Oriental Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Seoul, Gyeonggi, South Korea 🇰🇷
Owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev

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Hanwon Bldg #1449-12, Seocho Dong Seocho-Ku, Seoul, South Korea

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3.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 8 Overall 1.5
Can at home, courtesy of Moni, country #69. Terribly, terribly characterless, in the fashion of the worst US macros.
Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:17

4/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 4.5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottle at Koreana on 2/15/25.
Clear with some deeper bronze, corn-like hues. Small, white head, low retention.
Some unfinished/rushed fermentation and lagering character for sure, but it's not egregious. A bit of glue, perhaps, with some base malt but no hop.
In the mouth it's a bit sharp at points, with acetyldehyde and a cheap, fake corn-like flavor. Some real maltiness here, but it's fleeting, and there's very low bitterness and no hop flavor.
Tried from Can on 16 Feb 2025 at 15:51

4/10
Tried from Bottle on 14 Feb 2025 at 23:42

4.5/10
This was my go-to beer when I lived in Korea in the 1980's. Mediocre stuff, but better than Soju. I still have an '88 Olympic beer mug from them.
Tried on 13 Feb 2025 at 23:30

3.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 4
Bottiglia trasparente. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera tenue e l'esistenza olfattiva è sfuggente. Il cappello di schiuma resiste abbastanza. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il liquido è di aspetto trasparente. Il colore è giallo dorato carico. Il corpo è leggero. L'amaro è scarsamente percettibile. La forza gustativa è tenue. La continuità gustativa è impercettibile. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di facile beva. Non ha un retrogusto particolare. In bocca non arriva nessun aroma su cui riferire.
Tried on 11 Feb 2025 at 04:54

3.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Bottle shared with ShivanDragon, thanks! Sweetish with some malt, low hop profile. Medium body. Boring lager, few saving graces.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2025 at 14:30

4.3/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 4 Flavor 4.5 Texture 4 Overall 4
(Bottle 48 cl) Again - for Korea - this beautiful fresh, flowery hop scent. What are these hops they use? Beautiful golden colour with a fast fading head. In flavour this is typical Korean: water with a slight malt aroma and only a volatile hint of bitterness. This is not foul or anything, just completely without character. 48 cl bottle, they do keep odd bottle sizes those Koreans. Probably the Easter Bunny snapped to 2 cl away... 270503 2.1
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2025 at 16:06

4.3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
(Bottle 50 cl) Golden with a pretty much non-existing head. Nice hoppines in the nose to begin with, but this fades fast. Apparently the hops are for the scent only, there’s absolutely no trace of them on the palate. Light and fresh (as promised but extremely watery. High on carbonation. 250303 2.1
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2025 at 16:03

4.5/10
Tried from Draft on 06 Jan 2025 at 13:10

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 4
Tap at Matina lounge, Incheon airport. Clear golden, medium white head, not too lasting. Medium vegetable and corn nose. Medium bitterness, sparkly. Mild aftertaste. Watery. Good when ice cold.
Tried from Draft on 05 Jan 2025 at 08:31