Asahi Super Dry

Brewed by Asahi Breweries
Style: Pale Lager
Tokyo, Japan

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

UPDATED: AUG 6, 2010 Bottle. Seconds lasting white head and golden body (darker than other japanese beers). Aroma is malty, but very light. Very watery in mouth, generally sweet and with an extra touch of malt. Thin palate and kind of fizzy, with a dry finish (but not that dry!). The best japanese beer you can drink in Barcelona’s restaurants; better brewed than others. Still, it tastes like water when combined with japanese food.

Bottle. Golden pour with zero head. Tastes malty, thin, bland, fizz. This was hard work but I did manage to finish it so as not to upset my host.

12 oz bottle from Japanese restaurant. Pours Corona color with hay, grassy nose and metallic, skunky hoppy taste. No malt balance at all. I really had to struggle to finish the bottle. I think I would be better off ordering Heineken.

50cl bottle from a Morrisons. Straw coloured with a loose white head and moderate carbonation; freshy grassy hop aroma; watery with a sweet cardboard taste; and a cloying finish.Nothing makes this stand out from a standard pale lager.

Bottle @ Itsu, London. Taste like a pilsner, nothing special, somewhat hoppy finish. I don’t regard this one as especially dry. Light-bodied.

Can. Golden pour, medium head. Aroma is faint malt, some grain and rice. Flavour is malty, some rice, appropriate hop backbone. Not too bad.

Bottle. yellow colour with medium creamy white mostly lasting head. Malty aroma. Sweet flavor. Watery palate.

Pours pale orange with a nonexistent head. Aroma is malts, flavor likewise, with a hint of bitterness. Your average cheap lager pretty much.