Is Japanese beer as good as they say, or is it just a めめ?

I wouldn't call it bad, but like most beer in asia it tends to be basically all fairly bog standard "easy drinking lager". Generally not a lot of interesting flavor profile. Asahi is basically just fizzy water. Beer all over asia mostly arr taste the same and it usually does not matter what brand you pick

Some people will argue that sapporo is the best or whatever but idk man it really doesnt taste like much

the commercial scale adjunct stuff is the same as anywhere else.
sapporo is brewed in america and canada, even.

they have a craft beer scene but you're not going to get any of it overseas.

>>21479286 (OP)
It's okay. Light lagers. Maybe a bit more full-bodied than Budweiser or something. The stuff you want is right next to the beer though.
>Pic related
This shit will put you on the ground quickly. The can designs are a little different now (old ones are better) but I'm too lazy to take a pic.

>>21479286 (OP)
I personally do not like I'd say 9/10 lagers I've tried. But kirin is very similar to american/mexican macro lagers which are nice with a meal or having at an event

It's like any other middle to high income country that isn't in central europe or US/Can. There's a lot of macro which is ok, and there's a growing "craft brew" scene which is invariably pretty expensive but often outrageously good if you aren't price sensitive.

>>21479336
This guy is living in the 1990s and probably is the one making all the "sushi is overrated hipster shit" threads.

>>21480044
Mexican is a decent analogy though Mexican craft beer is harder to obtain outside of Mexico compared to Japanese, probably because normgroids are more open to the idea that Japan could make a half decent beer, whereas the average normgroid sees Mexico as nothing but mud huts, tequila, and cartels and would simply laugh if someone suggested a Mexican beer that didn't come in at $9 for a 24-pack.

>>21479368
>put you in the ground quickly

Maybe if you are a small oriental that naturally has issues metabolizing alcohol.

I had plenty of strong zeros on my trips and I find I always need to buy a liquor with it.

>>21479286 (OP)
i've started getting asahis at bars when i'm out and expecting to drink all day/night because they are very light and dont fill me up

>>21480071
Where's your prostitute

>>21479286 (OP)
Kirin's the best of the standard japanese beers imo but Sapporo CLASSIC is delicious if you ever get the chance to try it.

>>21480126
You mean prostate right?

Eat Big Roastie???

>>21479286 (OP)
Strong Zero is just fine.
trivia: their Sakes are technically beers too.

>>21479336
Drink Tiger SEA beer. it's bitter.

>>21479343
>le hipster craft beards
i drank their espresso stouts. it is fucking disgusting. don't fix what isn't broken with hipster bullshit.

>>21480071
Stimulating the economy and helping Japan. Bless you, white man. I'm halfu so I can luckily tolerate alcohol but I'm still kind of a lightweight to be honest. Please come and enjoy Japan more. We seriously need more outside money because out country is run by idiots and fucking dying...

>>21480243
>le hipster craft beards
you know full well that most craft beer is regular old beer, just better made.
stop crying about hipsters they haven't existed for 15 years at this point.

>>21479286 (OP)
>めめ
>目目

>>21479286 (OP)
tsingtao mogs all those and is actually brewed in asia. yea its adjunct lager but youre a pleb anyway

>>21479336
That guy is right and everyone who claims he isn't is just a weeb.

>>21480251
i will. desu desu.

>>21480044
> having at an event
when the bull comes over to fuck your wife?

>>21479286 (OP)
Sapporo brewed by Stone in San Diego is better than Sapporo brewed in Japan. Sapporo brewed in Canada is among the worst beers I've ever tasted and has a distinct dish soap flavor.
Other than good Sapporo, they all get mogged by Tsingtao.

>>21479336
Have you had the ones they sell in Japan or just the Western versions? I'm not sure I'd call the Japanese ones "good" but IMO they've got quite a bit more character than the Western versions, some remind me of a "full-strength" American lager (Coors Banquet, PBR, etc.) while the ones you get in the US are more like a light beer. I liked Suntory the best of the bunch, shame it's so hard to get outside Japan because I might actually buy it if they sold it in the US, it'd be a decent alternative to the American macros.

>>21480657
>Sapporo brewed by Stone in San Diego
I had no idea that was a thing now. I've only had the Canadian and real Japanese ones and didn't like either.

i only want to try strong zero but the real version is near impossible to get here

>>21480827
-196 is still pretty good though

>>21479286 (OP)
I like the stuff that's brewed in Japan, but the Sapporo brewed in Canada is fucked up for some reason. Overall though it's still very middle of the road whatever beer. Goes good with food when you want beer, but it's not a magical experience.

I used to prefer Asahi, but Sapporo is probably my favorite from the 4 in the OP image. Orion from Okinawa is pretty good too.

>>21480090
Asahi being so light is why I enjoy it. Most of the time I'm not using air conditioning and want food or beverages that aren't super heavy (if it's a heavy greasy meal, a light drink or beer offsets it)

Not into tasting alcohol or being drunk all the time, it satisfies

>>21479286 (OP)
For me it's Yebisu, super malty and refreshing.

>>21481916
> For me it's Yebisu, super malty and refreshing.
It’s good and a decent version of the Dortmunder style.

>>21481916
Agreed it's nice.

Most of the mainstream ones are slop now, unless you can get a premium brewed in japan version.

>>21480697
>suntory
It’s available at every Japanese market in Southern California

yebisu>orion>sapporo>kirin>suntory>asahi(asahi better outside of japan though). all kinda mid though but there are some more IPAs and ales and stuff you can find, and smaller craft breweries, but the regular cheap mass produced beer in japan is definitely better than the USA or canada, worse than most of europe

>>21479336
>all fairly bog standard "easy drinking lager"
/thread

>>21479286 (OP)
>めめ
do we tell her?

>>21482125
Wait, the "Premium Malt's?" I moved out of the LA area in January and had never seen it in a Japanese supermarket, they had the non-alcoholic stuff and did a pilot program thing where some restaurants had it on tap, but I never saw the classic stuff for sale at Mitsuwa or Tokyo Central.

>>21479286 (OP)
>drug
>drug, Japan
Drinking "culture" is why I will always say that Prohibition was a good idea and still is.

>>21481916
too bad they dont export

>>21479368
Chu Hais are dangerous. You can't taste the alcohol in the regular ones, but just barely in the strongs.
Many hangovers with them.
Only thing more decieving is when soju is sold in the little six packs like I'm supposed to drink every bottle like it's a beer.

Pic related is my favorite Japanese beer. Nothing crazy, just a solid easy drinking beer.

>>21479286 (OP)
>めめ
anyways
Premium Malts moggs the 3 super hard

>>21479286 (OP)
It's a good beer, but isn't worth the cost in the US at least. Shit, I can walk into a Kroger and get a craft Lager for the same price that is better.

>>21479286 (OP)
theyre meant to be drank like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abnEeNWxzNM

>>21481959
>>21482116
I _Love_ the taste of malt. is there any comparable beer I can taste in the US? preferably low alcohol or alcohol free? I really just want the flavor but I can handle the alcohol if needed. I normally eat before heading in to work 1 meal a day thoughever

>>21480657
i keep seeing people talk about sapporo brewed by stone but ive literally never seen any sapporo other than the viet and canadian ones and i live in the bay area
>>21480833
no it most certainly is not delicious

>>21483376
I'm sure Yebisu is available somewhere, I get it in Australia. Not sure about others sorry.

>>21483374
All I'm seeing here is that Japan should regulate ethanol the same way they regulate cannabis.

>>21483389
seethe ackmed you will never be welcome in japan

>>21483403
>ackmed
Who?
>you will never be welcome in japan
Okay. And?

>>21483407
lol seethe

>>21483458
Is an inability to answer questions a side-effect of ethanol poisoning, or ethanol withdrawal?

>>21483472
keep seething ;^)

>>21483485
Keep projecting, then.

>>21483472
no, the inability to answer a loaded question comes from having a working brain. I have a cabinet full of liqueur. i could drink myself to death easily right this moment. but I don't. know why towel head? because I have this thing called self control so that if I see a delicious drink mixed to perfection or a pretty womans hair I wont drink it if I shouldnt or rape the woman, or boy, or goat.

>>21483504
>a loaded question
>>21483407
Which one is the "loaded" question, exactly?
>I have a cabinet full of liqueur. i could drink myself to death easily right this moment
I'm sure you think that's very cool to mention, because our culture glorifies the abuse of that particular drug as an over-"correction" for a time period we're still lamenting as a mistake, 90 years of increasing degeneracy and libertine attitudes to other drugs later...

>>21479286 (OP)
uhm, i think you mean まあまあ...
and the sushi is already precisely sauced, it doesn't need a soy bath.

>>21483532
>cool
no see thats the thing you retarded towl head. I do what _I_ think is cool, I don't get FOMO over what other people think about my liquer.
and since I don't think falling asleep in a pool of my own vomit is very cool, I just dont drink too much, unlike you who has to keep things that tempt you very far away.

>>21483275
this one is my favorite also, just nice, clean and refreshing.
they started selling chu-hi in the US now but it doesn't really taste the same. and it's made with vodka, so in my state that means an extra $10 tax for a 6 pack at the checkout since the liquor tax is based on volume. pretty silly, but won't make that mistake again.

>>21483546
>towl [sic] head
You keep saying that and it still makes no sense.
>I do what _I_ think is cool
Which you got from where, exactly?
>things that tempt you
Ethanol doesn't tempt me in the slightest.