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Kirin Light

Kirin Light

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2
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A Pale Lager brewed by
Kirin Brewery Company

Tokyo, Japan

bottled
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871.64/5.01.66/5.03.31%17.4Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Canadian barley malt, Czech hops, rich amber color.

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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 AOF (282), Naperville, Illinois, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/54/103/58/20

Jul 21, 2008  
Poured from a bottle. Very light straw coloring, full yet fzzy white head. Little to no "beer" aromas. Small malt and corn, not much else. Easy to drink, but why bother.

 jcwattsrugger (4272), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/52/102/55/20
Oct 23, 2008  
12oz bottle-pours a dissipating white head and yellow color. Aroma is grain/husky, rice? Taste is grain/husky, rice/adjuncts for sure, cardboard, slight hops. 2.0 That was when it was cold. As it warms, its less palatable. Final 1.6


 DougShoemaker (2680), Toronto, Canada
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/53/101/55/20
Oct 1, 2008  
Faint essence of corn, yellow, small white head. The taste is water with a hint and I do mean a hint of corn. Extremely thin. Not much going on here.


 TomDecapolis (2619), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/53/102/55/20
Sep 29, 2008  
Bottle pours a translucent yellow with basically no head. Aroma of corn, rice, malty sweetness and lightly floral. Flavor of rice, dry, lightly malty sweetness and watery.


 fiver29 (396), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/52/102/52/20
Sep 27, 2008  
Bottle pours light yellow with a white head. No aroma. Watery mouthfeel. Taste is unimpressive. Overall a crappy beer.


 Oakes (7047), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
0.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/51/101/51/20
Sep 20, 2008  
Really pale straw. Aroma of broccoli-accented icing sugar. Extremely empty palate. Hollowed out, gutted, soulless. They mixed icing sugar, baking soda and water.



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