Due to those factors, success in low-malt beer production and sales was considered difficult, and the low-malt business petered out for a while, although low-malt was defined by Liquor Tax Act, no companies entered low-malt business for a long time.
これらの要因などから発泡酒で成功を収めるのは難しいと考えられ、発泡酒は酒税法で定義されているものの長期間参入する企業が無い状況が続き、休眠状態のジャンルとなってしまう。