Declan Murphy wrote:
> Dan Rempel wrote:
>> lukas.zielinski@googlemail.com wrote:
>>> "The great 100 yen beer joint hunt" inspired me to ask this :
>>> What are good Japanese beers?
>>>
>>> I have tried Kirin, Asahi and Sapporo, all okay imh (yet german)
>>> opinion, and I know that Chinese beer does not deserve the name. And
>>> with all that south americans here I still cannot get enough of that
>>> wonderful Corona. But what else is good in Japan? nomimashoo.
>> Declan may jump salty on me for this<snip>
>
> WTF does jump salty mean (in gaigingo or nihonjingo please)? What any
> individuals  preferences are, are um....  purely individual. If
> somebody finds something they like, then as far as I concerned I'm
> happy for them, even if I happened to think it tasted like shit. That
> goes for whether it is beer, or whisk(e)y, or anything else. I can't
> eat much in the way of spicy food, so therefore I don't like it, but
> that doesn't mean it is crap. I don't watch anime, so therefore I don't
> like it, but that doesn't mean it is crap.

Not sure exactly what "jump salty" means (got it from an American
friend), but I suppose "vigorously straighten out" might work.

> Ebisu is alright, almost anything is alright, depending on the
> circumstances. Even lukewarm cans of Asahi super dry :-)

In a circumstance like the one you previously mentioned I'd probably
even chug down an Asahi happoshu.

Dan


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