Sapporo Imported Premium Beer (650ml) was £2.79 now 3 for £5.00
(Last year @ Christmas they were 4 for £6.00 so a price increase of 17p per can)
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finnmaccool to martin1372
9 Dec 158#9
But you've got Buckfast.
wolf47
9 Dec 157#8
The can is nice, but the beer is just okay i thought. The can made me buy it!
mattmerch
9 Dec 154#12
this beer is about as japanese as the Superdry clothes brand :smiley:
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jbmnic
9 Dec 151#1
Seen this last night whilst compiling my Xmas booze order! Great beer
starbidder
9 Dec 15#2
Can't grumble at 17p per can extra to pay even though "Every Little Helps"
DAZZ2000
9 Dec 15#3
Nice beer and a decent price; hot from me.
It's beginning to look a lot like Tesco today :wink:
rodman
9 Dec 15#4
going to grab some!!
martin1372
9 Dec 15#5
Not in Scotland unfortunately
finnmaccool to martin1372
9 Dec 158#9
But you've got Buckfast.
dsuk to martin1372
9 Dec 15#18
Good
bargain1979
9 Dec 15#6
shame they never have much of it in store though because everyone buys the cheap bin juice instead
VDisillusioned
9 Dec 152#7
"imported" - from Canada!
I got suckered into buying some of this a year or two back after presuming it would be like the Japanese Sapporo I used to drink occasionally decades ago. I couldn't understand why it tasted so completely different to what I remembered until I read the label and realised that it's actually made by Molson.
wolf47
9 Dec 157#8
The can is nice, but the beer is just okay i thought. The can made me buy it!
Calamity James to wolf47
9 Dec 15#14
I also buy them for the can, I thought it was just under immense pressure until I opened it and it was still as strong!
extonjoe
9 Dec 151#10
brewed in Canada not really the same as Japanese brewed
alera
9 Dec 151#11
If it's not brewed in Japan waste of time. It's their ingredients and brewing process that makes it nice.
mattmerch
9 Dec 154#12
this beer is about as japanese as the Superdry clothes brand :smiley:
asl9791 to mattmerch
13 Dec 152#34
Except for the fact it originated in Japan, has 5 Japanese breweries, its headquarters is based in Tokyo and is the oldest brand of beer in Japan.
Other than that, yeah it is totally not even remotely Japanese......
johnthehuman
9 Dec 15#13
Devon has Buckfast.
rodman
9 Dec 15#15
strongest can you ever feel
bemaniac
9 Dec 15#16
This is still bin juice in all but name. Hitachino Nest for some decent Japanese beer their dai dai ipa is a great beer.
BigBen75020
9 Dec 151#17
fake
superyiddo
9 Dec 152#19
Good but the 660ml 1.25 San Miguel bottles top my value list
fedex1401 to superyiddo
9 Dec 152#20
Cue the age old debate that San Miguel isn't actually a Spanish beer originally.......:man:
bradevosprint
9 Dec 151#21
For a nice japanese beer try a can of 'wednesdays cat' :sunglasses:
RustySpoons to bradevosprint
11 Dec 15#31
I prefer "Hair of the dog"
burky69
9 Dec 15#22
I remember this being featured in Face magazine in the eighties - the ultimate yuppy lager. tried it recently and was not impressed :-(
NUMBER8GAMESTER
10 Dec 15#23
Not sure why this stuff goes hot at this price, it is a distinctly average tipple.
smurftech
10 Dec 15#24
Remember this from last year, got some when they were 4 for £6, not the worst lager in the world but not the best either, brewed in canada as I recall.
Nice big funky can design though...!
jonnyka
10 Dec 15#25
This beer any good ?? Like s wheaty beer??
DEALS4EVA
10 Dec 15#26
Good deal, comes on at this price now & again. Heat added.
kingmonkey69
10 Dec 151#27
The can is far nicer than the drink inside it IMHO. Similar tasting to Bud, but not even as nice as that...
zebrum
11 Dec 15#28
no matter what the brand on the can is its all the same cooking lager
starbidder
11 Dec 15#29
None in Tesco Surrey Quays as of 10 Dec 2015.:neutral_face:
BustyB293
11 Dec 15#30
Bottled beer only for me, all tastes so much better.
austinc
12 Dec 15#32
Has anyone tried the Fruli Strawberry beer? bloody lovely. I ended up trying this after finding the sapporo was OOS last time round. 4 for £6 not the best value as theyre only 330ml but a nice treat especially if you like Timmermans :wink:
I bought some of these thinking I liked it but it doesn't taste anything like the few I tried in Oz last year. I guess they were imported from Japan but I didn't take much notice of the writing on the can at the time. I just thought the can was unusual and then found I liked the beer. I don't like this though. :man:
mattmerch
13 Dec 152#35
this beer is brewed in canada last time i looked not part of japan
SalfordCityRed
13 Dec 15#36
Mediocre Beer in a snazzy can. If this was made in England, it'd most likely be ignored.
jazzuk777
13 Dec 15#37
Goal!
marty-401
13 Dec 15#38
Nice can shame about the beer....a bit metallic tasting to me.
asl9791
13 Dec 152#39
So because it is brewed in Canada that means it isn't Japanese, even though its origins come from a company started in Japan, still based in Japan, owned by Japanese businessmen. Ignorance doesn't make you right.
mattmerch
13 Dec 152#40
so a beer brewed by molson (not owned by Japanese businessmen.) in canada is japanese because its branded with a Japanese brewery name
myself i prefer products made in the country of origin but if you prefer your Japanese beer brewed in Canada by Canadians then i am sure you will enjoy this rebadged lager
asl9791 to mattmerch
13 Dec 15#43
What beer are you talking about?
VDisillusioned
13 Dec 15#41
But it's not at all made in Japan, I suspect not with the same processes used by Sapporo in Japan and probably not to the same recipe. I recall Japanese Sapporo being a very crisp high quality lager, but the Canadian cans I had a year or two back were not good at all. I seem to recall they were thin and sweet with no hop character, a bit like a North American style mass produced beer - funnily enough the sort of thing you would expect from a brewer like Molson.
asl9791
13 Dec 15#42
I am not disagreeing with this. And i think the point is being missed. To say this beer is as Japanese as superdry is too sweeping is the point. Superdry as a brand isn't Japanese but has influences of Japan - a point i don't contest. But to say a beer owned by a company that is based it, originated from and still resides in Japan, is as Japanese as a company that just takes its influences from a culture at best is wholly absurd.
john808
14 Dec 15#44
Yes!
VDisillusioned to john808
15 Dec 15#45
Drink!
john808
15 Dec 15#46
Cheers!
scott_safc
16 Dec 15#47
Tried this tonight, although I thought it was ok (poured out of the can into a glass) I'd agree that it seems overrated somewhat. It is a decent lager though, certainly drinkable, and at this price for the size of the cans it's not such a bad deal in comparison to the 3 660ml bottles for a fiver deal a lot of shops usually have. At full price though it'd be an absolute rip off.
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(Last year @ Christmas they were 4 for £6.00 so a price increase of 17p per can)
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All comments (47)
It's beginning to look a lot like Tesco today :wink:
I got suckered into buying some of this a year or two back after presuming it would be like the Japanese Sapporo I used to drink occasionally decades ago. I couldn't understand why it tasted so completely different to what I remembered until I read the label and realised that it's actually made by Molson.
Other than that, yeah it is totally not even remotely Japanese......
Nice big funky can design though...!
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=fruli&newSort=true&search=Search
myself i prefer products made in the country of origin but if you prefer your Japanese beer brewed in Canada by Canadians then i am sure you will enjoy this rebadged lager