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"FacebookPinterest\n\nIf you didn\u2019t know better, you\u2019d probably think of Japanese beer as Asahi and Sapporo tall boys. If you kind of did, you might remember that Hitachino white ale you had at Momofuku or someplace\u2014citrusy, effervescent, delicious. But there\u2019s more. The country that brought us human Tetris can\u2019t possibly make only boring beer. It doesn\u2019t: Japan is in the middle of its own craft brew revolution. The beers are hard to find stateside, except for the two big ones, Hitachino and Echigo. But that\u2019s OK, because there\u2019s enough variety in just those two brands to explore how weird Japanese beer can be.\n\nHitachino\u2019s Sweet Stout is totally different from their more popular white ale, and nothing like any stout you\u2019ve ever had. It\u2019s dark and sweet with a very subtle chocolate note. But then there\u2019s the milk. It\u2019s brewed with lactose (milk sugar), which makes it really thick and tart, kind of like a lambic, but honestly, more like yogurt. Think of the faint sourness in a Hershey bar, and you\u2019re close. It\u2019s seriously awesome, and really easy to drink, plus it\u2019s only rivaled by the Stiegl tall boy or good ol\u2019 Red Stripe as the best looking beer around.\n\n(Check back every Monday for \u2019The Draft\u2019. Previously, we tried Bacon Beer and Barleywine.)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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