Dry is a category of beer originally developed in Japan by Asahi Breweries in 1987. The "dry" refers to the amount of unconverted sugar left in the beer after fermentation. In dry beer, nearly all the sugar is converted in to alcohol due to the long fermentation period. Dry beer is supposed to have a crisp, clean finish and less aftertaste. A selection of bottled beers A selection of cask beers Beer is one of the worlds oldest alcoholic beverages, possibly brewed for the first time over 10,000 years ago, according to renowned beer writer Michael Jackson. ... Asahi Breweries, Ltd. ... Magnified crystals of refined sugar Magnification of typical sugar In general use, non-scientists take sugar to mean sucrose, also called table sugar or saccharose, a white crystalline solid disaccharide. ... Fermentation typically refers to the conversion of sugar to alcohol using yeast. ... This article is about the chemical compound. ...
In the 1990s, this style of beer found some brief popularity in the United States. Several of the major brewing companies, including Anheuser-Busch (maker of Budweiser), and Miller produced dry beers. The style has all but died out since then, with the exception of Molson Dry, brewed in Canada by Molson Breweries. It is the number 1 selling beer in Quebec grocery stores. Anheuser-Busch NYSE: BUD, the worlds third largest brewing company in volume after InBev and SABMiller, is based in St. ... Budweiser label The packaging plant at the Anheuser-Busch headquarters in St. ... Miller Brewing is a large American piss maker based in Milwaukee. ... Molson Inc. ...
Asahi Super Dry remains the #1 selling beer in Japan. Asahi Breweries, Ltd. ...
In fact, Asahi, which developed the drybeer process managed to parlay their technological wonder beer into a bona fide tsunami of sales, catapulting them into the front ranks of Japanese beer sales and knocking formerly untouchable Sapporo Lager for a loop as drinkers turned to the much lower quality, but "fashionable" drybeer.
Drybeers also undergo an extended lagering period to smooth the body as far as possible, and then they are all filtered at extremely fine levels --- unacceptably fine levels for any other style --- not only to remove yeast and proteins, but also to deliberately remove flavor contributors and to lighten the color.
Asahi Super Dry is a plague on the beer drinking world that should be avoided at all cost ---- the only thing worse to be exported from the Far East is the SARS virus --- but a vial of SARS virus has more flavor and probably won't give you the runs as badly.