A great list of Japan's super tasty canned sparkling wines

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🤗 01 History of Sparkling Wine

This bubbly is actually very Japanese, as it itself originated in a unique Japanese cultural context.

In the 1950s, it was very popular in Japan to drink Highball (Highball) cocktails, which were made from a mixture of whisky and soda, but in the 1980s, as the tax on whisky became higher, the Japanese began to look for a drink that could replace whisky, and finally everyone chose Japanese shochu.

This low-alcohol drink, blended with shochu, was very popular in Japan for a time and was very popular with the general public. After that, various flavors appeared, such as using oolong tea to shochu, green tea to shochu, and so on, but these were basically sold in Japanese izakaya. After work, the Japanese people, with their colleagues and friends into an izakaya, we began to drink and eat skewers, while chatting, such a picture we can often see in various Japanese dramas, but also the most real daily life of the Japanese people.

Beginning in 2000, these canned low-proof alcoholic beverages began to become popular on the market, and now, we see alcoholic beverages that are generally made by using soju, vodka, whiskey, and other liquors as the base, and then blending them with a variety of flavored fruit juices plus plenty of carbonation.

🤗 02 How to choose a sparkling wine

◆ Look at the alcohol content

First of all this kind of sparkling wine can be categorized by alcohol into three main categories: One is the one with an alcohol content of 7% or more, which is more suitable for people who have a good capacity for drinking and can accept the flavor of alcohol; One is about 5 to 6% alcohol content, this kind of words will generally occasionally drink some people are able to accept, the taste of alcohol is much lighter than the high number of; The last kind is the alcohol content of 4% and below, this kind of wine basically everyone can drink, it is very light flavor, more like sweet mouth bubbly drink, but not often drinkers will still have a little bit of a slightly drunken feeling after drinking.

Suntory, one of the most famous brands of sparkling wine in Japan, has produced a series of low-alcohol sparkling wines called “Microbrew”.

◆ Look at the base liquor

We can also categorize them into distilled spirits, liqueurs and shochu according to the base liquor.

Distilled spirits, also known as spirits, generally refer to vodka, gin and other high-count spirits, generally more than half of these liquors on the market use vodka as the base. When distilled spirits are used as a base, it is characterized by a refreshing aftertaste. It is not suitable for people who like to drink sweet drinks, because it is usually not very sweet, and the taste of alcohol is slightly strong, but usually add lemon juice and other fruit juices, so if it is a person who likes fruits, you can try it~.

Liqueurs, as I've mentioned in previous posts, are alcoholic beverages made from distilled spirits, often flavored with fruits, nuts, herbs, spices, flowers, or cream, and sweetened with cane sugar or high fructose corn syrup before bottling. Therefore, if this kind of wine is used as the base wine, its overall flavor will be more sweet, and generally more fruity.

Lastly, as mentioned at the beginning, shochu was a popular sparkling wine back in the day. Japanese shochu is similar in taste to our white wine, so the overall flavor of this type of wine as a base is quite spicy, and as the wine enters the mouth and slides down the throat into the stomach, the entire esophagus and nasal passages are filled with the aroma of the shochu itself. If you like the slightly spicy but sweet taste of the wine itself, you should try this sparkling wine with shochu as the base!

🤗 03 A great recommendation for good Japanese sparkling wine!

◆ TaKaRa|Canned Lemon Cava (Alcohol content: 8%)

Once you talk about canned lemon sparkling wine in Japan, TaKaRa's Canned Lemon Sparkling Wine comes to the mind of many people. Its ingredients are simple: shochu, lemon and water. The degree is a little high, but the taste is refreshing and slightly tart, making it perfect for summer!

Reference price per can: 197 yen

◆ Suntory|Microbrew Series Sparkling Wine (Alcohol content: 3%)

You can find a few microbrew series in almost all supermarkets or convenience stores in Japan, and for those who are strong drinkers, you probably won't even feel its alcoholic flavor when you drink this wine. However, the low alcohol content and the sweet taste have made it a hit with many people, and there are really a lot of options to choose from, with a wide variety of flavors to suit you~.

Reference price per can: 124 yen

◆ Sapporo Beer (SAPPORO)|99.99 Refreshing Orange Flavor Canned Sparkling Wine (Alcohol Content: 9%)

This is a must-have for alcohol lovers as it is made from high-purity vodka as the base spirit and contains less than 0.01% of organic matter other than ethanol. The limited refreshing orange flavor has not only the sweet and sour taste of orange, but also the soft fruity aroma of orange.

Reference price per can: 130 yen

◆ Asahi Beer (Asahi) | Slat Aloe Vera White Sparkling Wine (Alcohol content: 3%)

With 0% sugar, 60% less calories, and the addition of aloe vera granules that have a cosmetic effect, this is a great drink for dieters who like to sip but care about their bodies. The base of this sake is a yogurt-flavored liqueur, and the sweet and sour taste with aloe vera sounds super appealing!

Reference price per can: 125 yen

◆ Coca-Cola | Lemonade Lemon Canned Sparkling Wine (Alcohol content: 5%)

Lemonade comes in several flavors, each with a different lemon juice and alcohol content, but the most popular is this “Tingpan Lemon” with 10% juice and 5% alcohol. The Japanese word “jingban” translates to “basic product,” which means that this product is always available and is the most representative product of the brand or series. The acidity of this product is moderate, and the alcohol level is not too high, so it's perfect for having a drink with your meal~.

Reference price per can: 148 yen

◆ Kirin (KIRIN) Ice Clean ZERO Lemon from Sicily (Alcohol content: 5%)

There are many different flavors in this series, and this one is very healthy as it contains no sugar, no purines and no artificial sweeteners. The restored juice is made with Sicilian lemons and has the fresh aroma and sweet and sour flavor of freshly squeezed lemons.

Reference price per can: 117 yen

◆ KIRIN Freshly squeezed grapefruit sparkling wine (Alcohol content: 6%)

This is a sparkling wine made from freshly squeezed grapefruit juice and vodka, which is the same as what you can drink at an izakaya. As its name suggests, it is indeed made only from freshly squeezed grapefruit juice and vodka blended without saccharin, flavors or coloring agents. With a juice content of 28%, it has a tart, refreshing flavor.

Reference price per can: 121 yen

◆ Suntory| -196℃ STRONG ZERO Double Lemon (Alcohol content: 9%)

Without purine, saccharin and preservatives, only fresh lemon is used, which is instantly frozen in liquid nitrogen at -196 degrees Celsius, then crumbled into powder, and then soaked in vodka to make lemon macchiato. Lemon juice is then added to the lemonade, making it twice as lemony and twice as tart!

Reference price per can: 120 yen

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Canned sparkling wine is introduced to you here, I hope there is one that can make your heart beat!

If you have the opportunity, you must buy a few cans and put them in the refrigerator, wait until the hot summer days, open a can, let the stimulating carbon dioxide to wash away the day's fatigue, and wait for the cold wine to go down, instantly soothes you all the dry heat!