Thanks to some watchful eyes, new beers were spotted last night by New Zealand Steve. I got a text message about 12:30AM from Steve telling me that these two beers had appeared in his local conbini. Looks like Kirin is at it again with some clever marketing! Steve found this beer on its release date, as sources say it wasn't available to the public until December 10th, yesterday. Here is the press release from Kirin, but it's only available in Japanese!!
The two new beers are a Meiji Lager and Taisho Lager--exciting stuff! The people at Kirin say that these two beers are made using the original beer recipes from 120 years ago, meaning that they don't add rice and other starches to the brew--like they do to their Kirin Classic and Kirin Lager today. It's a pretty novel idea...Let's not add the stuff to the brew that isn't supposed to be in there anyways!
The Meigi Lager says "Lager" on the can but the Taisho Lager says "Pilsner". Interesting to say the least. I haven't had the chance to taste one of these yet. This beer probably won't arrive in Toei until the 200th anniversary of Kirin, so I will have to wait until Friday in Toyohashi to give it a try. Retro brews are the "in" thing--let's just hope that Kirin made some good beer to go inside that beautiful can...
Anyone who has given it a try...please let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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Doing some more reading on the brews...It seems that the Pilsner uses American hops...wonder if the original did as well 120 years ago????
What was Steve doing in the beer section of the Conbini at 12:30 on a Wednesday night?
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