What are "dry" beers?

Answer 1

Dry is a category of beer originally developed in Japan by Asahi Breweries in 1987. The "dry" refers to the amount of unconverted sugar left in the beer after fermentation. In dry beer, nearly all the sugar is converted in to alcohol due to the long fermentation period. Dry beer is supposed to have a crisp, clean finish and less aftertaste.

This is considered a niche category of beer with it not achieving great success outside Japan and Canada and to a lesser extent Australia.

Asahi Super Dry remains the #1 selling beer in Japan. In Australia there is one main dry beer produced by Tooheys called Tooheys Extra Dry, colloquially known as "Teddies", which with heavy marketing has been successful to the point where they have released Tooheys Extra Dry Platinum. Carlton Premium Dry and Hahn Super Dry are more examples that have recently been re-released in response to the success of Tooheys Extra Dry.

Answer 2

Dry is a category of beer originally developed in Japan by Asahi Breweries in 1987. The "dry" refers to the amount of unconverted sugar left in the beer after fermentation. In dry beer, nearly all the sugar is converted in to alcohol due to the long fermentation period. Dry beer is supposed to have a crisp, clean finish and less aftertaste.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_beer

Answer 3

Dry beer -- A Japanese style based on American lager; the yeast is encouraged to consume more fermentables, resulting in a crisper finish and an unusually subtle hop flavor

Answer 4

"Dry" beer was developed in Japan. Using more adjuncts (like corn and rice) and genetically altered yeasts, these beers ferment more completely and have less residual sweetness, and hence less aftertaste.

Answer 5

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