{"id":2454,"date":"2009-05-20T21:49:01","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T07:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2009-05-20T21:49:01","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T07:49:01","slug":"beer-is-good-hokkaido-beer-pirkawakka-pilsner-jibiiru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/05\/20\/beer-is-good-hokkaido-beer-pirkawakka-pilsner-jibiiru\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Is Good – Hokkaido Beer Pirkawakka Pilsner Jibiiru"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pirika_pilsner_front\"<\/a>\"pirika_pilsner_color\"<\/a>This Pils from Hokkaido Beer Pirkawakka<\/em> brewery in Chitose, South of Sapporo, has the distinct bitter flavor common to the variety. The aroma is richly malty. There is a mild flowery aroma from the hopping, but no sweet taste. If you enjoy a good bitter Pils, then you will like this one. It is the most bitter Japanese jibiiru I have tasted to date. The color is a medium amber. The initial flavor is clean and malty, and the finish crisp. The malt and bitter both fade evenly in the aftertaste. The carbonation is moderate. Although richly flavored, this is an easily drinkable, refreshing Pils. This is the best Pils from Japan that I have tried! It is not unlike a Lowenbrau<\/em> or Wernesgruner<\/em> with more flavor. If you like your Pils a little less bitter, try the Otaru Beer Pilsner jibiiru<\/em>.<\/p>\n

5% ABV<\/p>\n

Not available outside the JDM<\/p>\n

Highly recommended<\/p>\n

Four out of four drunken monkeys<\/p>\n

Oh, and if the brewery name is giving you trouble, it’s an Ainu<\/em> word\u00c2\u00a0for “clear waters”\u00c2\u00a0phonetically broken down as “pir-ka-wak<\/strong>-ka” (it is Romanized as “pirkawakka”, but the Katakana sounds out “pirikawakka”).\u00c2\u00a0 The manufacturer is identified as “Kabushikigaisha (joint-stock corporation) Koujinsha”<\/a> on the information panel.\u00c2\u00a0 Previously, the Pirkawakka brand was\u00c2\u00a0owned and produced by “Chitose Craft Beer”, which is now apparently defunct, as their website is broken.<\/p>\n

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This Pils from Hokkaido Beer Pirkawakka brewery in Chitose, South of Sapporo, has the distinct bitter flavor common to the variety. The aroma is richly malty. There is a mild flowery aroma from the hopping, but no sweet taste. If you enjoy a good bitter Pils, then you will like this one. It is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[8,13,18],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paJYlx-DA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}