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
6.9/10
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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