/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Bevmo?

>>18399898
Never heard of it. Is it an American thing

>>18399892
Tell us your county and maybe even state retard

japan

>>18399908
Let me guess, you aren't American.

>>18399892
the bottle-o

Is Japanese beer different in some way than all other beer in the world?

It's a bit difficult to compete with America's craft brewing scene at the moment.

>>18400217
If it's in a bottle then it's not craft.

>>18400224
I'm not sure what that has to do with Japanese beer.

Also bottles are literally the easiest way to package beer. I have no idea what you're trying to imply, but it's retarded either way.

>>18400217
>Is Japanese beer different in some way than all other beer in the world?
Not really except a commitment to quality rivalling or even exceeding the Germans'.

>>18400217
>It's a bit difficult to compete with America's craft brewing scene
Which is a shitshow, we do have some great beers but a lot of crap too, and the "craft industry" is a slave to memes, whether it's hazy IPAs, or half-assed sours, or hard seltzers, or milkshake stouts. In the Northeast we have new SKUs appearing every week and nobody knows what's what.

Japan's export beers are comparatively "boring" but classic and reliable. The problem is their overpriced for what they are, in USA at least. We'd buy a lot more Asahi if it were priced like Stella Artois or Heineken.

>>18400231
>their
yeah, *they're

>>18400209
No I'm from Finland

>>18400231
> Not really except a commitment to quality rivalling or even exceeding the Germans'.

Define "quality". I personally find german beers bland and see them as the 'basic bitch' type of brews.

Then again, I'm pretty sure the imported beers here in America are as shit as the crap we send to other countries.

>>18400236
Hey Finbro, you might be amused by how canned lonkero has become semi-trendy in USA (partly related to the trend of "hard seltzers"). At our local stores we have three brands:

>"The Finnish Long Drink"
Pic related, USA made, it seems they did the bulk of the marketing work to popularize it here in recent years, available in a few varieties (original, strong, berry)

>Hartwall Original
Finnish (as you know), imported I think (as opposed to "made on license" here)

>Bevy Long Drink
This one contains no actual gin, which puts it in a different legal/tax class in some USA jurisdictions; it's fermented with flavorings to mimic the original

(Of course you could also try making your own, mixing gin with grapefruit juice and carbonated water.)

>>18400243
>Define "quality".
Cooking by the book. Muh science.

>I personally find german beers bland and see them as the 'basic bitch' type of brews.
That's probably because (1) German-style lager has long been a "default" style of beer in most of the world (though it's not always well done), and (2) the American "craft" scene tends to ruin appreciation of subtlety and nuance.

>"Dude, what if we made like, an IPA, but instead of 5% abv, we made it 10% abv, and like, instead of hopping it traditionally, we added ALL THE HOPS, but don't forget the most important thing, before we start brewing we need a funny name and a goofy label and we need to book a band for the launch party, start tweeting about it now dawg, oh wait I almost forgot, the subreddit is talking all about HAZY, make it HAZY bro, oh and put a Ukranian flag on the label too!" (soyface)
That's American craft.

>>18399892
unironically Lidl

>>18400264
> Cooking by the book. Muh science.
I still don't understand. Is it just consistency from one batch to another? I'm not sure what the "Muh science" thing means (note: I am not a huge beer person)

As for the rest of your post, I half agree and half disagree. I think the craft beer scene has ruined any sort of IPA or sour for the rest of my life. I'm drinking beer damnit, not some vinaigrette that tastes like it was sprayed with soap.

However, when I pick up a porter, stout, or lager from the craft brewing aisle, 9/10 times it will be *excellent*, even if they lack the subtlety that the blander German beers have.

To this day, the best beer I had was an imperial stout that was "Mexican Chocolate" flavored. It tasted like a slightly sweeter Guinness, but the moment it hit the back of your throat it got *spicy*. I would take that over the subtlety anyday. I wish I remembered what it was called.

>>18400224
why would you just go on the internet and say stupid things

>>18400231
>Not really except a commitment to quality rivalling or even exceeding the Germans'.
cringe

Asia store

>>18400252
Try the purple ones if you get those, they're the best

>>18400236
Try a chinese supermarket. But trust me the beer is mediocre and not really worth it. Chinese beer tastes like piss though, don't bother with those.

>>18400243
Asian beers are even more boring than German ones as they use less hops.

>Beer
>Beer, Japan

>>18401002
this

>>18399892
Try any other macro. It's the same shit desu senpai

>>18401200
I just have good memories of them from my grandparents' favorite Japanese restaurant

Asahi > Kirin > Sapporo
fight me

>>18401396
>Sapporo on the bottom

the only good japanese beer is Orion, everything else is brewed in Italy for the gaijin market

>>18401209
Fair

>>18399892
Where does you live?

>>18401435
I realize that screaming pain, hearing loud in my brain, but I'm going straight ahead with the scar

>>18401488
I realize that based digits, here in my thread, but I'm going straight ahead with the shit post

Truth bomb:
THERE IS LITERALLY NO JAPANESE BEER IN NORTH AMERICA
Exceptions: Orion (it’s all brewed in Okinawa) and Japanese “microbrews” such as Hitachino

Sapporo and Kirin are brewed in North America under license.
Asahi sold in NA was brewed in Canada until recently, and is now brewed in Italy. The tall cans of asahi are brewed in Vietnam.

If you are in NA and want to drink a Japanese lager actually from Japan, you can buy Orion (expensive as fuck outside Japan, and that’s IF you can find it), or go somewhere that has Sapporo on tap, as it’s my understanding that Sapporo kegs do come from Japan (though I’m not 100% certain)

>>18399892
In Japan, but they suck anyways. Why'd you wanna buy them? Does American beer suck that much?

>>18401643
I love how sure you are that this is some crazy mind blowing revelation, it's adorable

>>18401643
Hawaii is a state anon

You can buy Asahi literally anywhere someone squinty-eyed runs the store lol

>>18401643
Such a nasty branding, they should at least add sweaty anime girls

>>18400236
https://www.alko.fi/en/products/beer/japan

Hawaii

>>18401799
>shirokiya closed
feelsbadman

>>18400252
>lonkero
Huh looked it up and I didnt know I was making those. I just decided to randomly mix gin with grapefruit soda one night and loved it.

>>18401825
Wait what? How could this happen?
I moved from Oahu a few months ago

>>18401861
couldnt pay the rent iirc

>>18399892

>>18402094
I look like this and I do this

>>18399892
japanese beer is...alright. but nothing too special.

You SHOULD try chinese tsingtao though. Its very enjoyable as a summer beer.

>>18402108
You are my friend ahhhh thank you my friend ahh

>>18401414
iirc some Sapporo is Vietnamese. was disappointed when i read that.

>>18399940
How was this not the first post?

>>18402243
Because reddit

is Sapporo really carbonated or "bubbly"? they have it at my local liquor store but I don't like carbonated beverages so I hate most beer

for reference Guinness is very drinkable for me

>>18402618
Japanese beer isnt really bubbly. It's really smooth and a nice finish. You'd probably like it.

>>18402913
still tastes like pisswater

>>18402618
sapporo is pretty carbonated, all standard lagers and pilsners are

you should look into darker beers in general-- brown ales, scotch ales, stouts, and porters. nitro beers feel less carbonated as well

Well I drank too much and I spoke out of line. Fuck me.

>>18399892
literally any supermarket or bottle shop
shits been everywhere for a decade now

>>18403121
thanks, nice chart

>>18401643
>pocari sweat
extremely based. i get a bunch of that shit each time i go to the asian stores.

>>18400236
They sell nip beer at the grocery store here in the states, but it’s essentially Bud or Miller. It’s the same type of beer, an “adjunct lager.” That just means it has rice and/or corn in it. Nip beer has more rice in it than corn.

>>18399892
They brew sapporo right in my town so there's no real reason in pretending it's japanese anymore.
they probably do the simpsons thing where all the different beers just come out of the same funnel

>>18400217
a bit difficult to compete with americas craft?
are you kidding me?
most of the american craft beers we have imported are total and utter pish

>>18401643
Not sure of the situation in the U.S and A, but here in Ausland generally the 500ml Asahi Super Dry cans are brewed in Japan and imported. However they are slowly trying to put all their brewing here, and have moved their dogwater agent orange mickey mouse Vietnamese operation into a local brew here.
At least to me, I certainly find the cans more appealing.

>>18399892
You can't.

>>18403498
who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me?
M i c k e y M o u s e

>>18404161
Forever let us hold his banner high

>>18404161
>>18404574
THERE'S TWENTY ONE MEN I HAVE PUT BULLETS THROUGH
SHERIFF PAT GARRETT MUST MAKE TWENTY TWO

>>18402955
American light beer tastes like piss water.

>>18400236
>Finland
Call any bar in Helsinki, ask if they have anything Japanese on tap, and if they don't, try asking them if they might know where you can try and find what you're looking for.

>>18404642
Except for michelob ultra

>>18404682
Just water then?

>>18404642
They just taste like nothing.

>>18399892
Between aisles Hiroshima and nagasaki

>>18404822
Mega kek, 40,000 keks, one hundred keks under the see, kekler and kek, kekmeister, any I'm forgetting?

>>18400231
lol the jap beer in OP all tastes like heineken

>>18405203
>Implying Heineken tastes like anything at all

>>18405213
This.

Check the label if you're buying Sapporo, the shit near me is all brewed in vietnam

>>18401755
>sweaty anime girls

>>18399892
Just drink light South American beers.

>>18405621
No. It's not Japanese

>>18406203
>JAPANESE THING IS BETTER!

>>18406217
>Japanese thing is worse!

>>18399892
PNW. They sell Sapporo at Safeway here.

>>18403494
> most of the american craft beers we have imported are total and utter pish
Imagine thinking your country is important enough for our good craft brews.

The best craft breweries here in the US can barely keep up with domestic demand. Do you honestly think that they're going to ship to 3rd world countries that can only afford 1/4th the price? No, the only American beers you guys get to have are the shit that doesn't sell well here. You can deal with our leftovers.

Same reason why eurofags believe Americans actually enjoy Budweiser. We don't, but it's cheap enough for you guys to give us some ruples.

>>18402618
avoid asahi

>>18406475
Why

>>18406652
Because I said to motherfucker

>>18406667
This doesn't fly

>>18399892
I've found Kirin Ichiban at Publix

>>18400236
>Finland
You guys got a Lidl there?

>>18399892
Carrefour or asian stores in europe. I was surprised to find pastanons were such weebs.

>>18405597
That's stinky, not sweaty

>>18406652
dry, gassy

you either like it or hate it

I can find all three locally, but I've only tried Kirin. I want to try Asahi Super Dry with Calpis.

>>18407192
Kirin is my favorite

Japanese beer tastes basically like a Coors or Budweiser. Their craft beer is pretty bad too. It has the weeb factor but the flavor isn’t worth seeking out.

>>18405213
Heineken tastes very notably of hops, it's what makes it bad
PBR is the only macro beer that tastes decent

>>18407478
Heineken is yummy

>>18407478
Heineken has an unpleasant alcohol note that's way worse.

>>18401643
This guy gets it.

>>18408601
You drink tea or coffee?

>>18409808
Beer

>>18407478
Heineken is purposely skunked which means they intentionally expose the beer to UV light which alters the flavor of the hops and makes it taste/smell closer similar to cannabis. You either love it or hate it. Personally I really like it, and during the summer I will actually leave a glass of beer out in the sun for 10 minutes or so to give it that skunky flavor.

>>18399892
beer
beer japan :O

>>18410398
This joke was made three times already

>>18399892
thing >:(
japanese thing :0

>>18410909
Kek

>>18411015
I look like this and I do this

>>18401737
Not everyone is as wise and worldly as you, professor anon.

>>18411078
It's okay. I understand. I think about things. No one else does. I'm the only one with awareness. I watch Joe Rogan, I know what I'm doing

>>18411283
?

>>18410398
>>18410909
>>18411015
>I posted the thing!

>>18412271
I look like this and I say this

>>18412450
You dont do any of those things, do you?

>>18403494
>nebulous “america craft beers pish lolz”
>literally does not name one single beer
Can’t you at least try to larp convincingly?

>>18412570
Voodoo ranger, 805, elysian

>>18399892
There are many international, asian, and specifically Japanese grocers in any medium to large city. Just go there, Asahi and Sapporo are easy to come by.

>>18409934
despise marijuana
like Heineken

>>18412581
You're an idiot.