How to drink HoppyAugust 16th, 2007 by Adamu |
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Japan Times has an interesting article on the resurgence of Hoppy, a near-beer popular in the Showa era. I haven’t really liiked it but then I’ve never tried it like this:
The most popular way to drink Hoppy, which has remained unchanged to this day, is to mix it chilled with cold shochu in a proportion of five to one in a chilled glass.
August 17th, 2007 at 12:41 am
Wait, how did you drink Hoppy when you tried it? I thought this was the only possible way to drink the stuff.
August 17th, 2007 at 1:59 am
If you have no idea what youre doign you may just drink it from the bottle or mix it with nihonshu….. Perhaps I shouldnt disclose that
August 17th, 2007 at 11:16 am
日本酒? OK, drinking it from the bottle, I can see, but using nohnshu as a mixer with anything. . .
The thing with Hoppy is that it’s kind of like low-grade pseudo-happoshu anyway, so by the time it’s mixed with cheap shochu and ice, it becomes almost tasteless, which is a blessing because the shit is foul. It’s for show.
On those rare occasions when a foreigner visits me, I always give him Denki-Bran, because it’s specifically a Tokyo drink, but I don’t partake myself because those poor bastards – back before available beer, brandy, and whisky – suffered.
If you don’t know what you’re doing with Hoppy, be glad. It’s kind of like not knowing how to toss a dude’s salad in prison.
August 23rd, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Here are links to two interesting articles on Hoppy:
Hoppy and Artificial Nostalgia
http://clast.diamondagency.jp/en/?p=69
Hoppy enjoying comeback after radical shift in management
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20070815a1.html