Production in Japan was stopped in September 2015. If you have a dark Asahi beer after that, it is Dry Black. Bottle & can: Pasteurised. Ingredients: Dark roasted malt; hops; rice; maize; Asahi’s pure cultured yeast. Japan’s favourite dark beer. Brewed in Osaka, Asahi Black is made from three different roasted malts. This gives it a rich, nutty flavour and makes it incredibly smooth-drinking. Unlike other, more bitter dark beers and stouts, it’s brewed in a process called bottom fermentation, which gives it a subtle, sweet edge and smooth 5% abv.