Kirin Tanrei Alpha Happoshu Beer
Kirin Brewery Company, Limited

Kirin Tanrei Alpha Happoshu BeerKirin Tanrei Alpha Happoshu Beer
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From:
Kirin Brewery Company, Limited
 
Japan
Style:
Happoshu
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
1.93 | pDev: 3.63%
Reviews:
2
Ratings:
2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 14, 2006
Added:
Aug 07, 2003
Wants:
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Gots:
  0
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Reviewed by Naerhu from Japan

1.86/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
99% cut in purine
60% cut in sugars
Less than 25% malt

Ingredients: Malt, hops, wheat, sugar, yeast extract, aroma, caramel color.

Purine apparently causes gout, so if the beer cuts the purine content, it will decrease you chances of suffering from gout.

A - Yellow body with pure white thin head.
S - Smells like bread crust from cheap wheat bread.
T - Dry, absolutely no bitterness, bland malty flavor, odd caramel-like butter flavor on the finish.
D - This is hard to choke down. If I had gout and my only option was giving up beer or drinking this, I would give up beer.
Feb 14, 2006
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Reviewed by donnebaby from North Carolina

2/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5
This Tanrei Alpha just came out--and they're managed it seems to bring the 90% less level of "purine" (from the previous review of this beer) down to an amazing 99%!! I'm fired up about this, although I, too, have no idea what in the world purine is. There's a market for it in Japan, apparently, and I dream to some day get to the bottom of the matter.

Clear-looking, empty-looking gold color, with a poor turnout on the bubbles. Sort of wet-smelling, hard to find anything worthy of words. The taste is pretty flavorful in the mouth--sweet grains--but there's an awful synthetic aftertaste, which really drops the drinkability for me.
Apr 22, 2004
Kirin Tanrei Alpha Happoshu Beer from Kirin Brewery Company, Limited
Beer rating: 1.93 out of 5 with 2 ratings