Subsidiaries
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Single bottle from Total Wine. Light corny aroma with a slight noble hop lilt. Pale golden color with a white head that flattened fast. Near medium body with creamy fizzy carbonation. The flavor is not corny, rather light noble hop and light pale malt. Finish is much the same, but has a very slight herb/grass note. The bitter is better than many macros.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2008
at 16:45
4.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Ubiquitous pale yellow american lager appearance. Typical lager flavors with some citrus. Above average enjoyable carbonation. Some hay in the aroma. Pretty much as described except for the ’most advanced evolution of light beer’. Not offensive. Cannot detect much alky, if any.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2008
at 15:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Can 50 cl) Courtesy of nicolascage. Clear, reddish brown with a dense, light brown head. Lightly burned, malty aroma. Light in body with sweet accents of hard roasted malts that also leave some malt astringency. 191207
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jan 2008
at 12:42
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
0.33 l bottle, as Sapporo Premium Lager (brewed by Diageo). Poured pale golden body with medium smaller head which was very durable for a lager. Quite malty aroma, sweetish, maybe some flower hops. Not too skunky with those malts, but could also be less of it. Flavor not bad, but pretty empty, just a hint of bitterness. Finish pleasant but short. Quite fine for a pale lager all in all, and beats many others. Don’t know about genuine Japanese version, but better Diageo change recipe for Harp into this as it is fairly superior.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2007
at 11:12
2.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 1
Texture 4
Overall 2
2007-’08 edition. Clear golden with a small fizzy head and very active carbonation. Slightly sweet malts, though the aroma is is severly lacking. Smooth, but niticeable carbonation. Slightly bitter, a little malt, metallic, and corn. Dry finish. Bland.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2007
at 05:10
1.9/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Clear golden with active fermentation and a tiny head. Malts, sweet, some citrus fruit. Is there something thinner than water? Rather tasteless...a bit sweet. One of the lessor Japanese brews out there.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2007
at 06:36
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at 2007 Yokohama Oktoberfest. Clear golden with a good sized head. Light hops, earth tones, and some citrus as well. Crisp, refreshing body. A nice light bitterness, earth, and citrus make up most of hte flavor. Enjoyable and refreshing, I wish it was easier to find.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2007
at 20:39
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Light amber color, but disappainting head. Skuny light struck nose. Grainy start and crappy finish. Why did they bother?
Tried
on 27 Sep 2007
at 22:19
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared by diajokey at a recent gathering. Clear copper color, corny-malt with some nuttiness. Light beer, watery, boring. Just kind of a nothing beer, so prototypical.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2007
at 22:49
2.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
12 oz. bottle. Poured into a Sam Adams glass: I want to give this a fair chance to impress me. Pale, straw-yellow body under pillowy head that’s "gone in 60 seconds." Smell of skunk and oxidation. First taste is kind of sour and pissy, with old banana in the background. No improvement as I drink further down. Just stays watery, sour and bad-coffee bitter instead of hop bitter. Not much malt to find. From the loose bottle rack at Sam’s Wines in Downers Grove.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2007
at 09:58