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Brewed by Asahi Breweries
Style: Pale Lager
Tokyo, Japan

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RATINGS: 15   MEAN: 1.44/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 1.82   EST. CALORIES: 165   ABV: 5.5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
"The secret behind the unique qualities of our happo-shu lies in two industry firsts: barley extract and Deep Sea Water. In the past, the biggest problem with brewing happo-shu was the difficulty of bringing a low-malt to healthy fermentation without the high levels of nutrients and minerals needed for yeast. By using two new ingredients, extract of barley and Deep Sea Water, we succeeded in creating a happo-shu without the peculiar smell and uneven taste caused by unhealthy yeast fermentation. In fact, we think Asahi Honnama has the crispest, clearest taste of any happo-shu ever created. At the same time, by fermenting with the rich taste of wheat from barley extract, we have eliminated the watery taste of other happo-shu to create a rich flavor experience."

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
jrallen34 (3434) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - MAR 29, 2011
Thanks to Alex via someone for this style tick. Alex keeps feeding the beast...A sexy can served in my Darkness glass...Pours a super clear medium gold with about three fingers of head. The head just looks weak, watery and whispy but it actually hangs for a bit and has surprisingly full lacing...A medium skunk aroma, rice, alcohol. At first its pretty offensive but settles down...The taste is light, a little grain, almost no flavor. Like drinking a glass of water that had a drop of beer dumped in as flavoring. It doesn’t taste bad or offend me like a bad macro...The feel is really bad, worse than water...Easy to drink, like a glass of water. But if I wanted something that light I’d just drink a glass of water...

2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 6/20
MrManning (1942) - London, Ontario, CANADA - SEP 8, 2004
Canned- Pale yellow body, frothy bleached head. Skunk is strong in this one, some chemical aromas with a mild touch of hops. Watery, sour apples is what taste I am getting here. Watery mouthfeel, sour chemical apple aftertaste. Slight burn in throat. Strange. Different, but not in a good way.

1.9
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
JadoreBlanche (114) - London, Ontario, CANADA - OCT 15, 2004
Canned: Pours a pale golden body, with frotht head. Has strong skunky smell. Watery taste with slight pear/apple flavour. Watery palate leaving a bitter/sour afterfeel in back of throat.

1.6
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
nickd717 (3242) - San Francisco, California, USA - NOV 23, 2010
Can thanks to EinWeizenBitte. Pours a clear fizzy yellow color with a decently lasting white head. The aroma is really grainy, lots of adjunk. Really ricey, not appealing. The flavor is not great, with sweet pale malt, slight unpleasant hop bitterness, and ricey adjunk. Not good. Thin and light on the mouthfeel with high carbonation. Maybe a bit cleaner than your average BMC. Not a big fan of this happoshu really, but I appreciate the tick.

1.6
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
BückDich (5468) - McCall, Idaho, USA - SEP 26, 2007
Can: Pale gold color, thin head and lacing. Nose is slightly tinny with something I wouldn’t call malt, but some might. It’s a thin and flavorless brew, some very light hop notes in the finish, but a domination of happoshu all through it. God, Happoshus are aweful, why am I doing this to myself?

1.6
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
JaKeAFC (156) - ITALY - NOV 4, 2010
UPDATED: JUN 6, 2011 350ml can from vending machine at Tokyo, 250Y. Somewhat better of his little sister "aqua blue", this is not beer exactly, this is happoshu. i think malt content is 50%, while blue version is 25%. Looks more yellow, nicer head and more balanced taste but still extremely watery.

1.5
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
IslandHaole (1053) - Yokosuka-Shi, Kanagawa-Ken, JAPAN - NOV 29, 2004
A clear golden color with white head. Starchy smell, sweet but tinny tasting. Not one I’d seek out but fair enough to wash wasabi out of your mouth. Did a side by side of this vs. Sapporo’s "Winter Tale", this was better but not by much

1.4
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
steview (904) - San Francisco, California, USA - JUN 26, 2007
i really do not know about happo-shu; whatever... not so smooth, not so tasty; i mean, my tastes are different--yeah.


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Beer: Asahi Honnama Rating Avg: 1.82 No. of Ratings: 15
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