Staleandfunny (6033) ticked Draft One from Sapporo Breweries 2 weeks ago
Japan circa 2019
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can, bb 7/26. Gold with a half inch white head. Aroma of bread, biscuit, flowers, spices. Maybe a little stone fruit. A little fruitier in the taste, but nothing that distracts. Quite rich with crusty bread before firm floral spicy bitterness comes in towards the end. Another sign that big Japanese brewers are getting bolder. Pretty good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can in Okinawa.
Pours clear golden with a small off-white head, light lacing. Pale malts, grains, fruity, hop bitterness.
Good
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottle from local Home Bargains store, drank at home. [Actually brewed by Brand Direct at 4.8% in the Netherlands !] Pours golden yellow with a small transient frothy off-white head. There’s malts and syrup in the aroma. In the mouth it quite sharp with metallic undertones. Flavour is mainly corn and rice with hints of lucozade and a bitter sickly dry finish. This is a typical industrial macro beer – yuck !
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can from 7-11. Bright golden. Nose is coriander, biscuity wheat, citrus hops. Flavor is rich and wheaty, biscuits, bread, lightly sweet, with citrus and coriander. Silky body, quite full. Decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Pours clear gold into a willi. Bright white soapy head with good retention recedes leaving gloppy sheets. Cracker and bread aromas. Crisp with sweet malt, biscuit and cracker front to back. Medium length earthy multigrain finish. Haven't had the alcohol version in a while, but this may be an improvement.
drpimento (5997) ticked Premium Lager from Sapporo Breweries 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5.5
Nice clear standard pale lager bittersweet clean.
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Can. Deep gold, white head. Slightly grainy aroma with hints of stone fruit, spices. Sweetish and fairly plain with a modest bitter end that's a little earthy as well as spicy. More flavour than many a Japanese macro but still a bit dull.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can. surprised to find it amber. Nutty, toasty nose, light caramel and bread. Malt-driven for sure. Deep amber to brown. Clear, low white head. Somewhat sweet flavor with more caramel, also toast, light nuts, whole wheat bread. Quite a bitter finish with a lingering toastiness. Body is very light, though. Almost watery. Ok, but their hop-focused creative brews have been more interesting.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
500 ml can. Bright gol. Fragrant noble hop nose with light malt. Nice hoppy flavor, citrus, herbs, floral. Much better hop flavor than typical fresh hop beers in Japan. Malt is light and bready, crisp and clean. Medium body. Quite nice indeed.