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Osaka Brewery

Suita, Osaka, Japan

ClosedOwnership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1889
Closed
Year unknown
Archive ID
TB-ZQJDTW30
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From the record

Summary

Recorded in the source workbook as "Osaka Brewery / Asahi Beer lineage". Continuity as recorded: Merged into dainippon beer IN 1906. Historical corporate brewery. Founder: Komakichi Torii (first president). Owner/parent as recorded: Historical / none. Founded in 1889; Suita brewery completed in 1891; Asahi Beer launched in 1892. Historical Osaka Brewery is distinct from the current Asahi operating company.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

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The Beer Library

Beers

Asahi Beer (1892 original)

HISTORICAL ORIGINAL

Lager

Released 1892. Launched in May 1892 by Osaka Brewery.

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On the record

Awards

  • 1900

    Highest award — Beer / official company wording — Asahi Beer (1892 original)

    Paris Exposition

  • 1893

    Highest award — Beer / official company wording — Asahi Beer (1892 original)

    World's Columbian Exposition

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Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record compiled in Tally's Japan master, Pass 01 — national and historical anchors (research workbook), which cited https://www.asahigroup-holdings.com/en/company/history/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.

    Tally's Japan master, Pass 01 — national and historical anchors (research workbook) · Compiled with ChatGPT web search under the Tally's workbook protocol · 2026-08

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19

Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Osaka Brewery

Is Osaka Brewery still open?
No. Osaka Brewery has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Recorded in the source workbook as "Osaka Brewery / Asahi Beer lineage". Continuity as recorded: Merged into dainippon beer IN 1906. Historical corporate brewery. Founder: Komakichi Torii (first president). Owner/parent as recorded: Historical / none. Founded in 1889; Suita brewery completed in 1891; Asahi Beer launched in 1892. Historical Osaka Brewery is distinct from the current Asahi operating company.
When was Osaka Brewery founded?
Osaka Brewery was founded in 1889 in Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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