I’ve tried my share of Happoshu and Happosei in my time and after trial and error have finally found one that I can live with. Sapporo’s Mugi To Hop Aka (麦とホップ赤, “Barley and Hops -Red) is the middle ground between its dark (kuro) variety and its standard happosei. A medium hue with a decent robust […]
Continuing in the 187 Yen, 500 ml can, not-exactly-beer trend; this week’s brew hails from Suntory, which seems to be matching it up as a direct competitor with the other big brewer’s happosei (low malt liqueur infused third type beer). Kin Mugi and it’s ubiquitous blue can is seen everywhere in adverts throughout Japan. Suntory […]
In a previous post I wrote of what I mistakenly referred to as malt beer (happoshu). It actually is a low-malt beer with under 67% of parts representing malt. This is the standard Japan uses when taxing alcohol. Anything under 67% is in a lower tax bracket, thus contributing to its lower cost. Well, as […]