ThatVideoKid: yeah, definitely all craft isn't quality, but I do think that in craft beer quality tends to matter more. In the big guys case it's drinkability for a mass market, make the least offensive beer. Like McDonalds.
Yeah, their pricing is lower, but I don't view that as an argument for them. WalMart has lower prices also, but I don't like them either. Craft beer isn't that much more expensive, especially if you look at ABV, how long it takes to drink one, etc... And I think it's not such a bad thing that it costs 50cents more a beer, we value cheapness too much, but that just gives us cheap products. I don't think it's laughable to say that quality should be the main concern. Of course price matters, but quality matters more. And craft beer flourishing means it's 12% of the market. Yeah it's a big market, but 12% is not so big.
WorldDivides: yeah, it's 100% subjective, there's no such thing as objective quality or good taste. I know that what I think is good others may not, and that's fine. This is just ado versatile where we share our subjective opinions. I don't mock my friends and say they are wrong for drinking Asahi but I do think it's gross. Just like we don't always like the same craft beers. Most of Hitachino beers I'm not such ph a fan of, their lager is their best IMO, and yeah they definitely make a lager. It's in a can and a bottle. I can go 10 minutes to Seijo Ishii in the Hankyu Umeda station and pick one up like I did a few weeks ago. I haven't tried Bairds lager or Minohs Pilsner, but Minoh is usually standard, not great. I'm not a huge fan of most Japanese craft beers I've tried. Shiga Koen is good and a new one just opened in Kyoto that's ok, but it focuses on Belgian beers. Anyways....
yeah the police don't care. They say it's too hard to judge if it's more than one percent and not worth they trouble. It's like jaywalking. But it being illegal still dissuades many and stops things like having homebrew competitions. I do hope that the laws change, but the big guys here are fighting against that and they have lots of power. I can't respect anyone that actively uses their power to crush their competitors in an unfair manner, hence me wishing they'd go away.
Applescrap: 55 entries, yeah, one of the less popular. Look at how many entered vs the others. Even in that picture out of 8 shown only 2 had less entries. I'm not saying no one makes them, I'm saying they aren't a focus of most craft breweries. Also, I'm curious what the other entires were.