​But you've got Buckfast.

The can is nice, but the beer is just okay i thought. The can made me buy it!

this beer is about as japanese as the Superdry clothes brand :smiley:

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.

Cheers!

Yes!

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

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.

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.

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.

Nice can shame about the beer....a bit metallic tasting to me.

Goal!

Mediocre Beer in a snazzy can. If this was made in England, it'd most likely be ignored.

this beer is brewed in canada last time i looked not part of japan

this beer is about as japanese as the Superdry clothes brand :smiley:

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:

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:

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=fruli&newSort=true&search=Search

For a nice japanese beer try a can of 'wednesdays cat' :sunglasses:

Bottled beer only for me, all tastes so much better.

None in Tesco Surrey Quays as of 10 Dec 2015.:neutral_face:

no matter what the brand on the can is its all the same cooking lager

The can is far nicer than the drink inside it IMHO. Similar tasting to Bud, but not even as nice as that...

Good deal, comes on at this price now & again. Heat added.

This beer any good ?? Like s wheaty beer??

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...!

Not sure why this stuff goes hot at this price, it is a distinctly average tipple.

I remember this being featured in Face magazine in the eighties - the ultimate yuppy lager. tried it recently and was not impressed :-(

Good but the 660ml 1.25 San Miguel bottles top my value list

Not in Scotland unfortunately

fake

This is still bin juice in all but name. Hitachino Nest for some decent Japanese beer their dai dai ipa is a great beer.

strongest can you ever feel

The can is nice, but the beer is just okay i thought. The can made me buy it!

Devon has Buckfast.

If it's not brewed in Japan waste of time. It's their ingredients and brewing process that makes it nice.

brewed in Canada not really the same as Japanese brewed

"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.

shame they never have much of it in store though because everyone buys the cheap bin juice instead

going to grab some!!

Nice beer and a decent price; hot from me.

It's beginning to look a lot like Tesco today :wink:

Can't grumble at 17p per can extra to pay even though "Every Little Helps"

Seen this last night whilst compiling my Xmas booze order! Great beer