Echigo Pilsener

Brewed by Echigo Beer Company
Style: Classic German Pilsener
Nishikanbara-gun, Niigata-ken, Japan

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Can from a local supermarket. Very clear light blond colour with white bubbly frothy head. Aroma is very grainy, bit of creaminess, soft and sweet. Taste is fine, malty, bit of bitterness. Nothing jumps out, but it is perfectly decent for what it is. Quite fizzy as you might expect, but not bad. Fairly crisp.

Soft grassy/grain nose. Full body - honey,grain and a grassy finish. Solid beer. a bit of tinny character. Decent carbonation.

Got it! Gold can, must be this pilsner stuff... there isn’t even an ABV number to figure out what you might be drinking. Okay head, could be better, could be worse, with that usual dark yellow lager body. Very soft sweet aroma that could be awesome if it was just stronger. Flavour is a mix of caramel and cardboard with a slightly watery finish. This could have been a lot worse, and that’s the best thing I can say about it.

Rated Apr 2008. Head is fully diminishing. Body is light yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly to moderately hoppy (herbs). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately bitter. Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Fairly clean, but not very characterful.

Canned, from HongKong. Clear pale yellow, coarse head. risp and very dry. Grassy and bready with light-medium body and balanced bitterness. A well controlled quenching pilsener, very much in German style. Really good!

Can. Bright gold with scant head. Hops in the aroma are floral with sweet grain in the background. Longish flavors, finishing pretty sweet. Some durian sulfur flavors. Too sweet. Not awful, just lame.

Golden. Not much head. Malty, somewhat toasty nose like a nice helles. Tastes like one, too, with slightly doughy, fat malts on the tongue. Maybe some late herbal dryness. Not pils, but otherwise good.

On tap 01.22.09 at Popeye’s, Tokyo. Clear gold, white head. Aroma is hops and malt. Flavor is the same with white grape character (perhaps due to the hops?).

On tap at Popeye. Biscuit malt flavor. Dry, hoppy, cereal tasting. Northern German style. Not at all buttery, and with just a touch of fruit. A bit sweet, but mainly dry and bitter hop finish. Slightly malty aroma with hops. Not my favorite pils -- lots of biscuit, but decent.

Another poor Japanese attempt at a pilsner. This country has its hits, but pilsners are not the chart toppers. Yellow body over a white head, zero lacing. Grassy hop aroma. Bitter grass taste start to finish. Watery on the palate and prickly on the tounge. Skip it..