Orion Premium Draft Beer

Brewed by Orion Breweries Limited
Style: Pale Lager
Urasoe-City, Okinawa, Japan

Bottle. Small white head that mostly diminished, poor lacing, visible carbonation, transparent, and a pale yellow hue. Rice, sweet and somewhat skunky nose. Flavor was sweet and rice. Tingly mouthfeel. Medium body. Obviously one that I am anything but impressed with to say the least.

Bottled (as Orion Premium Beer, 5%) at Monks Café, Stockholm. Lightly hazy pale yellow, brief head. Vague applearoma Sweet and ricey with light body. Soft and very drinkable, butrather void of desired flavours. Some paper shows up in a finish almost entirely without bitterness.

11/15/06: Bottle.
Lemon yellow body with a thick white head that quickly dissipates. Nose is slightly breadie. Flavor is light with a touch of lemon. Not at all skunked… which is always a plus. Rating by style, this is not a bad pale lager. This might not be my favorite style of beer, but after a long day at work it was much appreciated.

The bottle says "The Beer Of Beers!". Hehehehe. Imported from Okinawa where the other beers must REALLY suck!

Another beer I used to drink while in Marines in Okinawa, Japan. Had one recently to relive some old times. Amazing how much more sophisticated your palate becomes with age. I would venture to say I will never have another. Typical cheap pale lager.

633 ml bottle - dull gold hue – white alright head – fresh , and bright nose of sweet corn , bread , and sweet rice - watery , bitter, malt, skunk, hay , grassy , and slight hopps taste - light semi dry body but refreshing - bitter skunk aftertaste

Bottled - 633ml. Substandard appearance with lots of carbonation and sickly amber hue. The smell was light and crisp with lemon and grass. There was more bite and fizz than expected, but was very refreshing with a light bitter aftertaste. Nothing special, but nothing wrong either. Good for a cold refreshing beer with nothing exciting.

A bright golden hue is darker and classier than I expected. Head retention is low--however, while existant, it is a creamy stark white pillow. Immediately striking about the aroma is the actual inclusion of hops; though mild, their grassy presence is quite welcome. Clean and simple bready malt profile shows some honeyed edges. The flavor begins with honey coated white bread sweetness and the finish is rather curt, just a touch of grassy bitterness before a wave of nothing washes the back of my tongue. Surprisingly, this is rather less dry than I was expecting really killing any potential for this to be one of those nice thirst slaking affairs. Just better than watery, the texture ventures into slick territory. Carbonation is perhaps a bit low. As it warms, a sulferous element appears in limited quantity and improves the overall experience to a small degree. Still, there are no glaring flaws with this one, it merely fails to inspire on any level. 633mL bottle, Burgundy glass.