Is there any Japanese alcoholic beverage worth trying? They all seem mediocre at best.

>budweiser, USA :/
>budweiser, Japan :O

>>21399717 (OP)
they make good food but their alcohol sucks. they should just stick to fermenting soybeans

>>21399722
yes because Japan is just inherently superior

>yes because Japan is just inherently superior

>>21399776
>posted on a Japanese cartoon-themed imageboard mimicking the Japanese original

>>21399717 (OP)
Yebisu

>>21399717 (OP)
It's good because it's cheap ASF while still being safe to drink. Thailand is kinda there but it's far less safe for you to be drunk.
Nothing has blown me away so far but it's just a great baseline.

>>21399717 (OP)
>Is there any [...] alcoholic beverage worth trying?
No.

>>21399717 (OP)
no lol they're all made in italy or some shit anyway, drink spiked seltzer if you're going to poison yourself with alcohol

Hitachino beers are really tasty, though it's been years since I saw them in stores.

>>21399785
Mental illness: the post
I wonder how many family members are ashamed of you. I expect a lot.

>>21399717 (OP)
>Is there any Japanese alcoholic beverage worth trying?
No. Not if you live in the USA, because they all sold out to globohomo. "Sapporo" in America is brewed in Canada (look it up). "Asahi" in America is brewed in fucking Italy (no shit, look it up). And that ridiculous Suntory "196" shit is domestic trash, doesn't have a single thing in common with actual Strong Zero.
>b-but they use the same Honorabu Japanese Recipe...
Fuck off, not even the water is Japanese. Don't be a sucker, don't pay the weeabo tax for fake "imports" just because they put a few moon runes on the can.

If you want real Japanese booze, i.e. actually made in Japan by pure Nipponese waifus from pure Japanese ingredients nourished by the healing waters of Fukushima, you're probably looking at whiskeys. But read the label because these corporate international conglomerate globohomo smallhat FUCKS cannot be trusted.

>>21400032
Oh no, they love and adore me all, much more than I deserve.

>>21400032
>I wonder how many family members are ashamed of you
That's a Japanese thing. Americans clap when their teenage son decides he's a girl.

>@21399773
>unironically falling for Thing, Japan

>>21400067
>>21399863
>>21399722
>>21399773
Sapporo in north america is made in canada

>>21400028
I've only ever seen them in Total Wine, same with a vast majority of the sake I've had

>>21399773
The suicide rate says otherwise

>>21399717 (OP)
Kirin Ichiban is alright. Never tried Sake.

I like echigo

>>21400028

i had the red rice one and it was probably the best beer ive ever had

>>21400032
Ngl chief, he's not wrong. Seething about Japan on 4chan is about as dumb as it gets

>>21399717 (OP)
lived in japan for five years, and can confidently say that you have never had japanese beer if you are buying it outside of japan. the sapporo/asahi/kirin you get in japan is made in japan and consumed there, and then they have breweries in light italy that produce the international "versions" of asahi for example, i think sapporo is done in canada? specifically that silver can in OP's image, that does not exist within Japan, that is an international version and the flavor really sucks. same with asahi, same with kirin. any of those you buy outside of japan fucking sucks and they dont care cause you'll buy it anyway. you need to actually visit japan to have the real version.

whiskey is different, you're getting the real thing with that but most here can hardly afford it anyway so what does it matter. anyways, pic related is my favorite beer in japan made by sapporo called "premium yebisu" (don't pronounce the Y). there's also a black version, which is a little rare since japanese have VERY aligned taste in beer (only like light beer, high balls and lemon sours basically, anything outside of that that isn't just straight liquor is rare). basically the cocktail scene in japan sucks compared to really cool bars/mixed drinks you can find in places like Taipei where the bartenders are actually creative. japanese bartenders, not always but like 95% of the time, are either hilarious dudebros at dartbars or massive, uptight turds cosplaying some weird british classy bartending character that does not exist outside of their caricature lmao.

Why does Japan make this place seethe so bad?

>>21400770
Umami and rice cookers.

>>21400770
I think it's not Japan, it's the people. Not everybody abides manchild pedos

Thoughts on pic related? It is blasphemy? I enjoyed it.

Whats a proper high end whiskey? No price limit

Japanese mass market beers are good. Not great, but good. They go well with food here, and they’re better than mass market beers in countries.

Craft beer is wildly expensive.

Their macro beers are terrible. Just as bad as the US if not worse. Kirin Ichiban is the worst beer I have ever had.

I like sake. It tastes clean and smooth.

Drinking the beers is pointless it's just generic lager
Sake is good and worth trying
Their whiskey is decent but a bit overpriced for what it is

>>21399717 (OP)
Mediocre and cheap sake, Kiku-Masamune Silver Pack
Less than $9 for 1800ml

>>21400067
tsingtao chads win

Has anyone ever tried this beer?

>>21399717 (OP)
Choya Umeshu is the greatest beverage I've ever had, even outside of alcoholic drinks. I would drink it as much as water if it wouldn't kill me. Only problem is that it's only 14% ABV.

Orion is a pretty tasty beer, yebisu premium malt is nice too. i really hated some of the low malt beer like drinks i tried, forget what they're called but after a handful of those i finally understood what people mean when they say they feel bloated after drinking
i like lemon sours/strong zero/chuhai stuff in general, tasty, easy drinking
i dont know very much about sake but when i was over there i was just ordering stuff that the staff recommended at izakayas and bars and i enjoyed most of it

>>21401490
their micro brews are strange creatures as well. They can't into IPA:s. But I've noted that they can produce fairy good at belgian style beers every now and then, such as witbier and saison.

>>21402828
every craft brewery i tried in japan was like edging
everything was almost really good to great, but something let it down with every single one
might be a difference in taste, internationally, but it felt like early 2000s craft beer a lot of the time, good ideas but not executed to full potential

>>21399717 (OP)
I like Awamori.
Its basically impossible to get outside of Japan though.
The appeal of sake and Japanese whiskies is they're supposed to be cheap.
$3 for a 3L box of sake or $9 for a 1L bottle of your local inaka distillery's drop.
They jewed everyone too hard on mark-ups so no-one buys that shit overseas except Japanese expats lonely for home, weaboo gaijin and richfags trying to humblebrag about expensive alcohol.
They did the same with BOSS Coffee. The whole point of it was it was $1 for a can and you could get it everywhere.
When it came out in the west its $4-5 for a can and you can only get it in supermarkets.

>>21400770
Because 4chan is 90% 3rd worlders who never thought to work hard and clean up their shitty countries.
Countries like Japan, America and even Australia make them seethe because they built up from basically having nothing 80-90 years go, meanwhile a lot of shitholes have been around 3000 years and barely achieved anything.

>>21399717 (OP)
nigorizake, junmai ginjo, and umeshu are all delicious.

>>21400770
/ck/ is a normalfag board and there's a lot of racist tourists here who got banned from reddit and refuse to acknowledge that 4chan is an anime website as they only came here for /pol/.

>>21399717 (OP)
I just bought a bottle of this whiskey and it's incredibly smooth.

>>21400770
>hang out on a weeb site
>be insecure about it
>lash out extra hard at weebs

>>21399717 (OP)
Orion

>>21400067
You're absolutely right. The water and grain in Japan are different and can't be substituted. I think Sapporo is dogshit and only good if it's served from draught. I'm so sick of swill.

>>21402828
>They can't into IPA:s
And that's a good thing

>>21400067
the asahi brewed by peroni is really good though.

i wanna try one of these novelty 2l beer cans

>>21402828
>They can't into IPA:s
IPAs are wildly popular in the craft beer scene here, especially hazies, and there are a number of breweries who do the style well. The problem is price—-retail prices are fucking insane, and pints are even worse.

Most Japanese alcohol is boring, but sake can be quite good. Umeshu, basically a liqueur, is also good. It's kind of like the Japanese lemoncello (not flavor-wise, production-wise and culturally). Japanese whisky is boring and overpriced.

>>21405032
>Japanese whisky is boring and overpriced.
Someone has price gouge.
About 10 years ago it was $30, now it's $120, and the Chinese have started making fakes.

>>21399717 (OP)
Korean shoju

>>21405226
Most of it is vile synthetic shit

>>21405226
Shoju is more expensive in Japan, so you should go to Korea to drink it.
Shochu prices in Japan are about half of shoju.

>>21405231
>vile synthetic shit
If it's the same shit, you should try this one which is half the price of shoju.

>>21405231
If it's the same shit, you should try the chuhai, which is half the price of shoju.

>>21404469
cheers

I like Shochu, I recommend it if you have the chance. It's pretty cheap in Japan for reasonable bottles. The cheapest stuff is gutrot, but there's a lot of variety. Pictured here is a 10 dollar bottle I think is quite solid.
If you're ever in Hokkaido, Sapporo Classic is good, basic beer.

>>21405254
I find a lot of chuhai to be closer to gut rot than shoju. Though some brands seem to be okay. They're mostly pretty neutral, though that umeboshi one on the bottom is super fucking sweet. As are the peach ones. I think those ones are gross. Stick to citrus, or just plain chuhai. There's this kind that comes in a bronze can that's very neutral. I don't see it in your picture. I might just go buy a can.

Strong zero. I've been going to Japan a couple times a year since 08 and I always get blasted in a business hotel or onsen hotel many times during the trip. Paired as a chaser for whisky or sake and a huge chunk of raw fish of some sort with Wasabi and soy sauce for only a few bucks.

>>21407041
If you don't like sweet, I recommend GINON
Strictly speaking, it's not a chuhai.

>>21407008
Barley shochu is very easy to drink
Rice and buckwheat shochu are equally easy to drink
If you want something unique, choose potato or brown sugar.

>>21407063
Not him, but good to know. Thanks. Just want a touch of fruit flavor and mostly like a seltzer with a big kick. Strong zero has always been my goto, but always looking for a strong less sweet alternative.

>>21407059
Salaryman's Ruin

>>21407081
Maybe you'll get to drink this one of these days.

Japs have a weird drinking culture, when I went there a few years ago it seemed like everyone was just drinking "highballs" which were just soda and cheap whisky

>>21407067
Yeah, there was a sweet potato one I tried that I quite liked. Lots of flavor. For a bit I was just going to the store and buying a random one over about 1000 yen and trying it, but I have cut back a bit.
I would like to get more into it though. I just got a new job, and so maybe I'll have more chance to since I'll be heading down to Tokyo more regularly now.

>>21407093
I drank with a few salary men at an izakaya a few times. Pretty mild.

I dunno, traveling for a month or two at a time constantly moving sometimes you just want a cheap 30 dollar room, a grocery across the street to get booze and watch TV till late night anime comes on.

At least a night or two off your feet nude in the business hotel to wash clothes in the sink and hang dry over the A/C. Fun night and cheap as hell and often get a free delicious buffet breakfast with it to get you on your way.

>>21407161
Shochu can be enjoyed in many different ways depending on how you drink it.
It is really fun to change the way you drink it depending on the temperature.
Hot water with shochu is a great first drink on a cold day.

>>21407201
And the hot water one (naninani mizuchu... I think) I was doing a lot over the winter. Which, in Hokkaido is 8 months long.

>>21407228
>Oyuwari
Pour hot water into a mug or teacup and add shochu afterwards
For an unusual method
>Maewari
Mix shochu and water for the next day's drink (or a week or more later)
The water and shochu will be more combined and smooth
This is done the same way with whiskey.

>>21407238
I see. Seeing the name oyuwari, I can take a guess at the characters. Seems straight forward.
But yeah, I did the former one a lot. I've heard of that one where you do it in a pot and let it sit a long while, but haven't had it yet. Next time I go to Kyushu I would like to do a shochu run.

>>21400530
Of the two I have tried both Sapporo and Kirin I find Kirin to be a much better Dinner beer with sushi. Sapporo is much better as a sipper but I almost never buy Nippon beer outside of restaurants.

>>21407284
Utterly cringe as FUCK

>>21401367
Buttchugged a couple of these a while back, carbonation burned like hell and made me fart most of it out. Would not recoommend.