Beer – #616 – Asahi – Asahi Super Dry

Japan then, Asahi Super Dry, a beer more common,

Fresh, crisp and clear – with a sharp delivery that slakes thirst before slipping gently on.

Slightly odd sized 633ml bottle of 5%ABV beer, 16 IBU things, that would be 150 calories a serve size and this would then be 2.5 standard drinks in NZ.

Brewed by Asahi Breweries  in the style that is  Pale Lager and they are in Tokyo, Japan

Super smooth guy drinks super dry beer

With its refreshing barley flavor and crisp aftertaste, Asahi Super Dry is by far the most popular high-quality beer in Japan.

Since its debut in 1987 as Japan’s first dry beer, it has continued to improve the taste and excitement of beer.

Its taste has set a new standard that is acknowledged around the world today.

So they talk it up, and what could possibly go wrong?

Hop bitter malt lager aroma op opening.

Pale golden pour with a nice fluffy white head. The familiar malt lager aroma.

Defiantly probably not a beer to drink super cold this exhibits none of the taste things that you might enjoy in a pale lager, lack or hop roughness or bite, nothing dry on the finish, and I thought that it was unnecessarily sweet.

It’s hard to imagine a blander beer. Except it really isn’t, this is so familiar as stock-standard domestic no offence coloured alcohol water.

The pdubyah-o-meter rates this as 5  of its things from the thing. It is average and beige. It scores average because it isn’t trying to be anything other than what it is.

The double dip review

Am I enjoying it? No
Would I have another? No
Would I share with a friend on a porch and set the world to rights? No.

Music for this ‘Heartless Bastards’  an American garage rock band. from Cincinnati, Ohio. This is ‘Gates of Dawn’ from their new album ‘Restless Ones’

PALE LAGER

The colour of pale lager ranges from light bronze to nearly transparent and the alcohol anywhere from 4-6%. Adjunct usage may be quite high, though in some cases the beer is all-malt. Carbonation is typically forced, though not always. One thing that doesnt vary is that neither the malt nor the hops make much of an impression on the palate. These beers are brewed for minimum character, though faint traces of hop or malt may show through. More likely though is that adjuncts like corn will show through, or you’ll find notes of higher alcohols (fuel notes) due to the use of high-gravity brewing. The body will be thin and watery, and the finish is typically non-existent.