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Orion Breweries
Japan·Lager
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Three years and 3,000 yeast samples later, Orion's brewers found the one they wanted on a white clover: OB-001, a new yeast from Okinawan nature. It brings a fruity aroma and a mellow depth of flavour that lingers. Brewed from malt, hops and barley at 5% ABV, with a label picked by public vote out of about 600 entries.

ABV
5%
Bitterness
Lightly bitter
SRM
pale gold4
PaceSession
Where this beer sits
Body
lightfull-bodied
Sweetness
drysweet
Bitterness
mildbitter
Texture
crispcreamy
Balance
malt-forwardhop-forward
What makes this beer itself
fruitymaltyclean
fruity
malty
clean
Aroma
The nose opens with prominent fruity notes—stone fruit and subtle orchard fruit esters from the OB-001 yeast strain.
not found:hoppy,caramel,sour,smoky

Tasting Notes

AI-generated sensory profile for The Premium

◎ Appearance

A pale golden color with excellent clarity and bright transparency. The head forms with fine, tight carbonation and maintains a delicate white foam collar with good lacing. The overall presentation conveys freshness and precision.

pale goldencrystal clearfine carbonationpersistent lacing

◌ Aroma

The nose opens with prominent fruity notes—stone fruit and subtle orchard fruit esters from the OB-001 yeast strain. Beneath this lies a clean, understated malt base with a whisper of white clover honeyed sweetness. Noble hop aromatics provide a gentle floral backdrop without asserting themselves.

stone fruit estersclover honeynoble hopsclean malt bed

◐ Taste

The palate enters soft and approachable, with the fruity character carrying through seamlessly from the nose. Malt provides a rounded, mellow sweetness that avoids any cloying character. Bitterness is restrained (22 IBU), allowing the delicate yeast-derived complexity and malt smoothness to dominate the mid-palate and linger into the finish.

soft entrymellow malt sweetnessrestrained bitternesslingering fruit

◑ Finish

The finish is clean and dry, with the fruity notes gradually fading into a pleasant malty warmth. A subtle residual sweetness persists without heaviness, leaving the palate refreshed and ready for the next sip.

dry finishmalty warmthrefreshing
78
hopIQ score
Aroma
80
Taste
78
Appearance
82
Finish
75
Serve at 4–7°C

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

Stein

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.

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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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