Is Japanese beer THAT strong??

[CookingUtensil]

I dunno about the flame war going on here, but Japanese beer *is* pretty carbonated. Have you tried to chug it? It's hard! You get nice and full though, so I guess it passes as a good diet! :3

Korean beer... god, I can't down that stuff. Soju, I can do. Barely. Komitsuki, you're stronger than I, lol.

[Aniki]

So the Japanese have a different way in advertising beer, big deal.

I'm more interested to know how strong is japanese beer. Can anyone who's been to Japan, please, tell me how much alcohol does the strongest japanese beer have?

[ozkai]

最初の投稿者：Nyororin

Please don`t forget you`re not the first foreigner to head to Japan and you aren`t the first person we`ve seen who has dropped into a spiral of nit picking and complaints/whining about parts of Japanese culture.

It`s fine to wonder about things - but your threads sound *negative* in doing so - I mean, just look at the titles:

Guys, can we move away from political competition!

[Mortry]

I was looking on youtube for an example of Japanese beer commercials,
when I found this hilarious one xD:

YouTube - Arnold Japanese Beer Commercial 2

I wonder if it's really Arnold :P

[Columbine]

最初の投稿者：Aniki

So the Japanese have a different way in advertising beer, big deal.

I'm more interested to know how strong is japanese beer. Can anyone who's been to Japan, please, tell me how much alcohol does the strongest japanese beer have?

It's usually about 5% vol or less, although I think rarely you can get some which are stronger. Maybe 7-8%? Definitly 7%, but I personally haven't seen stronger than that.

[Aniki]

最初の投稿者：Mortry

I was looking on youtube for an example of Japanese beer commercials,
when I found this hilarious one xD:

YouTube - Arnold Japanese Beer Commercial 2

I wonder if it's really Arnold :P

That's Arnold alright, but that's not a beer commercial.

It's not unusual to see Hollywood stars in Japanese adds. If you check Youtube again you will find more Japanese commercials with Tommy Lee Jones, Matt Leblanc and others.

[MMM]

最初の投稿者：GTJ

Jeez, I'm seeing a god complex developing among the mods. Were you guys this aggressive when Jerry Seinfeld pointed out the weird things in daily life? Just because I still wonder about some things and want to see what other people think about it... so NONE of you are guilty of this? Wait, don't answer that.

I guess you missed my second post (#8).

[konbini]

When I was in Kyoto there was this bargain shop called 'Garden' something I forgot. They sold the cheapest beer. The Kirin Tanrei which was cheapest had about 5.5%.

[trunker]

最初の投稿者：masaegu

@GTJ

You've been a huge topic among us Japanese members here and a couple of more active ones have already put you in their Ignore Bins.

damn, now i'm jealous.

everyone needs a beer,..............apparently.

[tksensei]

最初の投稿者：GTJ

Haha, yeah, I think we were talking about that in another thread and everyone agreed on the topic



UMAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIII!!!

Yeah I hate that too.

Then again it doesn't help that the Japanese only have like three words for something that tastes good. Although recently the people on TV have been making more of an effort to actively describe flavors and such, which is a step in the right direction from just shouting "UMAI" with your mouth half-full.

Thank goodness the nation, culture, language and people have YOU to tell them how to market and communicate in general.