If you've been in Japan for more than one Autumn and haven't tried Kirin's seasonal "Akiaji" beer, get yourself down to your nearest purveyor of fine liquor, or wherever you see the 酒 mark and get some in before they sell out for the year. It is thought by many to be the greatest production beer in the country, and we'd all be a lot happier if it was available all year round.
As I'm now enjoying my 11th annual Akiaji carnival, I was pleased to finally find the elusive bottled variety hidden away in a corner fridge in my local Ozeki. The commercials always show bottles but one can only ever find them in cans. That is until now.
A word of warning though – take care not to confuse Akiaji with the cheaper Akinama. The labels look very similar, but while the Akiaji contains 330ml (or 500ml) of autumn themed refreshness, the Akinama contains a sickly bile that will rot your insides, bleach your soul, and make you very very unpopular if you bring it to a party and then proceed to drink everybody else's drinks (unless everybody else is doing the same thing – I don't go to those sorts of parties though).
Now to continue my search for the other holy grail, the elusive Yebisu bottle with two fish on it.
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ReplyDeletethe one on the right is the one to go for ね ?
Both of these are OK (they're the same). The one to avoid is this one: http://www.suntory.co.jp/beer/akinama/index.html
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