Japanese beer in the UK: which brands are really brewed in Japan?
4 beers on British supermarket shelves are sold as Japanese. 2 of them are genuinely imported from Japan. 1is brewed in the United Kingdom. For 1 the supply is split or not established.
Sold as Japanese and brewed in Britain: what to drink instead of Kirin Ichiban.
Compared side by side: Asahi vs Sapporo and Asahi vs Peroni.
The widest strength gap in this group is Kirin Ichiban: 4.6% in the UK against 5.0% at home, 0.4 percentage points weaker.
Brewed in Britain 1
Genuinely imported 2
Mixed supply, or not established 1
Questions people ask
Is Asahi Super Dry really Japanese?
It is sold as Japanese, but the beer in UK shops is brewed in Italy.
Is Asahi Super Dry 0.0 really Japanese?
It is sold as Japanese, but the beer in UK shops is brewed in Italy.
Is Sapporo Premium Beer really Japanese?
Only partly. Some UK stock is brewed in Britain and some is imported, so it depends which pack you pick up.
Every beer on the site · All the foreign-branded beers brewed in Britain