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Brewed by Kirin Brewery Company
Style: Pale Lager
Tokyo, Japan

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RATINGS: 285   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.03   EST. CALORIES: 147   ABV: 4.9%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Original recipe, low-temperature fermentation, longer aging.

Editor's Note: Also brewed in the US: "Anheuser-Busch began brewing Kirin Lager, Kirin Ichiban and Kirin Light at its Los Angeles brewery in 1997. The agreement marks the first time Anheuser-Busch has produced foreign brands for sale in the United States."

2.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
improvjock (179) - Seattle, USA - SEP 22, 2009
Pours a clear golden yellow, with a fluffy white head. Not much flavor or aroma here, except grains, a bit of metal and some alcohol. Not the worst Japanese macro I’ve had, but not that great either.

1.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
haugeberg (11) - - FEB 11, 2012
I first tried this beer on foreign exchange and it was awesome then. Not so much now. Oh well. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Grzesiek79 (605) - Radom, POLAND - FEB 7, 2012
bread, barnyard, cooked vegetables, golden, clear, rocky head, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour, medium body, thin feel, average carbonation, bitter,

1.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
EdKing (772) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - DEC 27, 2011
Can bought in Japanese supermarket. Pours very very clear pale yellow. Big foamy white head. Nose is quite watery, with light/faint aroma of grain, corn. Taste is very watery and touch of corn, grain, straw and the lightest of hop bite. One of the poorer Japanese macro beers.

1.5
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 4/20
JorgeLee (177) - Greater London, ENGLAND - NOV 17, 2011
Draft in the JAL lounge at Narita. Pretty cool serving gadget but downhill from there. Decent enough golden colour, slightly sweet malt background, lacking in bite from hops or malt. Not the worst but far from the best.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Cunningham (1754) - Halden, NORWAY - NOV 3, 2011
on tap at a restaurant in London - smiliar to the other light lagers from kirin - password is: light light yellow body with a nice white head - light sweet taste and and a light hoppy aroma - good carbonation

1.8
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
Bierkrug (1642) - Idar-Oberstein (In Senegal), Rhineland-Palatinate, GERMANY - SEP 19, 2011
330 ml bottle at the Frankfurt Airport in Germany. Not as bad as expected. Pours a very pale gold color with no head. A little grainy and some hops. Bad but not terrible if you are thirsty.

1.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
northropfrye (652) - Steinbach, Manitoba, CANADA - AUG 8, 2011
Bottle. Not a nice beer. Marginal at best. Clear and crisp, a little skunky. Not great at all.

4.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 19/20
arcticnorman (22) - NORWAY - AUG 2, 2011
excellent beer in when i eat my yakitory one or to of them and a sake after.aligato domo


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