{"id":8447,"date":"2014-04-27T22:36:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T08:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/?p=8447"},"modified":"2014-04-27T22:36:42","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T08:36:42","slug":"beer-is-good-asahi-the-master-pilsner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/04\/27\/beer-is-good-asahi-the-master-pilsner\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer is Good \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Asahi The Master Pilsner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Asahi_the_master_front.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"8448\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/04\/27\/beer-is-good-asahi-the-master-pilsner\/asahi_the_master_front\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Asahi_the_master_front.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1394190432&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.076923076923077&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Asahi_the_master_front\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Asahi_the_master_front-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Asahi_the_master_front-768x1024.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8448\" title=\"Asahi_the_master_front\" src=\"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Asahi_the_master_front-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Asahi_the_master_front-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Asahi_the_master_front-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Asahi_the_master_front.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen this a few times at the supermarket, but have always passed it up because it was an Asahi. With no current varietals from Sapporo\/Yebisu or Suntory, I picked one up. Like Asahi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Super Dry lager, this pilsen doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have any objectionable traits. The pour reveals a slightly deeper color than a standard Japanese lager, hinting at a more intensely flavored decoction, but the head is the expected transient film. On first taste, there is the dry bubbliness across the tongue that Asahi prides themselves on, and as expected the malt flavor is especially rich and is quickly followed up by a strong bitter. Japanese beers are formulated to go with food, and this is no exception: It almost demands an accompaniment! It went very well with my spicy char-siu don. This is a great beer and is on approximately even standing with the Suntory Malts Premium Pilsner. It would be interesting to do a head-to-head with the two!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Highly recommended<\/p>\n<p>Three-and-a-half out of four super dry monkeys<\/p>\n<p>5.5% ABV<\/p>\n<p>Only available in Japan<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Asahi_the_master_color.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"8449\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/04\/27\/beer-is-good-asahi-the-master-pilsner\/asahi_the_master_color\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Asahi_the_master_color.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD1100 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IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1394190448&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Asahi_the_master_info\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Asahi_the_master_info-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Asahi_the_master_info-768x1024.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8450\" title=\"Asahi_the_master_info\" src=\"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Asahi_the_master_info-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Asahi_the_master_info-225x300.jpg 225w, 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With no current varietals from Sapporo\/Yebisu or Suntory, I picked one up. Like Asahi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Super Dry lager, this pilsen doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have any objectionable traits. The pour reveals a slightly deeper color than a standard Japanese [&hellip;]<\/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":[7,8,13,18],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paJYlx-2cf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8447"}],"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=8447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8452,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8447\/revisions\/8452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}