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OB Golden Lager

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🌍 South Korea · Lager · One of 133 Lagers in hopIQ

OB's premium flagship — slightly fuller and more golden than Cass with a subtle malt sweetness and a clean, balanced finish. OB Golden Lager is Oriental Brewery's heritage brand: the beer that built Korea's largest brewery over 70+ years.

ABV
4.5%
IBU
12
SRM
golden6
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Flavor Profile

How this beer tastes, mapped across 48 flavour tags

clean
100%
malty
100%
sweet
60%
crisp
60%
refreshing
60%
mineral
30%
honey
30%
wheat
30%
bready
30%
light
30%
smooth
30%
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About Lager

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What is a Lager?

Euro Pale Lagers are clean, refreshing lagers with 4–5.5% ABV and IBU 10–25. Soft malt sweetness, light hop bitterness and high carbonation make them supremely drinkable.

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Serve & Enjoy

How to get the most out of OB Golden Lager

Serve at 4–7°C
Refrigerate, then rest 2 min

Serve well-chilled at 4–6°C. Carbonation and crispness are the main event — cold preserves both.

Stein
Recommended for this style

The sturdy German stein maintains temperature and keeps carbonation intact. Built for long, convivial drinking.

Store cold and drink fresh. Lagers are at their crispest within 3–4 months.

Tasting Notes

AI-generated sensory profile for OB Golden Lager

Appearance

OB Golden Lager displays a brilliant golden hue that's characteristic of the Euro Pale Lager style, with exceptional clarity and brightness. The beer presents a modest white head that dissipates relatively quickly, typical of this crisp, refreshing category. Carbonation is evident and lively, contributing to its clean, inviting visual presentation.

goldenbrilliant claritywhite headbright

Aroma

The nose is delicate and approachable, leading with soft grainy and malt-forward notes that define the beer's subtle sweetness. Light, noble hop character provides minimal aromatic assertiveness, allowing the clean lager yeast to shine through without any off-flavors. The overall aromatic profile is understated and refreshing, inviting rather than complex.

grainysubtle maltclean lagerlight noble hops

Taste

The palate opens crisp and light-bodied, with a pleasant malty sweetness that provides approachable flavor without heaviness. Mid-palate reveals a smooth grain-forward character with minimal hop bitterness (12 IBU), maintaining excellent balance and drinkability. The beer finishes with a dry, clean sensation that avoids any cloying sweetness, making it highly sessionable.

crisplight-bodiedmalty sweetnessbalanced

Finish

The finish is notably dry and clean, with subtle hop bitterness providing just enough structure to prevent flatness. Aftertaste is short and pleasant, fading gracefully without lingering grain or astringency.

drycleancrisp finish
78
hopIQ score
Aroma
75
Taste
78
Appearance
80
Finish
79
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