Current Events > anyone else here like Kirin Ichiban?

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i'll definitely admit i first tried it because i'm an incorrigible fucking weeb. but man this stuff is good. 100% malt, made with only hops, barley and water. it doesnt have that sickly sweet taste the other cheaper beers ive tried had, and the cans dont have a metallic taste either. goes down really nicely, its not a strong taste but its delicious. its so *drinkable* in the best way. like it tastes like a solid beer but without feeling like a chore to have more than one the way the ipas and stouts and such ive tried do. its great. and the art on the label looks great too

i can drink one just fine, but it's not something i'd get for myself.

Ryuko_Chan posted...

and the cans dont have a metallic taste either.

that's not really a thing anymore.

It's ok but I prefer Asahi for my sake bombs

pauIie posted...

i can drink one just fine, but it's not something i'd get for myself.

that's not really a thing anymore.

ive experienced it with some canadian cheap beers like caribou. then again ive never had caribou in a bottle, so maybe thats just how caribou tastes. im a zoomer though, so im not talking about some old timey stuff that got changed

Pitlord_Special posted...

It's ok but I prefer Asahi for my sake bombs

whats a sake bomb?

Ryuko_Chan posted...

whats a sake bomb?

It's an order of sake with an order of Japanese beer. You can drink them separately (and I sometimes do) but the 'bomb' is taking the filled sake cup and dropping it into your beer glass.

If you want to make a spectacle of it, you lay your chopsticks across the top of the beer glass just close enough to hold the sake cup up above it, then pound the table so the cup drops into the glass that way.

pauIie posted...

i can drink one just fine, but it's not something i'd get for myself.

that's not really a thing anymore.

depends where its canned. Iirc The coating to prevent leaching is a coke company secret (or at least was until that lady stole it and gave it to China)

Pitlord_Special posted...

It's an order of sake with an order of Japanese beer. You can drink them separately (and I sometimes do) but the 'bomb' is taking the filled sake cup and dropping it into your beer glass.

If you want to make a spectacle of it, you lay your chopsticks across the top of the beer glass just close enough to hold the sake cup up above it, then pound the table so the cup drops into the glass that way.

ah i see, ill try that this friday! me and my friends are going to get sushi and i always get a beer and an order of hot sake with my sushi. ill try mixing them. maybe i should get cold sake for this though?

Also I love Japanese beers I prefer Sapporo cans though

josifrees posted...

depends where its canned. Iirc The coating to prevent leaching is a coke company secret (or at least was until that lady stole it and gave it to China)

honestly that might just be how caribou legitimately tastes lmfao. they dont make it in a bottle so

Ryuko_Chan posted...

honestly that might just be how caribou legitimately tastes lmfao. they dont make it in a bottle so

if it's on tap somewhere then you can find out for sure

pauIie posted...

if it's on tap somewhere then you can find out for sure

the flashbacks to 19 year old me buying 2 six packs of caribou malt, one for me, one for my friend, chugging them in the high school field at 3 in the morning in november intensify

Japanese beers I've tried like Orion and Kirin have been smooth. no strong taste. light carbonation. almost taste like water, but not in a bad way. If you want to try a cool Japanese beer, try Strong Zero. tasty and doesn't taste anything like alcohol despite being 9%. can wreck you with a can or 2.

Beveren_Rabbit posted...

Japanese beers I've tried like Orion and Kirin have been smooth. no strong taste. light carbonation. almost taste like water, but not in a bad way. If you want to try a cool Japanese beer, try Strong Zero. tasty and doesn't taste anything like alcohol despite being 9%. can wreck you with a can or 2.

i will have to check out a bunch of liquor stores to find this, and if not i might have to import it somehow if i can do that?

i love belgian tripels and this sounds like a japanese version of them... and i love japan...

Prefer Suntory's The Premium

Yebisu is alright too.

might have to import it unless you have a Asian specialty grocery store that sells it.

i have an asian grocery store nearby but grocery stores cant sell alcohol. maybe the law is different for specialty grocery stores?

If you're in the Kansas City area, the Red X in Riverside regularly has Kirin Ichiban in stock, unless I bought it all this weekend.

Questionmarktarius posted...

If you're in the Kansas City area, the Red X in Riverside regularly has Kirin Ichiban in stock, unless I bought it all this weekend.

ah my liquor store sells kirin, i was talking about the strong zero that person was speaking of