2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught @ Golden Garden, Hiroshima. Rated on 13.09.2011
Light aroma with grassy hops and some grain. Flavour has sweetish malt, grassy hops and some grain notes. Decent pils from such a big brewery.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at McLoughlin’s, Kyoto. Clear golden - white head. White bread, egg, flowery, bitter hoppy, high freshness, hay, straw, grainy. Nice.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Druaght in a beer bar in Hiroshima called "The Golden Beer Garden". Light fruitiness in the aroma. Flavour has a pleasant bitter hoppiness with some frutiness. Soft dry bitterness in the finish. Refreshing.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: FEB 10, 2009 Canned. Clear pale golden, rich airy head. Fruity nose with honey and god amounts of grassy, spicy hops. Dryish and rather light bodied, fruity and really grainy with growing late bitterness. Thirst quenching.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: FEB 4, 2009 At least they are trying. Would be a good summer beer. Slightly heavy for a pilsner (obviously in the german style). Has an above average taste and smell. Would be good as I said earlier, in the warmer weather. Along with Yebisu and premium malts this completes the trilogy of my favourite macro beers
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Three years after the debut in mainland Japan, the beer gods have brought this to beer deprived Okinawa! Grassy scent with some hop spice, has a nice balance, crisp, biscuit sweetness with a lingering bitter follow. I’m not a huge fan of the style but this is pretty good overall and considering where it is from and by whom it is made, it is very good!
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours a clear standard watery gold with a sudsy pillow atop the glass. Yeast and bread on the nose. Mouthfeel is clean, malty, well rounded. Finish is bitter, peppery, slight bit of lemon, and high and dry. Kind of interesting.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
New Release in the can, though unpasteurized. the best hops from any mainstream Japanese brewer. A big surprise. Good saaz aroma and flavor, long-lasting bitter finish. Very nice summer thirst quencher with a lot of character. Malts are simple but sufficient. I hope Sapporo has turned around from "dumbing down" to "hopping up."
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