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Orion Premium Draft Beer
Orion Beer Co., Ltd.
- From:
- Orion Beer Co., Ltd.
- Japan
- Style:
- Japanese Rice Lager
Ranked #35 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 72
Ranked #27,827 - Avg:
- 3.11 | pDev: 20.26%
- Reviews:
- 148
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 18, 2024
- Added:
- Dec 11, 2002
- Wants:
- 20
- Gots:
- 75
With an even more refreshing taste, a new draft beer was born in the summer of 2015, the same year draft beer celebrated its 55th birthday. The backdrop to the primary color designs, a tradition in draft beer, is a cool, crisp color of champagne gold. The three stars and our logo proudly stand out, and the champagne gold color expresses the fine quality and refreshing sense of beer. The design incorporates the “red sun”, “blue skies”, and “navy blue seas” of Okinawa in the color scheme.
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Ratings by mattjp03:
Rated by mattjp03 from Alabama
2.65/5 rDev -14.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Feb 25, 2022
2.65/5 rDev -14.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Feb 25, 2022
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by C-Stockwell from Rhode Island
3.77/5 rDev +21.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +21.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
L: very nice transparent gold with white head
S: faint maple syrup
T: peppery, banana, and cream
F: very good carbonation
$5 for a 750mL bottle, tastes good for a generic rice lager, and goes well with food. Very good beer and way better than Sapporo.
Dec 02, 2023S: faint maple syrup
T: peppery, banana, and cream
F: very good carbonation
$5 for a 750mL bottle, tastes good for a generic rice lager, and goes well with food. Very good beer and way better than Sapporo.
Reviewed by TryThemAllOnce from California
3.84/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Purchased a six pack of 350ml cans at Mission Wine & Spirits (Woodland Hills, CA). Canned in May 2023.
Poured clear light golden with minimal foam or lacing. Smell was unexpected, almost suspect that a cigarette smoker was somehow too close to the process. The taste and feel were pretty nice and typical of a rice lager. There's another variant at the store I may try. Based on this can I'm not going back for more of these.
Aug 03, 2023Poured clear light golden with minimal foam or lacing. Smell was unexpected, almost suspect that a cigarette smoker was somehow too close to the process. The taste and feel were pretty nice and typical of a rice lager. There's another variant at the store I may try. Based on this can I'm not going back for more of these.
Reviewed by ivanbrew
5/5 rDev +60.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +60.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
I have tried this beer out of a big bottle definitely has a nice Golden clear color well carbonated smells slightly like malt Nice crisp bitter finish it’s definitely a perfect beer for summer time to cool down
May 23, 2023Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.79/5 rDev +21.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +21.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Bottle purchased from Shojo in Boston, MA.
This one pours a clear golden yellow color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This smells slightly grassy, with a crisp breadiness and some lemon.
This is solid, especially with spicy food, as Shojo does so well. It’s slightly lemony, with a grassy bitterness, and a watery but smooth finish. It tastes like most Japanese light lagers, but does the style justice.
This is light bodied and clean, and really drinkable.
This has a time and place, and both of those things applied to me here!
Apr 08, 2023This one pours a clear golden yellow color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This smells slightly grassy, with a crisp breadiness and some lemon.
This is solid, especially with spicy food, as Shojo does so well. It’s slightly lemony, with a grassy bitterness, and a watery but smooth finish. It tastes like most Japanese light lagers, but does the style justice.
This is light bodied and clean, and really drinkable.
This has a time and place, and both of those things applied to me here!
Rated by imveryshort112
5/5 rDev +60.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +60.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
ya dog thjs shits bussin
Feb 27, 2023Rated by cakebutt
2.64/5 rDev -15.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.64/5 rDev -15.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
like a normal Japanese beer with a stinky aftertaste. not into it.
Sep 13, 2022Reviewed by DisgruntledVet from Texas
5/5 rDev +60.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +60.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
I drank this daily while in Okinawa. I miss it. I have to go to Houston to get it (6 hour drive) It taste a whole lot better while chilling on the beach listening to the waves.
Sep 02, 2022
Orion Premium Draft Beer from Orion Beer Co., Ltd.
Beer rating:
72 out of
100 with
376 ratings
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