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Kirin Lager

Percentile
5
overall
Brewed by Kirin Brewery Company
Style: Pale Lager

Tokyo, Japan

bottling
unknown

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2652/5.02.02/5.04.9%40.9Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Original recipe, low-temperature fermentation, longer aging.

Editor's Note: Also brewed in the US: "Anheuser-Busch began brewing Kirin Lager, Kirin Ichiban and Kirin Light at its Los Angeles brewery in 1997. The agreement marks the first time Anheuser-Busch has produced foreign brands for sale in the United States."

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 Ron (1017), Rochester, New York, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/57/20

Oct 29, 2009  
My last day at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on the big island I had one of these by the poolside. Very light and watery, but it hit the spot when I was very hot and needed something to wash the saltwater out of my mouth after snorkeling.

 ROGUE (658), Newark, Delaware, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/103/56/20
Oct 27, 2009  
12oz bottle. Pours a medium golden color with a decent off white head, lots of carbonation. Aroma is grainy with some skunkiness. Weak flavor that is light sweet malt with a metalic finish.


 improvjock (100), Namegata-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Pours a clear golden yellow, with a fluffy white head. Not much flavor or aroma here, except grains, a bit of metal and some alcohol. Not the worst Japanese macro I’ve had, but not that great either.


 probstk (1034), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 13, 2009  
500 ml can from Japan (arigato, Daddy-san!) shared with Lubiere, served cold in a Scotch-Irish taster glass. JL 29/09.

App.: Clear golden, fair white froth. Aroma: Some cereal/grain, light biscuit, grass and hay from the hops, lightly fruity. Palate: Medium body and carbonation. Flav.: Similar to the nose – light cereal, fruit and biscuit from the malts, a little grassy hops; dry with a touch of bitterness, very light malt aftertaste.

Light, but well-made


 Lubiere (4525), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/512/20
Aug 5, 2009  
A golden lager with a thick big bubbled white head, receeding. A sweet fruity aroma, with grassy notes. In mouth, a decent lager with crisp malt, nice german hosp, mineral notes. Medium bodied. Can from Japan shared with Prosbstk, July 28 2009.


 DarkSong (109), Dacula, Georgia, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/57/20
Jul 10, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Pours a pale yellow with a large and very quickly vanishing head. This has a faint taste of grass and hay for me. It’s not a bad beer, it’s just another pale fizzy lager from a macro brewery. It’s nothing special.


 Bragesnak (2257), Aarhus, Denmark
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/55/20
Jul 7, 2009  
Bottled. Pale yellow with white head. Aroma of all most nothing. Flavor weak of malt.


 jonno (575), Brisbane, Australia
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/59/20
Apr 21, 2009  
A thirst quencher and nothing more. Better than Asahi Super Dry but thats like saying the seventh level of hell is better than the eigth



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