世論 What Japan Thinks

Back in May goo Ranking published the results of one of their quick web polls into people’s favourite foreign beer. As usual for goo Ranking, no demographic information is available, and the score for each beer is the percentage of the votes it received compared to the number one choice.

Sadly, but not really unexpected, Budweiser (not the real Budvar, sadly) scooped number one slot. However, many of the beers voted for are, I would guess, local beers brewed under licence. I’ve had “Indian” Kingfisher lager that was imported to Japan from the UK, and in Los Angeles I once had Asahi Super Dry with “IMPORTED” boldly stamped on the label, only to find the small print indicating it had come from Canada.

Q: What is your favourite foreign beer?

Rank	Beer	Score
1	Budweiser	100
2	Heineken	57.9
3	Corona Extra	24.2
4	Guinness	23.6
5	Holstein	17.8
6	Coors	15.8
7	Carsberg	11.1
8	Dressler	8.4
9	Miller	7.4
10	Tsingtao	5.4
11	Shingha	5.1
12	Tiger	4.0
13	XXXX	3.0
14	Steinlager	3.0
15	Pilsner Urquell	2.7
16	Fosters	2.7
17	Kronenberg	2.0
18	OB Beer	2.0
19	Maharaja	1.7
20	Apollo	1.3