Winning Brew

If you're anything like me, you've come down with a horrible case of World Baseball Classic Fever or H.E.R.P.E.S. for short. (Acronyms have never been my strong suit.) Anyway, Asahi has produced the perfect remedy: Winning Brew. It's not actually beer. It's a beer flavored drink called happoshu. The tax on malted beverages is incredibly high in Japan, so breweries produce these cheaper beverages that use less than 25% malt. An added bonus is that it tastes horrible and gives you a horrible hangover. It makes me wonder if Coors Light wouldn't be considered beer in Japan. The can is also made to look like a baseball, making it roughly three times fun as normal beers to throw at people's heads. The WBC is actually a pretty big deal in Japan.