Comments on: Asahi to sell more imported beer

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:53:29 +0000

Living in Nagasaki-city, the Family Mart in my town sold “The Best” – Milwaukee’s Best. I couldn’t believe it and I couldn’t believe they sold it for 112 yen a can.

By: hadji

hadji — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:26:02 +0000

Importing wife beater?

Stella is bad, bad, bad beer.

I bet it will sell well here, oddly as high grade J beer is much better.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:28:18 +0000

We have no bars serving Kilkenny in my neck of the woods. Even Guinness isn’t that easy to come by here.

By: David

David — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:36:07 +0000

Stella and Hoegaarden aren’t news. They are already sold pretty cheap here. I’m looking for more American micro-brews. Sierra Nevada anyone? InBev doesn’t deal with those kinda beers sadly.
http://www.inbev.com/go/brands/brand_portfolio/global_brands.cfm

By: David

David — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:30:09 +0000

Kilkenny is imported by Sapporo in conjunction with their import-export deal with Diago. Along with Gunness, Kilkenny a brand of the giant multinational drink maker Diago.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diageo)

Any bar serving Sapporo, Yebsu, or Gunness can get Kilkenny kegs from their distro. Bars that serve non Sapporo beers (Kirin, Suntory, Asahi) will not have a chance. The Distros don’t like to have their product in competition in the same bar. For example, you’ll rarely see Kirin and Asahi being sold on tap in the same place.

That being said, you can still find Kilkenny throughout Japan. Look for bars that have Gunness signs and ask inside. The Wexford Tavern in Nishinomiya has Kilkenny on tap. If you come in on a Sunday ask for David!
http://www.wexfordtavern.com/

By: folosa

folosa — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:38:45 +0000

Beer goes down in quality if it is bottled.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:41:26 +0000

Dear Asahi,

Kilkenny, please.

Best regards,

Alex.