Sapporo Reserve

Brewed by Sapporo Breweries
Style: Premium Lager
Tokyo, Japan

Serve in Lager glass

Can. Super Premium? not so much. Pours a straw yellow in color with a big white head. The aroma is malty, but not of filler corn/rice. It is a pretty clean, non-descript lager. The can, however is still almost indestructable, which is kind of cool.

Slightly skunky, corn nose, yellow, fizzy. Has somewhat of a hop kick at the finish but mild. Uneventful.

Clear light yellow, fizzy, foamy head, grainy aroma, metallic taste.

Thanks to Lisa Wolters for this... Appears a solid, crisp gold with a 2 finger white head that slowly fades out. Medium amounts of carbonation rise to the top. Some sticky streaks of lacing is left around the interior of the glass. Smell is of doughy, grainy, dried corn, and a metallic, earthy, floral note infused with honey. Taste is of the same aromas. Nothing special in there though. Pretty run of the mill Euro lager. Mouthfeel is metallic, honey sweet, and mildly bitter. This is medium bodied and crisp.

Bottle. Pours completely clear copper with a thin but solid white head and active carbonation. Aroma is a bit adjuncty but has some nice hay/straw qualities. Highly carbonated yet still flat on the tongue. Bland, very light mal tnotes. Finishes dry and spicy.

Clear yellow, with a decent-sized white head. Light aroma of honey, malt. This tasted surprisingly inoffensive, with honey dominating the profile, and only hints of corn and a slight metallic bite marring the flavor.

Pale clear golden color. Aroma is mainly of malts and a little citrus. Flavor is Pretty much the same with a skunked taste. Aftertaste is full of dry malts and skunk. I like the regular one much better than this "reserve".

Canadian Version. Not much going on here. I do hold the notion that I liked this better when it was Japanese. Very run of the mill.