Oshaku Kentei
The Japanese Beer-Pouring Exam
Only for iPhone
Expected Nov 20, 2026 · Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
I am Awasaka Chuzaemon, 13th Iemoto of the Shichisan-ryu School of Pouring. Seven parts beer, three parts foam. Hold your iPhone as a bottle and pour. I do not smile.
I am Awasaka Chuzaemon, the thirteenth Iemoto of the Shichisan-ryu School of Pouring.
Seven parts beer. Three parts foam. The pour is the heart. Those who cannot keep this have no right to say Kanpai.
Bottles and glasses are now boards in the hand. Tilt your iPhone and pour. I will judge you with a straight face.
Oshaku Kentei is the official pouring exam of the school. Your iPhone becomes the bottle or the glass. Tilt it to pour beer, and aim for the perfect glass: seven parts beer, three parts foam.
THREE EXAMS
- Pouring Exam (1 player): You cannot see the glass. Pour 7:3 with your mind's eye.
- Receiving Exam (1 player): Do not merely accept the pour. Tilt your glass to meet it.
- Face-to-Face Exam (2 players): Two iPhones. One is the bottle, one is the glass. Pour across the table, then touch the bottoms of the two iPhones together. Kanpai.
THE ETIQUETTE IS JUDGED
- Label to the heavens, so that the label may breathe.
- Pour in three parts. To pour it all at once is to rush the bottle.
- A glass, too, must wake up. Tilt it at first. Stand it up as it fills.
- Tip your glass to drink before Kanpai and it is a false start.
RANKS AND TITLES
Earn a rank from Apprentice to 3rd Dan, and Meijin for those who master the etiquette too. Every result comes with a title, such as Child of Seven-Three, Foam Alchemist or Pours for the Floor.
CERTIFICATE, BOOK OF TITLES AND RANKINGS
- Receive a certificate from the Iemoto, written in Japanese with an English translation. Enter your name and it is written on the certificate. Share it as an image.
- Your titles, best records, the faces of the Iemoto and your highest rank are kept in the Book of Titles. Collect all nine titles.
- Compete in all-time and weekly rankings for each exam on Game Center, with the beer, rank and title of each pour.
NOTES
- Hold your iPhone firmly and do not drop it. Never strike the two iPhones hard. The school does not pay for screens.
- The Face-to-Face Exam needs this app on both iPhones. The distance between them is measured on iPhones that support Nearby Interaction.
- This app is a game of pretending to pour beer. It does not encourage drinking.
- Seven plus three plus one is eleven tenths. The school does not acknowledge this.
Practice. The school awaits your pour.
- Awasaka Chuzaemon, 13th Iemoto of the Shichisan-ryu School
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Information
- Seller
- Yutaka Kato
- Size
- 22.3 MB
- Category
- Casual
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Japanese
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
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- © 2026 Yutaka Kato
