{"id":223,"date":"2011-05-03T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T16:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/2011\/05\/03\/japan\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T09:28:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:28:55","slug":"japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Japan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date Consumed:<\/strong> 14th March 2011<br><strong>Beer:<\/strong> Sapporo Yebisu<br><strong>Brewed:<\/strong> Sapporo Breweries, Toyko, Japan<br><strong>Size:<\/strong>\u00a0334mL<br><strong>Alcohol Content:<\/strong>\u00a05.0%<br><strong>Sourced:<\/strong>\u00a0Camperdown Cellars, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia<br><strong>World Beer Rating:<\/strong>\u00a08\/10<br><br><strong>Notes:<\/strong>\u00a0Typically lovely Japanese beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone has-custom-border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_0473.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_0473-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-990\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_0473-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_0473-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_0473-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_0473.jpg 1195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sapporo Yebisu, Japan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date Consumed:<\/strong> 27th December 2011<br><strong>Beer:<\/strong> Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout<br><strong>Brewed:<\/strong>\u00a0Kiuchi Brewery, Ibaraki, Japan<br><strong>Size:<\/strong>\u00a07.5%<br><strong>Alcohol Content:<\/strong>\u00a0330mL<br><strong>Sourced:<\/strong>\u00a0Tokyo, Japan (thanks to Martin Sturgeon)<br><strong>World Beer Rating:<\/strong>\u00a010\/10<br><br><strong>Notes:<\/strong>\u00a0I couldn&#8217;t believe I got the opportunity to drink this one! Rated 98.89% on RateBeer.com, it&#8217;s Japan&#8217;s highest rated beer and very hard to get. I can see why; this stout is absolutely amazing! Coffee and chocolate, burnt malt with a bitter taste &#8211; this one is hands down the best Japanese beer I&#8217;ve ever had and will probably ever get to drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone has-custom-border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2813.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2813-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-991\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2813-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2813-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2813-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2813.jpg 1195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout, Japan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date Consumed: 14th March 2011Beer: Sapporo YebisuBrewed: Sapporo Breweries, Toyko, JapanSize:\u00a0334mLAlcohol Content:\u00a05.0%Sourced:\u00a0Camperdown Cellars, Darlinghurst, NSW, AustraliaWorld Beer Rating:\u00a08\/10 Notes:\u00a0Typically lovely Japanese beer. Date Consumed: 27th December 2011Beer: Hitachino Nest Espresso StoutBrewed:\u00a0Kiuchi Brewery, Ibaraki, JapanSize:\u00a07.5%Alcohol Content:\u00a0330mLSourced:\u00a0Tokyo, Japan (thanks to Martin Sturgeon)World Beer Rating:\u00a010\/10 Notes:\u00a0I couldn&#8217;t believe I got the opportunity to drink this one! Rated 98.89% &#8230; <a title=\"Japan\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/?p=223\" aria-label=\"Read more about Japan\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-beer-challenge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1542,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions\/1542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}