Subsidiaries
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
At a friend’s party. Pours extremely pale with a white head. Aroma is very weak. Taste is extremely thin. In general, I don’t have a problem with Japanese macro-lagers, but maybe I had my hopes too high for this. Somehow this beer wasn’t watery but was thin never the less. Of course it was perfectly drinkable with no offensive notes to speak of, but it really did not have much in the way of taste either.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2011
at 18:04
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4
Canned. A dark golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, malt, and caramel as well as a light note of hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, malt, and metal, leading to a dry and bitter finish. Thanks Theis for sharing.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jan 2011
at 13:39
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
33 cL can. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Cornish and slight grassy. Sweet, cornish and grassy. Bitter and dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jan 2011
at 11:02
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
clear orange, small white head. dusty malts, sort of pils like aroma. okay lager flavor , slightly sweet malts, bitter hops.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2011
at 08:28
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can 35 c. Courtesy of Theis. Pours a clear deep golden with a dense and frothy off-white head leaving some lacework. The nose is sweet and malty with a little perfumy hops. Medium body, fairly decent maltiness with a surprisingly hoppy finish. Not too bad actually. 200111
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jan 2011
at 08:17
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Sampled at Sapporo harvest festival 2009. Roast aroma notes. Black light cream. Good balance, a bit roast, otherwise bland.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2011
at 04:24
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Sampled at Sapporo harves festival 2009. Light berry roast aroma. Creamy mouthfeel. Light roast coffee, a hint sourmash. Easy drinkable, not super exiting but nice enough.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2011
at 04:23
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
From a 355ml bottle on 30/12/2010. Note that, despite being marketed as ’Japan’s Oldest Brand’, my bottle was brewed in Ontario, Canada (!) and was 5.0%, rather than 4.7%. Has a barely noticeable floral aroma and not much else. Taste wise, it’s not offensive but dull as dishwater. Poor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2010
at 00:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
fairly aggressive hops, grassy, very much like Edel Pils. The hops just sit there and linger in the mouth . By far the most bitter beer from a Japanese major.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2010
at 07:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
milk chocolate, some cloves, fairly mainstream accented, but not bad stuff.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2010
at 07:22