Subsidiaries
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
500ml from Tesco. Pale gold with lasting white head. Lemon and cereal aroma. Bit of malt. Actually pretty good. Better than I was expecting, none of the usual Uckiness (techincal term). Bit too carbonated and a bit metallic, but otherwise fine, some hop bite on end.
Tried
on 22 May 2006
at 16:05
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
This beer is significantly better on draft, than in a bottle IMO. A beautiful pitch black color with a little amount of off white head. The nose exudes liquorice, dark fruit, salt, plums, whisky, but surprisingly little dark chocolate characters. The dark chcolate comes out more in the bitter sweet mouth that has subtulties of dark fruit, whisky, caramel, baked cake and strawberries. Alcohol has significant presence as well. The finish is like a baked cake drenched in dark chocolate and whisky, though not overly sweet. Great stuff!
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2006
at 19:45
2.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
Bottled. Pale golden with a small white head. Unpleasant aroma with malt, rice and some sweetness. The flavor is mostly rice-like, with some floral hop notes. Thin body. Hope to get a chance to re-rate it some day, I don’t remember this beer to be this poor. (060413)
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2006
at 13:18
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Light malty aroma. Dry light malt flavour. Short finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2006
at 00:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Wow, a pleasant surprise. Vaguely in the vienna style, if a touch light for the style. Burnt amber color, large bubbles and medium head. Aroma mostly of caramelized malts, with a touch of floral hops. Nice big caramelized palate, with an easy finish with enough hops for balance, no more. Turns out to be a nice tasting and easy drinking amber lager, with rounded caramel sweetness. A good partner to food in general, and in particular was really nice with smoked bbq ribs.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2006
at 18:18
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Dark body with light brown head. Sweet, light roasted malty flavour. Some bitterness, short aftertaste and not very complex. Easy drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2006
at 07:00
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle. Golden pale body with short white head. Some malt flavour and little bitterness. A dry lager with short aftertaste. Quite ordinary, but definitively drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2006
at 06:52
2.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
Tested all of the Asahi yeast-series beers the same evening, thanks to Kjetil at NØ. The most interesting aspect with these four beers experiment is the fact that they are all made identical. The only difference is the type of yeast. The beer itself is a commercial lager and not very interesting itself. You have to dive deep inside the glass (and yourself) to search for greater variations. All of them are golden pale with a small head. This one is brewed with ale yeast ant therefore the one I was expecting most from. But I have to say I was disappointed. Little aroma, neutral bitterness, almost the same as 111. The main difference here is actually lower carbonation. A fun experience, but I really believe this would be much funnier with more characteristic beers.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2006
at 04:37
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 3
Tested all of the Asahi yeast-series beers the same evening, thanks to Kjetil at NØ. The most interesting aspect with these four beers experiment is the fact that they are all made identical. The only difference is the type of yeast. The beer itself is a commercial lager and not very interesting itself. You have to dive deep inside the glass (and yourself) to search for greater variations. All of them are golden pale with a small head. This one might be my favourite. 787 is the one with most aroma and it’s possible to sense the malt and hops. Maybe also marginal sweeter than the others.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2006
at 04:30
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Tested all of the Asahi yeast-series beers the same evening, thanks to Kjetil at NØ. The most interesting aspect with these four beers experiment is the fact that they are all made identical. The only difference is the type of yeast. The beer itself is a commercial lager and not very interesting itself. You have to dive deep inside the glass (and yourself) to search for greater variations. All of them are golden pale with a small head. Compared to 111 this one has a slightly more malt sweetness and a bit more reckonable bitterness. Still a thin weak body.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2006
at 04:23