Japan's external trade organisation has sought to market shochu and awamorias premium drinks for discerning foreign tipplers, but few are biting (or sipping).
Drink of choice, non-alcohol would be either Cola or water, just alcohol wise it could be anything from a good whiskey, tequila, Soju, beer, and that's about it.
And she gave him some good beef-tea, a slice of mutton, a piece of bacon, and sometimes small glasses of brandy, that he had not the strength to put to his lips.