today i'm drinking the most expensive
beer in all of japan
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so i've searched far and wide throughout
all of japan to find the most expensive
beer and i think i've done it and i'm so
excited to share it all with you today
unfortunately michael isn't down to
drink a lot of beer with me today
luckily i have a friend that's willing
to step in and you've probably seen him
in one of my previous videos and as much
as i love beer he loves beer a lot more
than i do alright natto can you join
all right so nato's here if you guys
haven't seen him before in a previous
video let me just show you a quick
little clip
you're gonna go get some beer
there's no dinner
that was a fun time right yes three
years ago so are you excited i'm so
excited well let me just uh let people
know what we're gonna be doing here in
this video basically what we're going to
do is i'm going to share with naoto for
the first time the different beers that
we're going to be introducing to all of
you we're going to have a look at it and
then i'm going to have him decide which
one is the most expensive do you think
you can do that i i think i know
that i'm a beer master
beer the master yoda yeah he said drink
or do not there is no hangover
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okay
natto wasn't ready for that one remy
drink so here we go a quick breakdown on
our first beer nine-tailed fox 1999
brewed nasu a one-of-a-kind vintage beer
designed specifically to taste better
over time this limited edition bottle
from 1999 comes strong at 11 and is
brewed with water directly from the
melted snow of nasu highlands named
after a mythical and powerful japanese
spirit with another history it may or
may not have helped it win the coveted
japan asia beer cup gold award to make
things more comparable we'll divide all
the prices into a 300 mil can size so
this one 101 and 60 cents per can 90 old
fox isn't that from naruto yeah the nine
tail fox 99 damn this thing is old it
looks like something jesus would dream
oh damn eleven percent alcohol it's like
taking a shot
okay i'm excited to try this out rococo
tokyo white brewed in shizuoka about 10
dollars and 60 cents self-proclaimed
japan's first luxury beer this hitter
was crafted to be served alongside the
finest cuisines in japan this five and a
half percent beer has a fruity aroma
creamy texture and a sharp finish
designed to be enjoyed in a wine glass
it's very popular with michelin
restaurants usually they say if you have
like a japanese meal like a kaiseki it's
really difficult to drink with beer but
this one it goes well with kaiseki meals
it goes well with french meals did i
remember that correctly almost what did
i miss the beer usually don't go well
because the food is too elegant or the
french meal structure is complicated so
the beer basically kills it so this is
designed for a very complicated meal
brewery
so that's that upright monkey brood and
nagano about 10.70
aged in wine barrels for 12 months
before bottling then another 10 months
for a second and third fermentation in
bottle it delivers a refreshing scent
derived from sage and a spicy citrus
from japanese peppers creating a clear
citrus taste all in a six and a half
percent beer oh look at that now though
it says batch zero zero one bottled on
20 20. look at that it's the first batch
and it looks like it's been a
partnership between tamamura honten and
upright brewing
probably just use the same bottles it
does look quite expensive though it says
barrel aged yama bushi
means monk on the mountain oh really
feather stuff
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so it's like a monk's beer boo-boo
okay so that is the upright monkey
kaguwa blanc special edition 2018 brewed
in yamanashi about 15
this limited edition bottle from 2018
creates a fresh yuzu ester and sanso
flavor experience with a soft
carbonation coming strong at 10 and a
secondary fermentation in bottle this
unique hitter has a five year expiration
date meaning it gets better with age the
next one is kagua
it looks like straight up wine bottle
quality this one is also pretty high 10
kaguya blank so it's kind of like a
white beer including yuzu
it's kind of like a numbing pepper i
cannot imagine the sunshine
not you just want a drink huh
you're like stop telling me about all
this beer finally this is
one of everybody asahi super dry asahi
super dry brewed all over japan about a
dollar and seventy cents loved by
japanese locals and first time visitors
it's known for its katakuchi taste
meaning dry it has a refreshing crisp
and clear taste perfect for any meal or
breakup helping people find their smile
since 1987 you'll find this five percent
beer everywhere you go in japan so there
is the gauntlet we have five different
beers for natto to taste you ready for
this i'm ready i'm very excited it's
been one hour tomorrow
freedom
you know what to shake things up we're
gonna first do a blind taste test to see
if we can match the beer with a bottle
also a quick reminder natto still
doesn't know the price of each beer and
to make things comparable we've broken
down the actual bottle price into a 350
mil can size let's see how this goes
right now we have all five beers in
front of us labeled one two three four
five i have my set he has his sets just
looking at the colors right now
obviously number four is probably the
darkest and
one is maybe the lightest i don't know
what do you see what do you see it's not
a game just like this check it out
number two i found this one i don't even
have to taste this one yeah like i can't
see the color totally outside oh really
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so this is not the most expensive so i
think we've already knocked one off wow
that was quick i didn't expect you
to know that that was asahi's right off
the bat but
good work since you already know let's
just have a cheers to that one
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with this video okay go ahead and tell
me i'm going to reduce one okay the one
number one
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to be honest it's really easy to drink
it's one of those like summer beers
can i venture to say that it's one of
those beers that you can probably eat
with a very sophisticated meal almost
like a little like a wine but like just
very mellow
why did you compare with the five thank
you michael we're getting lost
we're gonna try five here i mean if you
compare the two one and five i believe
one looks a little bit lighter and five
looks like more of a golden brown pretty
similar pretty similar number means
giving garnet
oh man that is completely different than
the other beers
that is so fruity you can like taste the
acid in there the number five is
number one
i think number one is rococo just
because it's so like simple what do you
think
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like citrusy
i'm learning english
it's just so stretchy
yeah something that hit my stomach
number five alcohol is supposed to be
6.5
not so strong
i think
this one is from
what it is
i would have to say
it's upright monkey
number two that's like he's gone now
yeah he's gonna that was a long time ago
i agree i'll probably wonky the answer
there we go let's go hey you want to
take a fried chicken break
yes
you can choose
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so we're taking a quick fried chicken
break what do you guys think so far
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finish your food first michael you're
doing great too at like just helping us
like a journey next week
she's not johnny knoxville jackass
so we are left with number three and
four and then from there we can decide
which one's the most expensive what did
you what did you say
i just want to try for us
number four we have to the wine shop no
let's just taste i'll get this okay okay
wow that is strong
it definitely has that like smoky taste
but at the same time i can't drink
whiskey i'm not a whiskey drinker i can
drink this i can't drink whiskey it's a
lot smoother than whiskey i mean for
sure right it's beer yeah i think you
should taste it
oh my god
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[Laughter]
my brain is not working as fast as
normal
number four is nine third fox
i agree but this one that definitely has
like a fruitier taste to it is it
fruitier than a five number five is a
lot lighter and i would say
exponentially fruitier what do you think
let me take it otonami
i think regular people will put it in
their hand your hands got daddy
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what about the sakurai much more rather
than number five no five is lighter you
sure three is way heavier than five what
do you think everyone
you can't drink
i think we got to the point where we
have named all five of the drinks right
so now let me know which one you think
is most expensive most expensive number
two is gone
literally it's gone nineteen folks
nineteen foxes
so here's how here's how i would put it
in order i had nine tails i had upright
kagula rokoko and then asahi
is it nine taylor fox kaguwa rococo
number one
massive kogan beer nineteen
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okay you're wrong
you can you can be a massive beer
i am i am number three
it's a bright monkey oh
the rules have
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but i had upright monkey as my first one
so
there we go
and then so i had rokoko and he had
upright asahi is probably last right i
don't need to even say that so i mean we
both got the first one the last one
right
there we go
plus one all right so this is the most
expensive bottle the nine tails
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there you go this is the most expensive
beer in japan at least from what we can
search on the internet
we're going to close it you guys didn't
decide which one you liked the best um
i think i would go with kaguya because
it has that still has that foodie to
just trace it's still strong and it kind
of is like a mix between all it's like a
strong ipa with the citrus flavor i
think that's the one i would go with my
favorite is
apply monkey i usually drink beer only
for drinking
soda
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