Nikko Beer

Hazy golden. Very hoppy and grassy aroma. Clean and really dry hoppy flavour of wet grass. A really good pilsner!.

Bottled, thanks IslandHaole! Hazy golden, grassy nose. Very dry and solidly malty. Coarse malt character and really bitter finish. Not overly complex, but still good, and strikingly similar to Jever.

Straw colour with a lifeless, fading head. Grassy-fruity hop aroma with bready notes underneath. Full body for style. Abundant bready malt character with grassy back notes. Not very bitter, but hugely spicy in the finish (hop spicy, that is). Stylish, offbeat lager.

A ddep golden color with a thick cream colored head. A soft sweet malt scent, reminds me of a Bohemian Pils. Initially sweet with a bitter middle, a mild mixed peppercorn aftertaste. I’m sure this would be an excellent pairing with sushi. I’m not a huge lager/pilsner fan but this is good! A note of interest, the water for this brewery comes from an aquifer 40 meters underground. Nikko park is beautiful and should be a stop on your visit here!

kindly brought back to me by friends who were in japan, found this beer in the middle of a national park, and thought of me. a clean, malty lager something along the lines of a dortmunder. malty, honeyish smells, with a trace of DMS. dark gold, very clear. taste is bland but has at least some good firm malt. a bit soapy. traces of hersbrucker-like spice in the finish if you concentrate hard enough. aftertaste of special K. probably ok with japanese food i guess. i don’t really like japanese food i have to confess.