some wood and hay. Good, but nothing extraordinary. Went well with my food
Tried from Can on 27 Mar 2023 at 17:20

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
330ml can @Izykaya, Oslo. Pale golden clear body, no head. Ripe fruit, banana, citrus, some bitter notes. Quite well balanced and carbonated.
Tried from Can on 27 Mar 2023 at 17:14

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Aromas of banana, pine, orange and strawberry. The hops offset the sweetness of the orange. Nicely balanced.
Tried on 13 Jan 2023 at 11:09

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
First beer of the years is this Yo Ho release: Yo Ho Citrus Session IPA 2023 4.5% Crystal clear deep gold with fizzy head that doesn’t last. It has a nice citrusy hop bouquet with a silky smooth light body. Nice crisp light malts and citrusy hops. Not complex but quaffable. A solid brew as these NY beers in this series tend to be.
Tried on 01 Jan 2023 at 08:00