Kirin Golden Hop
Kirin Golden Hop
Rated 3.250 by BeerPals
Brewed by Kirin Brewery
Tokyo, Japan
Style: Lager
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| Overall Rank | 14097 |
| Overall Percentile | 73.6 |
| Style Rank | 70 of 1066 |
| Style Percentile | 93.4 |
| Lowest Score | 4.0 |
| Highest Score | 4.0 |
| Average Score | 4.000 |
| Weighted Score | 3.250 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
Was working at the Naval base in Sasebo (Japan) recently, and took a day off to head south to the Huis Ten Bosch amusement park. The Dutch used to hang out in this part of the world 150 years ago, and this park is setup to replicate much of the Dutch culture -- specifically, Amsterdam. Lots of cobble-stone streets, Dutch arcitechture, canals, windmills, etc. A very cool place to check out if you're in the Sasebo / Nagasaki area. Has a very good beer store, too.
A special Limited Edition beer is brewed here, too, that also pays homage to the Dutch way of doing things. Golden Hop is meant to be Kirin Brewery's version of a Heineken clone, but is actually much more interesting than it's inspiration.
The smell is nice and spicy. Definate hop character here, which is a much-needed change of pace from all of the other Japanese beers I have had before. Ditto for the flavor profile, which has a nice complex (yet refreshing) malt profile, also has enough hops (Saaz?) to really stand up and take notice. This all translates to a very nice drinkable beer.
Hard to find anywhere except in the Nagasaki / Huis Ten Bosch area, but well worth hunting for.
//TB
