Echigo Beer - Summer White

Having a Summer White in the middle of winter. The best low-malt beer I have ever had.
 

Name: Echigo Beer - Summer White
Ingredients: Barley malt, wheat malt, hops, wheat, sugars, coriander, orange peel, ginger
Alcohol content: 5%
Tax category: Happōshu (malt content 25% or above but below 50%)
Company: Echigo Beer
Location: Niigata city, Niigata prefecture 

Asahi Hop Kaoru Pink no Beer Cocktail

Yep, pink beer, this is what the market needed. It tastes like rose hip...tea...or something.

Name: Asahi Hop Kaoru Pink no Beer Cocktail
Launch: Oct. 7, 2014
Ingredients: Malt extract, hops, sugars, dietary fiber, soybean protein, yeast extract, rose hip juice powder, anthocyanin pigment, flavor enhancer (amino acid), sweetener (acesulfame-K)
Alcohol content: 4%
Tax category: Happōshu
Company: Asahi Breweries Note: Limited volume.

Asahi Super Dry / Dry Black / Orange & Black

I just don't understand why I torture my taste buds with funky stuff like this.

Name: Asahi Super Dry / Dry Black / Orange & Black
Launch: Sep. 9, 2014
Ingredients: Malt, malt extract, hops, rice, corn, starch, essence
Alcohol content: 5.5%
Tax category: Happōshu
Company: Asahi Breweries
Note: Limited volume.

Asahi Beer Spritzer

Tastes more like wine, less like beer. I really don't get what the product philosophy behind a hybrid drink like this one. People who wanna drink beer will buy beer and people who wanna drink wine will buy wine. Only beer bloggers like me and those unfortunate ones who left their glasses home while out shopping would buy such a funky product.

 

 

Name: Asahi Beer Spritzer

Launch: Sep. 9, 2014
Ingredients: Malt, hops, sugars, caramel pigment, white wine, grape juice, yeast extract, soybean protein, acidifier, essence
Alcohol content: 3.5%
Tax category: Happōshu
Company: Asahi Breweries

Kirin Tanrei Platinum Double

For ranking, check out my Zero/Zero Happōshu post.

 Name: Kirin Tanrei Platinum Double
Type:
Ingredients: Malt, hops, barley, sugars, caramel pigment, spirits, essence, acidifier, processed starch, sweetener (acesulfame K)
Alcohol content: 5.5%
Tax category: Happōshu
Company: Kirin Brewery

Asahi Super Zero

For ranking, check out my Zero/Zero Happōshu post.

Name: Asahi Super Zero

Launch:
Ingredients: Malt extract, hops, caramel pigment, alcohol, dietary fiber, rice lactic acid fermentation liquid, acidulant, flavoring, emulsifier, flavoring (amino acids), anti-oxidant (Vitamin C), sweetener (acesulfame K)
Alcohol content: 5.5%
Tax category: Happōshu
Company: Asahi Breweries

Asahi Aqua Blue

For ranking, check out my Light Happōshu post.

Name: Asahi Aqua Blue

Launch:

Ingredients: Malt, hops, barley, barley extract, starch, sugars, yeast extract, seaweed extract

Alcohol content: 5%

Tax category: Happōshu

Company: Asahi Breweries 

Asahi Style Free

For ranking, check out my Light Happōshu post.

 

Name: Asahi Style Free

Launch:
Ingredients: Malt, hops, sugars, caramel pigment, yeast extract, soy protein
Alcohol content: 4%
Tax category: Happōshu
Company: Asahi Breweries

Okhotsk Blue Ryūhyō Draft

Blue beer. BLUE BEER!!! And it has the weirdest ingredients: saccharified starch, Chinese yam and gardenia pigment. OK, it has malt and hops as well. Tastes like watery shochu. Somebody must have mislabeled this guy, this is no beer by any standard.

Name: Okhotsk Blue Ryūhyō Draft
Launch date:
Ingredients: Saccharified starch, malt, nagaimo (Chinese yam), hops, gardenia pigment
Alcohol content: 5% 
Tax category: Happōshu
Company: Abashiri Brewery
Location: Abashiri city, Hokkaidō

Asahi Honnama

Not bad for a happōshu. It actually has taste unlike other beers in this tax category.

Name: Asahi Honnama
Launch: Originally launched in 2001. Renewed in 2008.
Ingredients: Malt, hops, barley, barley extract, rice, corn, starch, sugars
Alcohol content: 5.5%
Tax category: Happōshu
Company: Asahi Breweries

Sapporo Hokkaidō Namashibori

One of the few happōshus on the market. Taste-wise...hmmm ultra-light. Not much else to say about it.

Name: Sapporo Hokkaidō Namashibori
Ingredients: Malt, hops, barley, sugars
Alcohol content: 5.5%
Tax category: Happōshu
Company: Sapporo Breweries

Kirin Tanrei

One of the very few happōshus on the market. To be honest, tastewise does not really impress me at all. Tastes kinda like a new genre-type beer. Save your money and get a new genre instead of this one. You won't notice the difference.

Name: Kirin Tanrei
Type:
Ingredients: Malt, hops, barley, rice, corn, starch, sugars
Alcohol content: 5.5%
Tax category: Happōshu
Company: Kirin Brewery

Asahi Super Dry / Dry Black / Lime Black

Lime yes, beer no.

Name: Asahi Super Dry / Dry Black / Lime Black
Launch: Apr. 22, 2014
Ingredients: Malt, malt extract, hops, rice, corn, starch, essence
Alcohol content: 5.5%
Tax category: Happōshu
Company: Asahi Breweries
Note: Limited volume.

Asahi Red Eye

Arrrgh! Tomato beer. Advertised as the world's first tomato beer cocktail. Hopefully it will be the last as well.

Name: Asahi Red Eye
Launch: Feb. 4, 2014
Ingredients: Malt, hops, sugars, caramel color, tomato juice, lemon juice, yeast extract, soybean protein, essence, vegetable color, acidifier
Alcohol content: 3.5%
Tax category: Happōshu
Company: Asahi Breweries
Note: First as limited edition in 2012 sold only at convenience stores. Nationwide as limited edition from 2013. Year-round nationwide from 2014.

Asahi Cola & Malt

Looks like Asahi is trying to take a walk on the wild side. Taste like some low-sugar cola with bitter aftertaste. If I were a cola lover I'd say it is pretty good.

Name: Asahi Cola & Malt
Launch: Apr. 15, 2014
Ingredients: Malt, hops, sugars, caramel color, yeast extract, lemon juice, soybean protein, essence, acidifier
Alcohol content: 3.5%
Tax category: Happōshu
Company: Asahi Breweries
Note: Sold only for a limited time period.

Suiyoubi no neko

Wednesday's Cat. Unusual name, but pretty good taste.This one is an interesting product. Although its malt content is well over the 67% percent level which makes it legally beer tax-wise, it contains ingredients (orange peel and coriander seeds) which are banned from "real" beers so it is classified as happōshu.

Name: Suiyoubi no neko (Wednesday's cat)

Ingredients: Malt (barley, wheat), hops, orange peel, coriander seeds
Alcohol content: 4.5%
Tax category: Happōshu (malt content over 99%)
Company: Yo-ho Brewing
Location: Kitasaku district, Nagano prefecture

Echigo Beer - Pilsner

Pretty good. Tastes like Premium Malt's with a nice little regional twist to it. Give it a try!

Name: Echigo Beer - Pilsner

Ingredients: Malt (barley, wheat), hops, wheat, coriander, orange peel, ginger
Alcohol content: 5%
Tax category: Happōshu (malt content over 50%)
Company: Echigo Beer
Location: Niigata city, Niigata prefecture