Yebisu Black Beer | Sapporo Breweries Ltd.
Brewed by:
Sapporo Breweries Ltd.
Japan
sapporobeer.jp
Style: Euro Dark Lager
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.00%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
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Added by Naerhu on 07-18-2003
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Ratings: 67 | Reviews: 30
3.67/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +10%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Decent stout. Perhaps better when not too cold.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Decent stout. Perhaps better when not too cold.
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3.25/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Tokyo, 2017
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look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Tokyo, 2017
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3.32/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.47/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.51/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This beer, along with the other line, can be found at their classic beer museum in Hokkaido. One of the better easy drinking black lagers out there.
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look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This beer, along with the other line, can be found at their classic beer museum in Hokkaido. One of the better easy drinking black lagers out there.
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3.69/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.96/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Einweizenbitte sent me a CAN during his travels and I set it aside, awaiting picture approval, determination of brewery, and some other factors and then the site went Kaput! for a while and I shunted the CAN even further to the side. Today is New CANned Black Beer Sunday for me and this will be the next offering.
From the CAN: "This premium black beer is brewed using dark roasted malt and caramel malt in good balance, and fine malt and select hops for a rich aroma and hearty roasted flavor."; "Born 1887".
The Crack and inverted Glug threatened to overflow my Anderson Valley CANglass with its dense, two-plus fingers of dense, deep-tan head with good retention. It also created a nice pseudo-cascading action before I was forced to back off. Color was a deep, dark-brown with light penetration only at the edges. Nose was rich with a smoky, dark chocolate smell. Mouthfeel was a little on the thin side for my taste, but oh!, what a taste! I described an earlier beer today as being like drinking a chocolate milk shake, but this was even closer to the taste than that one. Very chocolaty without being overly sweet, which is just the way that I like such things. Sweet really turns me off. Finish was semi-sweet and the chocolate flavors really lingered well after the swallow.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Einweizenbitte sent me a CAN during his travels and I set it aside, awaiting picture approval, determination of brewery, and some other factors and then the site went Kaput! for a while and I shunted the CAN even further to the side. Today is New CANned Black Beer Sunday for me and this will be the next offering.
From the CAN: "This premium black beer is brewed using dark roasted malt and caramel malt in good balance, and fine malt and select hops for a rich aroma and hearty roasted flavor."; "Born 1887".
The Crack and inverted Glug threatened to overflow my Anderson Valley CANglass with its dense, two-plus fingers of dense, deep-tan head with good retention. It also created a nice pseudo-cascading action before I was forced to back off. Color was a deep, dark-brown with light penetration only at the edges. Nose was rich with a smoky, dark chocolate smell. Mouthfeel was a little on the thin side for my taste, but oh!, what a taste! I described an earlier beer today as being like drinking a chocolate milk shake, but this was even closer to the taste than that one. Very chocolaty without being overly sweet, which is just the way that I like such things. Sweet really turns me off. Finish was semi-sweet and the chocolate flavors really lingered well after the swallow.
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3.24/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Purchased at the local AAA in Yomitan, poured from the can...
A - Dark as pitch with a muddy two fingers of rich head.
S - Roasted malts is the only thing I can make out of the nose.
T - Anise, roasted malt, and a smidgen of bakers cocoa in the front, lacking any burnt bitterness whatsoever.
M - Light bodied, creamy, and refreshing.
Overall this is a nice "euro dark lager" whatever that means, reminds me of a less impressive Lion Stout, still enjoyable, Would recommend if you are facing this versus any mainstream Japanese pilsner-esque beers... Orion, Kirin, Asahi etc...
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look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Purchased at the local AAA in Yomitan, poured from the can...
A - Dark as pitch with a muddy two fingers of rich head.
S - Roasted malts is the only thing I can make out of the nose.
T - Anise, roasted malt, and a smidgen of bakers cocoa in the front, lacking any burnt bitterness whatsoever.
M - Light bodied, creamy, and refreshing.
Overall this is a nice "euro dark lager" whatever that means, reminds me of a less impressive Lion Stout, still enjoyable, Would recommend if you are facing this versus any mainstream Japanese pilsner-esque beers... Orion, Kirin, Asahi etc...
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Yebisu Black Beer from Sapporo Breweries Ltd.
Beer rating:
3.5 out of
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67 ratings
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