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New Japanese Beers for the Summer

MoIppai — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:32:30 +0000

This Summer saw the release of three new Japanese beers from the main Japanese breweries, Kirin, Asahi and Sapporo. Although only Kirin released a real beer.
The other two opted for the cheaper option of beer-like drinks (daisan).

Asahi Blue Label

First came the Asahi Blue Label which, inevitably, being a fake beer from Asahi, was pretty disappointing.

It was however drinkable, and on the plus side, it’s only 27kCal/100ml and has 0 sugar.

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Japanese Cherry Blossom Beer Cans

MoIppai — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:34:45 +0000

With Hanami (cherry blossom viewing) just around the corner here in Japan, the major breweries
have started to release Sakura (cherry blossom) versions of their cans, or in some cases, like the Orion Ichiban Sakura, new seasonal beers.

For those that don’t know, Hanami is a time for families, friends and work colleagues to take a break and sit around on blue tarpaulin under cherry blossom trees and Eat, Drink and be Merry.

Here are some of the – very pretty – cans I’ve picked up recently.

Hanami Kirin Lager

Suntory Kinmugi

Orion Ichiban Sakura

The Kirin and Suntory Kinmugi are the same as in their usual cans, but the Orion Ichiban Sakura (Number One Cherry Blossom) is a new beer.
The reviews of the contents of the cans can be found here:
Kirin Lager Beer
Orion Ichiban Sakura
Suntory Kinmugi

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McDonalds and Asahi Join Forces in Asahi Clear Campaign

MoIppai — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:32:29 +0000

McDonalds in Japan and Asahi Breweries Ltd have joined forces in a what some might consider a dream promotional campaign.
Although those that have tried the Asahi Clear daisan (beer-like drink) from Asahi might have a different opinion.

Asahi Clear, a Lady and a Big Mac

6-packs and crates of 24 Clear Asahi come with a scratch card (or a Pick-Up Card as they’re calling it. Pick-Up means To Choose in Japanese English), which if you win you can claim
One Free Big Mac!

I’m not sure if that’s enough of an incentive for me to switch to Asahi Clear (I only scored it
78 in my review), much as I do like a Big Mac every now and then.

You can’t actually buy beer in McDonalds in Japan, but Kentucky Fried Chicken do sell
Kirin Free the non-alcohol lager from Kirin but to be honest that’s worse than the Asahi Clear.

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Top 5 Japanese Beers

MoIppai — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 06:11:55 +0000

Ok, this is my top 5 Japanese beers, not the top 5 in terms of sales, etc here in Japan.
I’ve tried over 110 Japanese beers, lagers, happoshus and daisans in my time here in Japan, so I thought I’d share what I think the top 5 are.
I haven’t included any happoshus or daisans in this (I’ll make a separate top 5 for those), as it’s a bit unfair to compare beers with those “fake beers” I think.

In terms of my scoring there were several that tied for 3rd place with 90 points so I picked my favourite out of those…so here goes…in reverse order…
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ANA Now Serving In-Flight Draft Beer

MoIppai — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:20:58 +0000

ANA & Pikachu

All Nippon Airways (ANA) have just started serving draft beer on their domestic flights (mainly flights to and from mainlaind Japan to Okinawa, but also Sapporo and Fukuoka).

They are the first airline in the world to do this as normal draft beer is normally served using compressed gas which is obviously very dangerous to use in an airplane.

ANA and Hoshizaki Denki worked together to create a system using gas from dry ice.

Unfortunately there are only 20 glasses available on each flight and they cost ￥1000 ($10) a go!

However seeing as most people travelling to Okinawa from Tokyo or Osaka (the main routes) are going on holiday perhaps it’s a nice way to start the vacation.

I think I’ll stick with the cans though, it’s a bit too pricey for me.

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