Yebisu Premium Ale
Sapporo Breweries Ltd.
- From:
- Sapporo Breweries Ltd.
- Japan
- Style:
- English Bitter
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 8.38%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 18, 2025
- Added:
- Feb 27, 2019
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by mikeg67 from New Jersey
3.53/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
On tap. Pours amber with foamy white head. Taste is of caramel malt, herbal hops and ripe fruit. Long dry finish. Good brew.
Mar 18, 2025
Reviewed by samparkique4 from England
4.31/5 rDev +16.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.31/5 rDev +16.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Note of cascade hops
That tangy crisp citrus golden ale has character to this ale
Much like English bitter ale
Delicious crisp boldiness of golden ale
Oct 22, 2019That tangy crisp citrus golden ale has character to this ale
Much like English bitter ale
Delicious crisp boldiness of golden ale
Reviewed by monkist from Hungary
3.57/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.57/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Has some sort of ale-like quality with a faint hop tone, with slight bitterness that only lasts for a short time. Has a bit of metallic taste to it (maybe thanks to the can) with an amount of carbonation that makes it feel like a lager...
Not quite sure what this beer is trying to be, but it's neither really an ale nor a lager... it is more rounded though. The bitterness gets stronger as you drink it but somehow lacking the aroma hops. Is it trying to be an English Ale? Not sure. More likely a Bitter, but the Japanese are not that willing to tell what this is supposed to be, they just simply label it as an "ale", for it is something new still and it is a catchy label of the craft bandwagon.
So my evaluation is the same: not sure if this is okay or not... but nothing special for sure. Not even sure why I bothered to try it, why I hope that commercial manufacturers might make something worthy - but unfortunately they won't.
Ps. I had it again in two years. Did turn up the numbers a little bit, it wasn’t as bad as I reviewed it last time. Still pretty much on the weak side though, smells pretty okay though but the flavor doesn’t last long enough. The can says it’s brewed with two kinds of hops though (that I could not decipher since they weren’t that intensive?)
Still, the good point is that it doesnt have any sickening or artificial aftertaste like so many japanese beers do. Was kind of okay with dinner.
Feb 27, 2019Not quite sure what this beer is trying to be, but it's neither really an ale nor a lager... it is more rounded though. The bitterness gets stronger as you drink it but somehow lacking the aroma hops. Is it trying to be an English Ale? Not sure. More likely a Bitter, but the Japanese are not that willing to tell what this is supposed to be, they just simply label it as an "ale", for it is something new still and it is a catchy label of the craft bandwagon.
So my evaluation is the same: not sure if this is okay or not... but nothing special for sure. Not even sure why I bothered to try it, why I hope that commercial manufacturers might make something worthy - but unfortunately they won't.
Ps. I had it again in two years. Did turn up the numbers a little bit, it wasn’t as bad as I reviewed it last time. Still pretty much on the weak side though, smells pretty okay though but the flavor doesn’t last long enough. The can says it’s brewed with two kinds of hops though (that I could not decipher since they weren’t that intensive?)
Still, the good point is that it doesnt have any sickening or artificial aftertaste like so many japanese beers do. Was kind of okay with dinner.
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