Asahi Super Dry

Brewed by Asahi Breweries
Style: Pale Lager
Tokyo, Japan

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

On keg at the Republic Bier Halle, Glasgow. Pours a golden colour with a thick white head. Aroma of yeast, caramel and rice. Rice flavour also with caramel and grassy hops. Moderate carbonation and CO2 prickle. A little too fizzy for me.

[bottle at Wagamama, Edinburgh] I really don’t mind Asahi – pours clear gold with a steady stream of rising carbonation. Decent white head. Mild aromas of grain and general bitterness. Very easy to drink, thin aftertaste, but it’s a mass produced lager – does what it does well. Crisp finish [04112011]

Bottle, noodle bar in Tokyo. Pale golden yellow colour. Smells like mass produced lager, has some of the slightly off-putting characteristics of corn/rice flavoured beer, but overall not too offensive and has some malt character.

Pale golden beer with white head. Pretty neutral with some grassy notes. Rice and a little of cardboard. Just a bit too watery.

Bottle - small foamy head, light straw color, smooth dry light malt flavor - OK for a Japanese beer

Sample at KC Beerfest 10-22. Comes pale yellow with small white head. Mild aroma of grain and malt. Taste is light malt, watery. Not much going on here.

Tasted from bottle into chilled pint glass at a Japanese restaurant. Poured a clear straw color with rocky white head which quickly dissipated, no lace. Typical mass-produced adjunct lager aromas and flavors. At least they admit to the heavy use of corn. Not sure what "Super Dry" refers to; it finishes as crisp and dry as any lager. Fine with rich, spicy Japanese food, but nothing special.

Bottle. Fairly standard larger, probably one of the best I have had from Asia so far. Not much else to say