A selection of beer-like drinks on sale in a supermarket in Japan. Most are between 4 and 6 percent alcohol.
A selection of beer-like drinks on sale in a supermarket in Japan. In Japan, different brewed malt beverages are categorized into two groups: beer and "happoshu", depending on the amount of malt used (happoshu describes the cheaper, low-malt brews). In the mid-2000s, breweries started introducing even cheaper non-malt brews made from ingredients including soybeans, creating another category for beer-like drinks called "dai-san no biiru", or "third-category beers". The selling price can be kept lower than beer drinks due to the way Japan taxes these kinds of beverages.
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