2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
perfer Sapporo black. o Cookie
o Grain, Hay, Straw, Cereal
o toasted, roasted, burnt, nutty
o Molasses, Caramel
o Chocolate - milk, dark
o Coffee - mild, strong
Hoppy
o Light, moderate, heavy, harsh
o Flowers, Perfume, Herbs, Grass
o Pine, Spruce, Resin
o Citrus - grapefruit, orange
o Citrus - lemon,lime
Yeasty
o Light, moderate, heavy, harsh
o Dough, Sweat
o Horse blanket, Barnyard, Leather
o Soap,Cheese
o Earth,Mold,Cobwebs
o Meat,Broth
2.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Imported from Japan unlike the nasty UK-brewed Asahi Dry, this black lager is very much nicer. Not strong tasting, but with a mild malty flavour that automatically raises it above most lagers.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
12 oz bottle. Pours dark brown. Roasted malt, slightly sweet aroma with hints of soy sauce. Sweet, mild bitterness, mostly roasted flavor.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is roasted nuts, light fruity notes, light smoke and light coffee. Flavour is roasted nuts, light coffee and light smoke. Quite dry.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
330ml bottle pours almost black in color with a finger of off-white head that settles down to almost no lacing. Aroma is light roasted malts and coffee with hints of chocolate and earthy notes. Taste is roasted malt and coffee bitterness with a chocolately malt sweetness and some earthy hop notes. Light to medium body with light carbonation. Quite a tasty dark lager for such a large brewery.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
lovely big but smooth taste
great apertiser
getting more easily available in the uk
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Have to agree with Cametron. It’s a schwarzbier all the way. All the typical traits. Solid effort tho. Got that clean crisp burnt taste. Dark malts and a clean finish. Very nice stuff from Asahi.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Dark brown with an off-white head. Caramel, ripe fruit, chocolate with a light acidity. Most definitly a schwarzbier and not a dunkel as is labelled here. Pretty nice.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle at restaurant. Dark, dark amber color. Taste is heavily malty--lightly bitter and medium sweet. Palate is medium, I think. Nice take on a dunkel.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Can: Poured a dark brown black with a tan head. Aroma is sweet and malty. Taste is rich caramel malt and roasted, nice hops to balance.
1.3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 3/20
Aroma is malty and dark, taste is of dishwater and coffee. Not good, even though I don’t like this style.
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