It’s coming up to that Beaujolais Nouveau time of the year again, and due to time differences Japan always gets it first, and is probably the only country that still gets excited about it.
The convenience stores have pre-order flyers so you can make sure you get yours as soon as possible.
Beaujolais Nouveau 2011
If you’re ever in Itami Airport in Osaka, head over to the far end of the West Terminal and in the corner you’ll find a sake shop that houses a wall of sake tasting vending machines.
Sake Shop, Itami Airport
Sake Tasting Vending Machines
Found these the other day in my local convenience store. Beer Pretz.
Beer Pretz
They have two flavours edamame and sweetcorn. An ideal accompaniment for beer, so I thought I’d give them a go.
The sweetcorn flavour actually tasted of sweetcorn which I was pretty surprised about and were pretty moreish… Continue reading
Suntory Aki Raku
Japan is a country with four very distinct seasons and these are usually marked by the release of seasonal beers (or more often than not these days, daisan or low malt fake beers) from the main brewers here.
Last year I reviewed the Aki Aji 秋味 (Taste of Autumn)
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… Continue reading
