Premium Alcohol Free Beer

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Another non-alcohol beer on the Japanese market is Premium Alcohol Free from Sapporo.

It's low on calories only 22 and also on price, costing only 138 yen at my local convenience store.

Actually, this was probably the best of the zero alcohol beers I have been trying recently in terms of color, aroma and taste. The rather chemical aftertaste associated with other zeros on the market only came right at the end of the can and not as strongly as I had experienced before. I am not going to be dashing out and buying a six-pack of this anytime soon, but if you need a non-alcohol "beer" - this could be it.

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Sapporo Kaitakushi Beer Premium

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One of the better classic Japanese beer re-releases for the winter season is Sapporo's Kaitakushi Beer Premium, supposedly a return to the taste of the first beers produced at the Sapporo brewery way back in the late 19th century.

The limited release beer is available in convenience stores and is one of the best pale ale type beers we have sampled in Japan. With an ABV of 5.5%, Sapporo Kaitakushi Beer Premium has more of a kick than common or garden Japanese lagers and it's fairly tasty and with a nice color and aroma to boot.

For recent updates on new Japanese beer releases check out the informative japanbeer.wordpress.com

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Asahi Style Free

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Asahi, one of Japan's big four beer makers, has joined Kirin in producing a totally alcohol-free beer.

The rather oddly named "Style Free" (don't Japanese advertising companies employ English-speakers?) joins Kirin's Free on the creaking shelves of convenience stores and liquor shops throughout Japan.

Style Free is 0.00 % alcohol and has proved popular with long-distance drivers (that's when I tried it), sea lions and recovering alcoholics. The taste is tinny and hoppy and one can of Style Free is usually enough (for life).

If you'd like to see some rather damning reviews of Style Free, have a laugh over at ratebeer.com

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