A Japanese coffee-esque beverage with whiskey? Didn’t Mutineer Jeff invent that years ago? I guess it’s finally ready for the mainstream in Japan. Details are sketchy at best, most coming from a blog with a serious Japan fetish, which claims:
Kirin has launched a new limited edition drink that has the look of a canned coffee drink but the kick of good ol’ alcohol. On sale only at Tokyo area convenience stores from Wednesday January 19th, the “Yoru Cafe” (Night Café) comes in two flavors: “caffe latte liquor” and “tea liquor”. Kirin is likely trying to imitate the success Suntory has had with their Horoyoi brand, a series of chuhai beverages aimed at younger drinkers who shy away from the typical salaryman activity of gulping beer at home. Since younger consumers prefer to hang out in a coffee shop or café as much as a traditional izakaya, Kirin will hope to capture some of that atmosphere through this new concept. Continue Reading »
The Pepsi Japan’s marketing team is on a roll with .. uh, creative .. limited edition releases of Pepsi. From the same people that brought you Pepsi Cucumber Ice, Pepsi Baobab, Pepsi Shiso, Pepsi Blue Hawaii, and Pepsi Azuki, Pepsi Japan would like to introduce to you Pepsi Mont Blanc. Never ceasing to amaze me, the new product will taste like the popular Mont Blanc dessert, mixing the taste of marron (chestnut) and snow from Mont Blanc.
French for “white mountain”, Mont Blanc pays to tribute to France’s Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the European Union. Scheduled for release October 26, Mont Blanc is also a fitting tribute to the nearing start of winter.
This video is pretty awesome. Taking a trip through Japan’s rich cultural heritage, this video gives you a glimpse of the brewing process behind Sapporo. It may not be how it’s actually brewed, but if the creators of Avatar met with the creators of Kung Fu Panda and Fern Gully, and then they went to the Wonka Factory to see how the Oompa Loompas took an ordinary task and made it absolutely fascinating to watch, this is what they would envision. Continue Reading »
I have no idea WTF a Domo is, but it is apparently taking over 7-Eleven. This has Mutineer Director of Operations Jeff Dorenbush all worked up, so further investigation has been merited.
According to Creative Online, Domo takes over 7-Eleven:
This Fall, 7-Eleven will undergo another Simpsons-like takeover—this time, however, by the Japanese character Domo, the brown blockhead with feet created by Japanese illustrator and director Tsuneo Goda, and who also serves as the mascot for Japanese TV station NHK. Continue Reading »
Okhotsk Blue Draft is made from melted icebergs and colored using seaweed. So cool.
Via Geekologie – Blue Beer From Melted Icebergs, Seaweed
Over the next few weeks we will be introducing the vendors that will be pouring at the Mutineer Magazine National Launch Party. Taste these fine beverages on May 18 at Falcon Hollywood for the National Launch Party. Click here for tickets.
Sake: Ginger Mango, Yuzu Citrus, Asian Pear & Green Tea
Brewery: sake2me, a 200 year old brewery north of Tokyo
Style: Sparkling Sake
Sake2me is a junmai sake that is shipped in bulk from Japan then infused with all-natural Asian flavors. Sake2me only uses top-grade junmai sake and 100% natural ingredients including the flavorings. There are no artificial syrups or colors added — only the real deal. This sparkling sake is usually served in a champagne flute, but is very versatile and can be served numerous ways such as on the rocks or straight from the bottle. Sake2me comes in four flavors: Ginger Mango, Yuzu Citrus, Green Tea and Asian Pear.
Photo credit: UPI Photo/Keizo Mori
The picture speaks for itself ladies and gentlemen; the Japanese are clearly onto something here. In what I’m convinced is a homage to Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”, UPI is reporting that a Japanese spa has filled a swimming pool full of red wine. The red wine supposedly offers health benefits including “relieving fatigue, moisturizing action and anti-aging”. This clearly wasn’t a thrown-together idea as they even have a MASSIVE wine bottle pumping fresh water into the pool. Apparently children are allowed into the wine-pool as a little person is pictured kickin’ it with who I’m assuming is his mom. Things are certain to get awkward when that last bit of sediment comes out the end of that giant wine bottle and clobbers the guy sitting under it in the head, but other than that this seems like a winner of an idea.
Read the full story [United Press International].
Using Stephen Colbert’s proven process of “gut feeling journalism”, I have uncovered that Japan is developing weapons technology against which the United States will have no defense. The fact that Japan has perfected the Coke robot effectively makes them the world’s leading superpower. Continue Reading »
