The Premium Malt’s Kaoru Ale
Suntory
- From:
- Suntory
- Japan
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 3.29 | pDev: 6.69%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 12, 2025
- Added:
- May 16, 2017
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Profundobaso from New York
3.59/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Look - 500 ml can poured into a 12 oz glass. Light golden in color, clear, with a frothy two finger head and moderate lacing retention.
Smell - lots of bready malts and some light floral/white grape like aromas. Not unpleasant, but a bit unexpected.
Taste - malt forward and dominates in the taste, though flavor is light overall. light yeast taste with slight bitterness, but finish is quite clean.
Feel - light bodied, though approaches medium. above average carbonation, and heavier in ABV than the tastes suggests at 6%.
Overall - a solid offering from Suntory better than the usual suspects for Japanese beers, being clean, easy drinking, and somewhat flavorful.
P.S. Whoever designs these cans should win a prize - the color, font, and simplicity makes it quite aesthetically pleasing.
May 21, 2024Smell - lots of bready malts and some light floral/white grape like aromas. Not unpleasant, but a bit unexpected.
Taste - malt forward and dominates in the taste, though flavor is light overall. light yeast taste with slight bitterness, but finish is quite clean.
Feel - light bodied, though approaches medium. above average carbonation, and heavier in ABV than the tastes suggests at 6%.
Overall - a solid offering from Suntory better than the usual suspects for Japanese beers, being clean, easy drinking, and somewhat flavorful.
P.S. Whoever designs these cans should win a prize - the color, font, and simplicity makes it quite aesthetically pleasing.
Reviewed by MrOH from Virginia
3.42/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.25
3.42/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.25
Clear gold, white head, decent retention and lace
Bready malt and fruity yeast aroma
Pretty much tastes like it smells
Fullish body, but clean and crisp. Nice carbonation
Not my favorite
Sep 24, 2019Bready malt and fruity yeast aroma
Pretty much tastes like it smells
Fullish body, but clean and crisp. Nice carbonation
Not my favorite
Reviewed by jgerry2002
3.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Going to rate this a little higher. Ok - so its not anything like what is a true Blonde Ale. But, as far as the world of IYL and its variants this is mildly pleasant and easy drinking. There is enough malty flavor to at least seem somewhat interesting for at least a minute or two. Does not have that typical acidic feel that most of these styles have. Just a decent drinking beer that goes wonderfully well with sushi or something else Japanese.
Sep 12, 2019
Reviewed by monkist from Hungary
3.14/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.14/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Okay, so you should not expect miracles from a commercial brewery when they venture into craft brewing. Suntory Premium Malts is a common beer in Japan but when they came out with this "fragrant ale", I wondered how it's like.
Well. It doesn't smell that bad, but then it tastes mildly sweet and most of all, flowery, to an extent that it feels very artificial, making you think it is mass produced with some added flavor... Not exciting, as snaotheus said below. So true.
Not exciting, not really worth trying it out as it is too mediocre.
Dec 15, 2018Well. It doesn't smell that bad, but then it tastes mildly sweet and most of all, flowery, to an extent that it feels very artificial, making you think it is mass produced with some added flavor... Not exciting, as snaotheus said below. So true.
Not exciting, not really worth trying it out as it is too mediocre.
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
3.07/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.07/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
2018-11-30
500ml can served in a pint glass. Brought to me by a colleague visiting from Japan. 2019.05 and 2018.09 are on the bottom of the can.
Pours a clear golden with a smallish head and not much carbonation. Smell is hard to detect. Something slightly spicy if I stick my nose in the can.
Taste is a little honey / malty, that same kind of spiciness. Overall mild. Not bad. Not exciting.
Mouthfeel is dry, light. Overall, it's not bad. Not exciting.
Dec 01, 2018500ml can served in a pint glass. Brought to me by a colleague visiting from Japan. 2019.05 and 2018.09 are on the bottom of the can.
Pours a clear golden with a smallish head and not much carbonation. Smell is hard to detect. Something slightly spicy if I stick my nose in the can.
Taste is a little honey / malty, that same kind of spiciness. Overall mild. Not bad. Not exciting.
Mouthfeel is dry, light. Overall, it's not bad. Not exciting.
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