Asahi Breweries

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Asahi Breweries, Ltd.
Location	Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
Owner(s)	Asahi Breweries, Ltd.
Year opened	1889
Active beers
Name Type Asahi Black Euro dark lager Asahi Draft Japanese rice lager Asahi Honnama Aqua Blue Happoshu Asahi Honnama Gold Happoshu Asahi Honnama Red Happoshu Asahi Kiwami Japanese rice lager Asahi Minorizanmai Japanese rice lager Asahi Select Euro pale lager Asahi Shinnama Happoshu Asahi Sparks Happoshu Asahi Stout Foreign stout / Export stout Asahi Super Dry Dry beer Asahi Super Malt Euro pale lager Beijing Beer Euro pale lager Koubo Number 111 German pilsener Koubo Number 318 German pilsener Koubo Number 787 German pilsener Koubo Number 920 German pilsener Mugi Kaoru Toki Happoshu

Asahi Breweries, Ltd. (アサヒビール株式会社 Asahi Bīru Kabushiki Gaisha) TYO: 2502 is the 2nd largest beer brewery in Japan and soft drink company based in Tokyo, Japan. The company originally led the Japanese craze for dry beer with Asahi Super Dry in 1987, leading to its dramatic turnaround in business performance, and surpassing former second ranker Sapporo Brewery in sales and profits.

Other beers produced are:

• Asahi Stout
• Asahi Z (dry lager)
• Asahi Gold (lager)
• Asahi Black black lager
• Asahi Prime Time German Style Lager (Only available in Japan)^photo

The Asahi Flamme d'Or building (a.k.a. Asahi Beer Hall) graces the skyline of Asakusa. It is known colloquially to locals as "kin no unchi" or "unchi biru" (literally, The Golden Turd or The Turd Building) on account of the shape of its golden flame.

In 1990, Asahi acquired a 19.9% stake in Australian brewery giant Elders IXL which has hence become the Foster's Group.

In 2009, Asahi acquired the Australian beverages unit of Cadbury Schweppes.

[edit] See also

• Asahi Soft Drinks

[edit] References

• Modern Brewery Age

[edit] External links

• Asahi Breweries, Ltd. official site

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