In Japan, Kirin Offers a Pair of Retro Recipes

November 18th, 2008 by Evan Rail | 5 Comments

In Japan, Kirin Offers a Pair of Retro Recipes

Next month, Japan’s Kirin brewery will offer a pair of retro brews to celebrate its 120th anniversary, serving up vintage-style cans packed with vintage recipes of the company’s original Lager and Pilsener beers.
The big difference between the old styles and today’s modern Kirin? According to an English-language post at Japan Marketing News, the modern version [...]


Pilsner Urquell’s Russian Adventures

January 9th, 2008 by Evan Rail | 3 Comments

Pilsner Urquell’s Russian Adventures

The always-great Good Beer Blog has an interesting post from Alan on brewing under license and a recent article about the Pilsner Urquell which is brewed in Russia. Unlike Pilsner Urquell, Russian journalism doesn’t have such a great reputation, and this article seems more than a bit sensationalistic, starting out with the premise that Russian [...]