Sapporo Premium Draft

Brewed by Sapporo Breweries
Style: Pale Lager
Tokyo, Japan

22 oz can. And boy I wished that I had ordered the smaller one. My vague memory of this is that I had once found it a pleasant beer. Now that it is brewed every where but Japan I don’t feel the same way. Poured a piss yellow with a grassy nose. Flavor?? What flavor, maybe at the very end some malt was evident. Disappointing at best.

On tap at Rics grill Lethbridge. Pale golden straw colour with a tall white head. Aroma is light and a bit skunky. the Beer is very crisp dry and smooth. Flavour of cardboard and light malts. Very much a lager. Not great.

Yellow with nice white head, aroma of rice corn malt and some herbs, malty rice flat flavor, missing hops. OK.

Multiple tastings. Catching up on some of the beers I drank in the past - this is one of those crappy beers that I try to avoid these days. This one I remember getting primarily for the can collection.

Can poured to glass @ Shanghi Bistro. Clear yellow brew with a white head. Sour pale aroma. Soft tingly carb on sides of tounge.

Bottle. Poured pale gold with thin white head. Aroma of malt and grass. Flavour of adjunct, malt and almost no hop. Thin watery finish.

330ml bottle. Poured a pale straw colour witha thin white head. Clear in the glass with moderate carbonation. Aroma of sweet spice and a dry sweetflavour.

650 mL Can with a shape like a Coca-Cola bottle with the top part cut off. This one is labeled "Premium Beer" so I assume this is the right place. Pale straw yellow with a thin but foamy white head that quickly settles to a scanty ring but leaving good lace. Aroma is predominantly bread dough with a note of rice adjunct, and the hops coming through as pleasantly pungent, not skunky. The flavor is a light-bodied beer with a dry but mildly bitter taste and a very clean finish. A delightful surprise from the Far East, my curiosity for Japanese beers has been piqued.