Easy Drinking Anywhere - Recommended Non-Alcoholic Canned Sake from Japan

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🤗 01 Zero Carb, Zero Sugar Chardonnay Sparkling Wine

This non-alcoholic sparkling wine is a Chardonnay(note 1) flavored sparkling wine(note 2) produced by Asahi Brewing Company, and although the can design is said to be completely in line with the Asahi Group's austere and informative style, the aroma, sense of carbonation, and slightly tart fruity sense after opening the can almost completely recreates the clean and bright tartness and clear fruity flavor of a single-brewed Chardonnay, which is quite rare in the context of zero-calorie and zero-sugar. Happily, not only did the aroma and texture excel when I chose the right champagne glass to pour it in and drink it from, but the flavor profile was also quite impressive when I opened the can and drank it straight from the bottle. What's even more pleasing is that there's actually 1,000mg of vitamin C in a can. This is not only non-alcoholic, but also very tasty, and vitamin C supplement “wine”, popularity is justified.

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Note 1: Chardonnay is a medium-early ripening winemaking grape variety native to Burgundy, France, and has been welcomed by wineries around the world for its wide adaptability and versatility in style.

Note 2: Generally speaking, sparkling wine refers to the production of carbonic acid during the brewing process, resulting in bubbles in the body of the wine, such as Champagne and sparkling wine made from grapes other than Champagne, as well as the natural foaming of Japanese wine Sparking (スパークリング). There is also the term “sparkling wine”, which generally refers to wine that has been carbonated or carbonated drinks (colas, etc.), such as the bubbly Hi-Bar and Jack Daniel's Cola that are commonly found in supermarkets.

🤗 02 Zero Carb, Zero Sugar Blackcurrant Orange Sparkling Wine

This and the previous Zero Carb, Zero Sugar Chardonnay sparkling “wine” are the same flavorful drinks produced by Asahi Breweries, and the packaging is still uniformly plain. First of all, once you open the can, the flavor of blackcurrant is surprising, and even more surprising is that the liquid is actually a beautiful transparent pink, not the traditional blackcurrant orange wine of the kind of cloudy color, in terms of the value of it can be said to be very high. This is not only zero-calorie zero-sugar no burden and good to drink, but also added 1000 mg of collagen, while drinking can also be a beauty is also a two-in-one.

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🤗 03 Suntory Non-Alcoholic Gin & Tonic

Suntory, as a major beverage company, has released many non-alcoholic products. This non-alcoholic gin and tonic is one of the “のんある気分” (のんある means “non-alcoholic”) series.

Also a “triple-zero” product with zero calories, zero sugar, and zero alcohol, this can is modeled after Gin & Tonic, the most consumed gin and tonic in the world, and the aroma of tonic water is evident right after opening the can, followed by the freshness of lime. Although it's good enough to drink straight from the can, it's more recommended to drink it over ice in your favorite glass if you have the means to do so, and you'll be able to feel the aroma of the tonic water more easily. However, the shortcoming is that, without the addition of alcohol, the gin's aroma performance is slightly insufficient, perhaps later products will be even better.

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🤗 04 Suntory Alcohol-Free Pink Grape Sparkling Wine

Pink wines made with grape flesh and a small amount of grape skin are widely popular for their beautiful appearance and bright, slightly tannic taste with high acidity, and this non-alcoholic Pink Grape Sparkling Wine from Suntory mimics this off-dry pink wine.

Unlike many non-alcoholic drinks, not only is the surface of the can depicting very attractive purple grapes, but the juice itself has been added at 20%, making it fuller and rounder on the non-sweet palate, and the high-acid character seems less sharp. Add to that the addition of the wine pumped out flavor component, and the overall reproducibility is instantly enhanced. If I had to say that there is a drawback, a little more complexity would be perfect.

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🤗 05 Yuzu Wine by Sassy that won't get you drunk.

The Japanese yuzu is a marvelous fruit, the flesh of which is completely inedible and sour, and the seeds are enormous, but the aroma of the skin oil is particularly refreshing. Anyone who likes yuzu wine knows that all Japanese sake breweries, large and small, basically make yuzu wine, especially the yuzu wine of Nihon Sake Brewery, which combines the softness of sake with the freshness of yuzu, and has the terrific effect of making people drink too much without realizing it.

CHOYA, which is particularly famous for making plum wine, is actually making yuzu wine and has released this non-alcoholic yuzu wine soda that won't get you drunk. On the package, it is written “without adding any sour additives, flavors, colors”, and the alcohol content is 0.0%, so people have great doubts about the taste. However, these doubts are gone after opening the can, because it is too good smell, too good to drink! After opening the can, the first thing is the fresh and nice aroma of Japanese Yuzu, which is neither too strong nor too absent, and the mouthfeel is also very fragrant and soft, with just the right amount of bubbles, and the most surprising thing is that the slight bitterness brought by alcohol contained in Yuzu Wine has completely disappeared, and it is even better than the alcohol version of Yuzu Wine.

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🤗 06 Baojiu Makes Simkou Zero Ball

It's a non-alcoholic highball with a strange name, but it's a delicious non-alcoholic cocktail that mimics a lemon shawarma. After producing countless shochu, lemon shavas, and shochu hi-sticks, shochu maker Hoshizaki has finally set its sights on a non-alcoholic product. Compared to other non-alcoholic drinks, this Lemon Hi-Bar has an amazing taste - it actually tastes like shochu! It's light, but it doesn't feel any different from the usual shochu you get from Hoshu-zukuri. The reason for this is that it has added extracts of shochu flavor extracted from its own shochu, and although it doesn't contain alcohol, both the taste and texture are very similar to those that do, and it even makes you feel like you're drinking alcohol, and even has a hint of mental drunkenness to it.

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🤗 07 Suntory Non-Alcoholic Late Night Drinking Hi-Bar

We can't talk about the Hi-Bar without mentioning Suntory, from the corner bottle Hi-Bar, which opened up the Japanese whisky market, to the Shirakushu Hi-Bar, which is a departure from the Nikwai canned Hi-Bar, Suntory has gotten further and further along the path of making the Hi-Bar work, and has finally come up with a non-alcoholic Hi-Bar.

This non-alcoholic hi stick feels like it's going for the corner bottle non-alcoholic taste, because of the addition of distilled spirit flavor components (no alcohol), so the aroma performance is perfect, open the can like a regular corner bottle hi stick, but drink less real whiskey kind of rounded aged wood aroma. But it's perfectly adequate to satisfy the craving.

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🤗 08 Asahi “Dry - Zero” Non-Alcoholic Beer

How can you talk about non-alcoholic cans without mentioning beer?

When it comes to beer, Asahi's Super Dry is a favorite of many. This non-alcoholic beer has inherited the rich foam, smooth and clean taste of “Super Dry”, especially when you open the can and pour it out, it is exactly the same, and the bitterness and aroma of hops are very solid. The downside, however, is that the ingredients are different from ordinary beer, not using malt, but using food fiber and soy peptides as the main ingredients, although the amount of hops is very solid, but still missing some wheat flavor. However, as a non-alcoholic beer, the performance is already very commendable.

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🤗 09 Suntory ALL-FREE for your health!

Alcohol-free beer can sometimes be a healthy drink. Suntory actually combined beer and a healthy drink with this alcohol-free, calorie-free, sugar-free, and even added silver lindenoside extracted from rose hips. This ingredient, which is now very common in various weight loss and fat reduction products, is a magical substance that reduces visceral fat content by increasing the efficiency of fat breakdown in the liver and muscles. With the addition of this ingredient, not only do you not have to worry about gaining weight after drinking the beer, but you will also be able to get rid of belly fat without even realizing it, so there's nothing more wonderful than this, right? What's more, this non-alcoholic beer uses malt as the main ingredient, and the refreshing feeling and wheat flavor when you take a big gulp is on par with the alcoholic version.

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In fact, as demand increases, not only are new canned alcoholic beverages coming out, but canned non-alcoholic beverages are also coming out almost every month or two, so that when the body or the environment doesn't allow for the intake of alcohol, there are some delightful choices as well.

As the weather heats up, why not keep a can of non-alcoholic beverage handy and cheers!