Nikko Beer

Brewed by Nikko Brewing
Style: Pale Lager
Nikko, Japan

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.

Bottled (thanks omhper!). Golden colour, mediumsized white head which vanishes quite quickly. Aroma is grainy, a bit grassy and strange skunky notes. Also some ricelike sweetness. Flavour is quite much the same.

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.

Bottled (BB 07/2009). Golden color, small white head. Skunky hops, light citrusy perfume and apple in the nose. Sweetish corn malts, same perfumic citrus than in the nose and Saaz(?) hops in the flavor. Fresh bottle would probably be quite ok pale lager, this a bit old one was slightly "too exotic".

Bottled. Slightly hazy golden coloured. Aroma of green apples. Some plastic notes, but in the nice way. Fruity and light. Slightly thin.

My Bottom Line:
Toasted malts all the way once again for this Nikko lager, but unlike their Amber, this one is subdued and storyless, trying too much to emulate the green-bottled macros.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam straddles the straw blond transparency.
-The soft carbonation and decent maltiness create a sufficiently pleasant mouthfeel.
-The total lack of hoppiness is disappointing.
-This is still clean and well-brewed, just not for the pleasure-seeking crowd.

Bottle; thx Tim!

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

Golden color. Big frothy white head. Cornmeal, toasted malts, sour nose. Mainstream corn beer with little body. No thanks again.