5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
33 cl can, courtesy of faeroeviking. Pours clear and golden yellow with a fully gone head. Dry cardboardish aroma, grainy. Malty and grainy flavoured, mild acidic touch into a dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jan 2009
at 10:26
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottled. Near black, no head. Aroma of smoke covered milk chocolate. Dryish and well rounded. Medium bodied and highly complex with careful peaty smoke and lovely cocoa bitterness. A lovely beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2009
at 09:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
350 ml can thanks to a friend from Stockholm. BB 19/12/2008. Clear copper color, off-white head. Sweet, malty, honey, floral scent. Malty, buttery, bitter taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium high dry bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2009
at 08:03
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
It claims to be patterned after North American ales, which I can understand, although the strong yeast character makes it somewhat reminiscent of a light Belgian ale as well. Decent hopping, although nothing like in a pale ale, with a strong very fruity yeast flavor and aroma. Decent malt bottom as well. Fruity, with yeast and malt predominately. A decent beer, good and easy to drink, though not wholly interesting or very original.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jan 2009
at 06:05
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Very pale yellow with almost no head. Not much aroma. Malty taste, not much to balance it. Simple, and maybe too subtle. Not much there.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2009
at 03:37
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
ABV listed as 7%. Its just an average beer, nothing that makes it stand out, but nothing that makes you cringe.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2009
at 01:59
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Popeye. Biscuit malt flavor. Dry, hoppy, cereal tasting. Northern German style. Not at all buttery, and with just a touch of fruit. A bit sweet, but mainly dry and bitter hop finish. Slightly malty aroma with hops. Not my favorite pils -- lots of biscuit, but decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Dec 2008
at 02:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Brewed by Echigo for Japan Beer. Not sure if it is the same as ’Premium Organic’ or not, but it is packaged without reference to Echigo. Deep golden color, quickly dissipating head. Color nice. Rich malty flavor, cereals and grains, biscuits. A touch of fruit, but mostly big grains. Flavor also big on grain. Sweet, malty, rich, with light hops. Slightly fruity and hoppy finish, just enough to keep it balanced. A bit of lingering bitterness. Overall, malt-centered, like an export. Nothing really special about it, but it certainly is a reliable lager. Good price too.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Oct 2008
at 03:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at their brewpub. Nice and earthy amber ale. From their non-pasteurized bottle: 6/3/7/2/14. Pricey. A rather thin-looking amber color. Malty aroma that is far too faint, with notes of citrus and tobacco. Nice but not enough of it. The same for the flavor, which is rather complex in its malts, but it is just too weak and fades too quickly in the middle palate. There is some tobacco and nuts, and lots of caramel, plus a bit of citrus from the hops, of which the amount is good. The palate was also too light. Good, complex malt, just give us more of it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2008
at 22:17
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
From the can. Has rice and also wheat malt. light to medium yellow, rather small head. Slightly sweet, slightly fruity, malt-centered aroma. Ok hopping with a touch a grass and citrus. Rather bland flavor, some honey, some fruit. I prefer an all-malt beer. Can’t say this rice has added anything good to it, though I do detect some wheat. Decent, rather light in body, but not very interesting. Hops too light.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Oct 2008
at 07:07