Wikipedia and the Kirin Brewery Company

When I am bored at school I read Wikipedia pages. This is a great way to kill time and learn things that I did not know before. A few days ago, my wiki travels brought me to the Kirin Brewery Company page. There is a warning at the top of the page that says "This article or section is written in an informal style and with a personally invested tone. It reads more like a story than an encyclopedia entry." Well, that doesn't sound too bad. And it wasn't. I stared at a computer and enjoying learning about Kirin's history, from its roots as the first Japanese brewing company right up to 1987 when Asahi introduced Super-Dry. Oh, what a dark year for Japanese beer. Kirin fought on, bringing the beer they knew was superior to the table, but profit margins got slimmer. Says Wikipedia, "Japanese consumers wanted lighter, less bitter beers--Super Dry delivered this; Kirin Lager did not. Kirin eventually, somewhat belatedly, in early 1996, gave in to consumer preferences and changed Kirin Lager to a less bitter, draft beer." It's the last of that quote, specifically "changed" and "less bitter, draft beer", that really tug on the ol' heart strings. The article only gets worse after this, talking about happoshu rising in popularity in the late 90's, early 2000's. For Kirin's sake, I will imagine that their Premium Muroka, which is damn good beer, is a direct descendant of the Kirin Lager that the Japanese population neglected in favor of Super Dry rice water. Just thinking about that poor lost beer gets me all emotional like the time I went to Popeye's and it was closed.