The Best Japanese Beers You Need To Try

Published: NOV 14, 2025

ASAHI SUPER DRY

Launched in 1987, it’s a crisp, rice-based lager with a clean finish that vanishes before you even put the glass down, acting like a palate reset button.

KIRIN ICHIBAN SHIBORI

Brewed using only the first press of the wort—a method called Ichiban Shibori. This lager delivers a malt sweetness that balances perfectly against its dry, crisp body. 

SAPPORO PREMIUM & YEBISU BEER

Sapporo Premium is crisp and easy, the go-to Japanese lager. Yebisu, its richer sibling, is maltier and richer with a faint caramel undertone.

SUNTORY THE PREMIUM MALTS

The Premium Malts is a golden, aromatic beer brewed with European hops and natural spring water, resulting in a rounded sweetness and silky mouthfeel.

ORION PREMIUM DRAFT

Brewed in Okinawa, Orion is a beer that tastes like island life with a natural carbonation that gives it a spritzy lift and a touch of malt and hint of citrus.

SHIGA KOGEN PORTER

Brewed by Tamamura Honten in Nagano, this lager is dark and complex. With notes of roasted malt, coffee and bitter chocolate unfolding in each sip.

HITANICHO NEST DAI DAI ALE

Crafted by Kiuchi Brewery, the Dai Dai Ale is fragrant, balanced and beautifully layered with zesty citrus upfront, mild hops in the middle and a clean finish at the end.

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