tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054414.post8755218556541763243..comments2023-08-19T09:35:54.104-04:00Comments on ALPHABET CITY: US Japanese beer quest ends in disappointmentJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11824929910429164650noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054414.post-31514843774680111362010-03-02T14:06:17.909-05:002010-03-02T14:06:17.909-05:00I have a Japanese room mate and we've been hav...I have a Japanese room mate and we've been having this conversation for weeks. I spent the summer in Japan and was glad that when I came back I'd still be able to get Japanese beer....I was very wrong. What I find around town is truly terrible and my room mate always says meh it isn't the same it smells terrible.<br /><br />Oh well, I suppose we should just go back to Japan<br /><br /The Walnuthttp://www.mischievouswalnut.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054414.post-8606285873462457522009-04-26T21:19:00.000-04:002009-04-26T21:19:00.000-04:00I just got back from a trip to Japan and I definit...I just got back from a trip to Japan and I definitely agree that the US versions of Kirin and Saporro taste horible next to the real thing. Particularly, the Budweiser version of Kirin, "Special Reserve," is just plain awful. I couldn't get enough of the real stuff in Japan, but after buying a sixer of the American brewed Kirin, I will never buy it at home again. Now I know that I need to make Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054414.post-81736082218663223472009-04-20T23:09:00.000-04:002009-04-20T23:09:00.000-04:00well, I'm from México and I love trying new beers....well, I'm from México and I love trying new beers. In the last few months I tried Sapporo Premium (the canadian one) and a beer called Tempus, that is a Mexican beer which has a special breweing sistem, kind of handmade ajaja, and the mexican one was thousands of miles ahead in flavor, color and on the sensation you have of driking it, you know? that warm feel on the chest ajajaja, I would love Jaime Alvarezhttp://beats-and-love.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054414.post-91315809752893305602008-04-18T10:41:00.000-04:002008-04-18T10:41:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054414.post-31499923702021645862008-01-02T14:13:00.000-05:002008-01-02T14:13:00.000-05:00Ongaku:Well, that basically answers my question ab...Ongaku:<BR/><BR/>Well, that basically answers my question about what Mitsuwa's selling these days, anyway. That's disappointing. I agree the Asahi in the big cans here tastes a little stale, but I don't think it's too bad... Asahi always kinda tastes a little stale to me, so I didn't really notice a difference in the 1000ml can.<BR/><BR/>I had an Asahi bottle at a ramen shop here after writing Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824929910429164650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5054414.post-41920595561806292432008-01-02T00:42:00.000-05:002008-01-02T00:42:00.000-05:00I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to note ...I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to note that I've made exactly the same observations. I can also get those monster cans at Nijiiya and Mitsuwa markets in the SF Bay area, but they taste stale to me. They started selling a Japan microbrew here which is tasty but pricey. They also sell Orion imported from Okinawa, but it doesn't have the same "natsukashii" feeling since I rarely drank Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com