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HOtty is a variety of what is called happoshu in Japanese, which is officially translated as "sparkling spirits".
AMPONTAN 2010
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"happoshu" low-malt, beer-like beverage fell amid slumping personal consumption and price hikes in March.
JCN Newswire 2008
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Alcohol content varies from 4% to 7%, and due to low tax rates one can of supermarket own-brand costs 88 yen (84 US cents or 45 UK pennies) for 330 millitres, close to half the price of branded beer, or about a third less than happoshu, and even cheaper when you consider the price per unit of alcohol.
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Due to excise laws in Japan taxing beer based partially on malt content, happoshu was created as a cheap low-malt or malt-free brew with gas added for a beer-like effect.
Mmmmm, foreign beer 2008
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First there was happoshu, a most foul fizzy alcohol drink, then there was third sector beer brewed from non-traditional ingredients like corn, peas, and old socks.
Nibbles 2009
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Q1: In normal circumstances, do you differentiate between premium beers and standard beers, happoshu, etc?
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Though you can get sake at any 7-Eleven, but then again it competes with unknown to Americans beverages like happoshu (beer on a budget) and chu-hi (shochu highball in a can).
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Japan taxes beer based on malt content, so about 10 years ago an enterprising brewery came out with a beverage called happoshu.
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The government originally translated happoshu as “sparkling spirits”, but cooler heads prevailed, and it was changed to “low malt beer”.
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Regardless of how it tastes, quasi-beer has a tax rate of 24.20 yen for a 350 ml. can, just a little shy of half the tax on happoshu.
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