PintOfBeer 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Do they serve beer in pints over there at all? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 yes. Link to post Share on other sites
PintOfBeer 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Author Share Posted November 13, 2003 Cool. I like a good pint of beer. But is it common? I heard something about small glasses that need topping up every 2 mouthfuls? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 some restuarants, including sushi, will often serve beer in a slightly bigger than shot glass vesicles. Most places designed for drinking use big glasses. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 There isn't much cause for rejoicing about Japanese beer. The substance itself is distinctly inferior. In some bars and restaurants where you get bottled beer, you do indeed get mouthwash sized glasses. Bloody stupid it is. With draught beer you get a heavy glass mug of which up to a quarter might be foam (for Japanese, foam = pleasure, heartiness, satisfaction. Apparently). These mugs are heavier than they need to be IMHO. There are some English style pubs around, notably the Pig & Whistle chain, where you can get Japanese beer in sleevers. It offers all the joy of drinking a pint of bad lager in Britain. I'd bring your own if I were you... Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 The English style pubs are in the cities though, you'll be hard pushed to find anything like that out of the city. The nearest one to me is over 100km away. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 There's lots of good beer here but you'll be presented by the small glasses in the majority of places. Ask for a 'jokki' for a bigger, very heavy thing. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 I actually kinda like having a couple small glasses when you order a big bottle of beer. We were drinking pints in Vietnam for 4000 dong (that's $.25 USD!). Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 The small glasses don't bother me. The big glasses here are made of 10cm glass, so good for building up those muscles. Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Are we not forgetting the Big-Jockeys here folks? And I do not mean big underpants! Link to post Share on other sites
badmigraine 0 Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 I keep a dai-jokki in my freezer. It gets really cold...when I fill it with lager from a bottle in the fridge, small ice needles form in the beer and it is oh-so-delicious! Great on a hot summer day. Mind you, good-tasting beer doesn't need to be that cold. If it is, then you can't taste it properly. As for the mouthwash glasses, we picked up some Kolsch beer glasses the other day that are eggshell thin and like very tall shot glasses. They make all kinds of things taste better. Seems the glass really does make a difference for some beverages. Hey Ocean, any good beers on tap or in bottles in your new digs? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 I haven't sniffed out any good 'uns yet, but I haven't had much time for that. Being closer to Kyushu now, I notice there's more brands of shochu available. I'll let you know when I do. Oh, wait a minute, Suntory Malts have brought out a new dark beer which is quite nice. It can give some of the vastly overpriced jibiru a run for their money. Link to post Share on other sites
PintOfBeer 0 Posted November 15, 2003 Author Share Posted November 15, 2003 What the devil is "shochu"? A kind of beer? (And do they sell it in pints?) Link to post Share on other sites
dancing_barefoot 0 Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 I don't mind the small glasses when at a party, but on my own I have a nice big pint glass. I want one of those old style fat chunky pint glasses, where can I get one. Link to post Share on other sites
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