Kirin Ichiban - Kirin Brewery Company, Limited

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852 Ratings

rAvg: 2.61
pDev: 23.37%
Reviews: 499
Hads: 353

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Brewed by:
Kirin Brewery Company, Limited

Japan

Style | ABV
American Pale Lager | 5.00% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (379), can (62), on-tap (58).

Notes:
Confirmed that this beer is "all malt" as of Oct. 2010.

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Reviews by avalon07:

avalon07

South Carolina

1.33/5 rDev -49%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

This is a pretty rotten beer. Tastes just like any old American macrobrew, that is to say, it had no taste at all. It's very much like Budweiser in all respects: Light appearance, muted and unimpressive smell and no discernible taste. Should definitely be avoided.

Serving type: bottle

12-23-2007 16:13:21 | More by avalon07

More User Reviews:

Olek4374

Alberta (Canada)

2.5/5 rDev -4.2%

06-17-2013 02:03:07 | More by Olek4374

adityashekhar

India

2.75/5 rDev +5.4%

06-16-2013 14:12:56 | More by adityashekhar

Satsuma

Florida

2.75/5 rDev +5.4%

06-16-2013 04:15:09 | More by Satsuma

GFD400

New York

1.5/5 rDev -42.5%

06-15-2013 22:23:51 | More by GFD400

enelson

Illinois

3.5/5 rDev +34.1%

06-15-2013 02:45:22 | More by enelson

MPSTARR

Florida

1/5 rDev -61.7%

06-13-2013 02:36:16 | More by MPSTARR

Oldkentman

Ohio

2.25/5 rDev -13.8%

06-11-2013 15:13:50 | More by Oldkentman

chuckgfk

Alaska

3/5 rDev +14.9%

06-11-2013 04:19:51 | More by chuckgfk

jngrizzaffi

Texas

3.5/5 rDev +34.1%

06-07-2013 05:02:16 | More by jngrizzaffi

delta490

Virginia

2.33/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25

Poured a 12oz bottle into a tulip glass.

A- looks nice. Clear pale gold with a short lived fizzy white head (About one finger's worth). Not much carbonation visible.

S-Not much once the head goes down. Like, almost nothing not much.

T- again, not much bad good or in between. Slight bit of sweetness followed by a slight bit of bitterness. But nothing discernible or memorable in there at all.

M- For how little carbonation you see, it's pretty fizzy. But the body of it isn't bad.

O- there isn't anything to recommend this because there isn't anything there. Other than it looks like a lager. Everything else that makes a lager a lager is lacking.

Serving type: bottle

06-06-2013 08:43:31 | More by delta490

williahd

Virginia

2.75/5 rDev +5.4%

06-05-2013 23:16:14 | More by williahd

Rihup

Illinois

2.5/5 rDev -4.2%

06-04-2013 01:59:09 | More by Rihup

Andrew041180

Massachusetts

2.8/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

Not going to bother with a full review here. Very mediocre beer with a faint sweetness that I didn't particularly care for. Beer arrived with no head, minimal carbonation, and no retention. Not much smell here at all. Sad that this was the beat option available.

Serving type: on-tap

06-04-2013 01:57:26 | More by Andrew041180

Luiz0930

California

2/5 rDev -23.4%

05-31-2013 09:11:47 | More by Luiz0930

Absolut

California

2.25/5 rDev -13.8%

05-30-2013 16:34:11 | More by Absolut

TokyoCO

Colorado

2.5/5 rDev -4.2%

05-30-2013 09:15:35 | More by TokyoCO

Auraan

Arizona

3/5 rDev +14.9%

05-30-2013 07:19:04 | More by Auraan

Brenden

Ohio

3.03/5 rDev +16.1%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3

This one is a pale-medium yellow, somehow a bit bright but with a chill haze. A large enough clean white head is actually surprisingly dense, fluffy and creamy. It deposits sturdy patching well down the glass.
The smell isn't bad, it just isn't much. I'm assuming any rot/cabbage, etc., is due to bad batches; there's nothing offensive here. Sort of a leafy / woody thing is present against a nondescript sweetness. Bland would describe it, but not bad, per se.
Grains, the same nondescript sweetness, and a vinous note make up the flavor.
The feel is similarly bland, just a touch of crispness livening things up in this light-bodied brew. It's not as bad as a lot of what I've read.

Serving type: bottle

05-28-2013 13:26:12 | More by Brenden