Kirin Light Beer - Kirin Brewery Company, Limited

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

3.1/5  rDev +42.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Pours a clear, light yellow body with an airy, well-sized, white head.

Smell: It's a pretty mild aroma at best, with only some light, clean notes of barley and spicy hops.

Taste: A thin, light taste of malted barley marked by a faint degree of sweetness and lightly spicy hops with a complimentary bitterness. Clean, crisp finish.

Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium-plus carbonation. A tad watery.

Drinkability: A light beer, of course, but one that's at least clean-tasting and fairly refreshing. There's a lot of true horrors in the land of lagers, but, thankfully, this wasn't of them.

Serving type: bottle

11-24-2009 22:09:15 | More by ChainGangGuy

Absolut

California

1.5/5  rDev -30.9%

05-30-2013 16:33:56 | More by Absolut

twenty5

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -7.8%

05-12-2013 21:06:46 | More by twenty5

Lare453

Florida

1.25/5  rDev -42.4%

05-12-2013 15:52:48 | More by Lare453

tbryan5

Louisiana

2.25/5  rDev +3.7%

04-21-2013 02:49:13 | More by tbryan5

spycow

Illinois

2.5/5  rDev +15.2%

01-17-2013 16:13:31 | More by spycow

iemailjack

Florida

3/5  rDev +38.2%

01-08-2013 03:44:30 | More by iemailjack

cliff1066

Virginia

2.25/5  rDev +3.7%

01-04-2013 17:12:40 | More by cliff1066

duceswild

Maryland

2.75/5  rDev +26.7%

12-30-2012 16:52:44 | More by duceswild

kylehay2004

Florida

2.13/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Half finger head on a clear straw to bright golden colored body. aroma is minimal with grains and some sweet corn. Flavor is the same but I am happy there are no off putting flavors although little flavor is there at all. Light body and moderate to high carbonation. Easy to drink, not flavorful but nothing really to turn you off. Basically slightly bitter water.

Serving type: bottle

12-05-2012 12:42:04 | More by kylehay2004

mwar

Kentucky

3.75/5  rDev +72.8%

12-02-2012 18:33:25 | More by mwar

Danobold

Texas

2/5  rDev -7.8%

11-28-2012 03:13:21 | More by Danobold

Baldjosh

Indiana

1.5/5  rDev -30.9%

11-07-2012 06:49:10 | More by Baldjosh

t0rin0

California

3.5/5  rDev +61.3%

10-17-2012 03:14:40 | More by t0rin0

GMB

Japan

2/5  rDev -7.8%

09-18-2012 23:29:09 | More by GMB

MrGaughran

1.5/5  rDev -30.9%

06-27-2012 02:41:31 | More by MrGaughran

dbrauneis

New Jersey

2.4/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

A: Pours a crystal clear pale yellow in color with moderate amounts of visible carbonation. The beer has a half finger tall fizzy bright white head that quickly reduces to nothing. Minimal lacing is observed.

S: Light aromas of grain and rice adjunct malts.

T: Slightly sweet with flavors of the rice and grain adjunct malts. Some light amounts of bitterness in the finish.

M: Light bodied with heavy amounts of carbonation. Slightly thin.

O: Very easy to drink and very sessionable. This is probably one of the less offensive light lagers as it at least still has some taste to it. Would not be on the top of the list of beers to have again.

Serving type: bottle

06-07-2012 03:31:51 | More by dbrauneis

bspain5

New York

2.75/5  rDev +26.7%

06-07-2012 03:26:24 | More by bspain5

crisis44

New York

1/5  rDev -53.9%

06-01-2012 22:57:18 | More by crisis44

Hopmodium

Washington

2.25/5  rDev +3.7%

05-25-2012 00:30:22 | More by Hopmodium

Mermaidhunter

1.75/5  rDev -19.4%

05-24-2012 13:41:08 | More by Mermaidhunter

stan66

2.9/5  rDev +33.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pours a hazy tone on my glass, head minum retention, almost non existent. carbonation low. Taste is a little weak with notable touch of hops. barley not too present. A pleasant light beer. Would prefer this beer over other light beer as coors or miller.

I am not sure if I will try this once again. Too pricey here.

Serving type: bottle

04-22-2012 18:37:56 | More by stan66

RespectBeer101

Spain

2/5  rDev -7.8%

04-19-2012 22:40:16 | More by RespectBeer101

SocalKicks

California

2.5/5  rDev +15.2%

03-16-2012 05:59:20 | More by SocalKicks

tone77

Pennsylvania

2.15/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Poured from a brown 22 oz. bottle. Has a very pale yellow color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is mild, a touch of corn. Taste is downright weak, maybe a hint of malt, very water like. Feels light in the mouth and overall was lacking in flavor, even for this style.

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2012 03:55:41 | More by tone77