Baeren Apple Cider

Brewed by Baeren
Style: Cider
Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Serve in Flute, Lager glass

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Draught at Q-Brick. It seems that they add a minimal quantity of barley malt to the recipe in order to brew it legally. Technically it is a happoshu, but there is no evident malt character to it, so I classified it as a cider. Pale gold color, slightly cloudy or hazy. Dry apple aroma. Restrained sweetness in the flavor—remarkable for Japanese apples. Nice dryness and decent sour edge. Very slight carbonation. Best Japanese-made cider by far! Not really special or funky in any way, but clean and crisp and tasty with nice apple flavor and without any over-bearing sweetness.