"Imported" Kirin not actually from Japan

A Florida judge ordered Anheuser-Busch to pay a $.50 a six-pack refund to anyone who bought their beer deceptively labeled as "Imported" and "Japan's Prime brew."

Via Grubstreet:

The lager hasn't been made within 5,000 miles of Japan or with any Japanese ingredients since 1996, when A-B took over brewing so that Americans could finally "enjoy Kirin products with brewery-fresh flavor," but the prospect of confusion was apparent enough to a Florida judge that he's signed off on a settlement…