Sapporo

Today's beer: Sapporo

First, is it ever hard to take a picture of a can of Sapporo! With a flash, most of the can is dark, making it very hard to see anything. Without a flash, everything gets reflected. C'est la vie, on with the review!

Sapporo is one of the only beers that I will drink that comes exclusively in a can.The can is quite large, at 650ml it is almost double what a traditional can holds. Cans, my opinion, are inherently bad and can impart undesired flavours to the beer, not that they always do, but they can. This is why I prefer my beer in a glass bottle.

Sapporo is a lager, and like most lagers (I suppose, I don't really drink that many) is pale yellow in colour. I was astonished at just how pale yellow Sapporo is. Placed against a white background, it looked to be almost the colour of straw. Maybe all lagers look like this, I wouldn't know.

Sapporo has a nice crisp taste with a strong hit of citrus aftertaste that comes up and tickles the back of your tongue. While in the glass the carbonation appears to be light, but in your mouth it bubbles up quite nicely. There isn't a huge complexion of flavours like there is with a darker beer, but this works to Sapporos advantage. The simplicity of flavour makes it a refreshing drink. There really isn't much more to say about Sapporo other than it would be fantastic on a hot day.

Rating:

On a scorching hot day:

May your glass always be full of good beer!