Pilsener
Otaru Beer
- From:
- Otaru Beer
- Japan
- Style:
- Czech / Bohemian Pilsner
- ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.1 | pDev: 32.58%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 17, 2025
- Added:
- Feb 04, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by AngEo from Texas
1.24/5 rDev -60%
look: 1 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 1.25
1.24/5 rDev -60%
look: 1 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 1.25
Purchased in Otaru. Pour is 95% head with a tiny bit of liquid in the bottom. Smell is metallic and funky. Taste is like a sour mouthful of pennies. Obviously infected beer. I will try again if the opportunity arises but I dont spend much time in small towns in northern Japan so that maybe a while from now.
Feb 23, 2019
Reviewed by soulgrowl from England
3.32/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.32/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Appearance: Yellow-brick-road transparent yellow with a lots of hefty bubbles that coalesce into an airy white head with sub-par retention (low hop profile?).
Smell: Fresh grain with a musty silo aroma, some caramel notes, a bit of sweet corn, and a weak, dandeliony floral and ever-so-slightly-endive-like spicy hop aroma.
Taste: Crisp and surprisingly bitter, almost too bitter for the lightness of the malts. Mildly sweet and crackery base with a soda water mineral quality, plus a tangy, highly acidic, leave-your-mouth-spic-and-span peppery-floral hop character. Very dry, lip-smacking finish.
Mouthfeel: Very airy but not terribly soft. Bubbles seem to merge with each other to form larger bubbles before finally collapsing on the palate.
Drinkability: I hate to give this such an unfavorable review because it was MUCH better on tap, but there you have it. It was much better on tap. In the bottle, it's a pretty shruggable Pils and not on par with some of the Japanese macros' better (but still cheaper) offerings.
Aug 01, 2007Smell: Fresh grain with a musty silo aroma, some caramel notes, a bit of sweet corn, and a weak, dandeliony floral and ever-so-slightly-endive-like spicy hop aroma.
Taste: Crisp and surprisingly bitter, almost too bitter for the lightness of the malts. Mildly sweet and crackery base with a soda water mineral quality, plus a tangy, highly acidic, leave-your-mouth-spic-and-span peppery-floral hop character. Very dry, lip-smacking finish.
Mouthfeel: Very airy but not terribly soft. Bubbles seem to merge with each other to form larger bubbles before finally collapsing on the palate.
Drinkability: I hate to give this such an unfavorable review because it was MUCH better on tap, but there you have it. It was much better on tap. In the bottle, it's a pretty shruggable Pils and not on par with some of the Japanese macros' better (but still cheaper) offerings.
Reviewed by donnebaby from North Carolina
3.73/5 rDev +20.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.73/5 rDev +20.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
This pilsener has a characteristic pale yellow hue, and great frothy bubbles that diminish very, very slowly, with heavy lacing. The smell is a bit hoppy, slightly sweet, nice.
The mouthfeel is excellent. Strong even bubbles dying quickly to a dry hoppy finish. It is refreshing without being sweet. This is a good crisp, well-made beverage.
Feb 04, 2004The mouthfeel is excellent. Strong even bubbles dying quickly to a dry hoppy finish. It is refreshing without being sweet. This is a good crisp, well-made beverage.
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