This fantastic new commercial from Sapporo came to my attention through the Mutineer Magazine blog, I’ve yet to see it on Japanese TV. Maybe I’m not watching enough NHK variety shows! (Thankfully I don’t watch any!). It’s a phenomenal live action/cgi trip through Japanese brewing history and mythology (I guess!) – including sumo wrestlers, geisha [...]
One of the bigger supermarkets around here (Hankyu) is having a Hokkaido Fair at the moment with speciality food and craft beers from the region. Hokkaido, for those that don’t know, is the northern most of the 4 main Japan islands, where Sapporo Beer is from (Sapporo city is kind of the capital of Hokkaido). [...]
I blogged before about the recent release of Chcolate Beers in Japan for Valentines Day and in, I guess, true Japanese style my wife bought me some more for this years Valentines. There’s the Imperial Stout from Minoh Brewery, which actually has a pink heart on the label and “St. Valentines Day” on the label, [...]
Well, it appears the merger talks between Kirin Holdings and Suntory Holdings have broken down. What could have been one of the biggest drinks company in the world “Kirin Suntory” has come to nothing. Basically it seems the Suntory family who own 90% of the Suntory shares were demanding a larger portion of the new [...]
