/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

What are some good Japanese beers, /jp/? Preferably something I could actually find in California.

[Anonymous No.]

Yebisu is pretty good.

[Anonymous No.]

Personally, I'm a fan of Kirin.

It's not the best, and to be honest, it nearly tastes exactly like Natural Ice. But, it was the sort of shit that I like.

Also, it's probably the easiest one to find outside of Japan.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5441684
Isn't Kirin just American beer marketed to Japanophiles? Pretty sure it says right on the bottle that it's made by Anheuser Busch.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

Sapporo when it comes Jappo beers for me.

Don't know how easy they are to get at a typical Asian store. I have an uncle that regularly ships me the stuff.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5441691
It may be owned or imported by them, but it isn't made in the USA
>>5441694
Good taste.

[Anonymous No.]

Beeru

[Anonymous No.]

>>5441729
OP here, I'm drinking Sapporo right now. It's sold at pretty much all major grocery stores in California from what I can tell. It's pretty decent, but not amazing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5441739
The same could be said of all beers.

[Anonymous No.]

Asahi? But I heard it tastes like watered shit.

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>>5441732

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>>5441694
Most of the major Japanese beers are just like Bud, Miller, and Coors in the USA. Mass marketed and enjoyed by many. There is nothing wrong with that, I usually go for my homebrew, but I like a Coors Light once in a while.

The Hitachino Nest White Ale is pretty good, IMO. Strong coriander, orange, and ginger flavors. Pretty hard to justify at $5/bottle, though.

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>>5441753
OP here, Asahi is shit. Pure shit. Leaves a funny taste in your mouth all day and isn't satisfying at all.

[Anonymous No.]

Japan does a lot of things well, but beer isn't one of them.

[Anonymous No.]

Is PBR the shit with rockabilly/hipster-analogues over there?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5441790
PBR isn't the cheapest beer anymore. It's more of a hipster cred thing, even though Schlizt and the like are cheaper.

[Yukkuri Shiteite ne !!F+uvZxsZeUq No.]

>>5441781

Anon speaks truth. Though their generic stuff is always, in my experience, as good or better than our typical macrobrew stuff.

...though I hear that when the cans make it to the US mainland they've been mistreated by temperature changes so much they're usually 'skunked' or whatnot. <shrug>

I can't think of a Japanese beer I particularly liked that wasn't from a mini brewery in Japan.

A friend of mine used to have a joke about Japanese beers in the supermarket. He'd buy whichever can had the best poetry on the label. (Enjoy the refreshing taste of springtime hops in a can!) or something like that; there were so many...