Category
Craft Beer
Food and DrinksCraft Beer
Japan has a long history of brewing world-class sake and shochu and craft beer has come on to the scene in Japan in a big way. Local craft beer breweries are popping up in rural areas where access to clean water and fresh ingredients create fertile grounds for making some great beer. American brewers and Japanese brewers have collaborated on some interesting brews and the influences are seen in both places as Japanese beers are now at many of the major international beer festivals and American craft brewers living in Japan and visiting have had a significant influence on the craft beer scene in Japan.
Craft Beer
Quality Brew from Shikoku
Umenishiki is an old-line sake brewery founded in the 5th year of the Meiji Period (1872). They received their license to brew be...
Beer Buzz
Don’t Be Bitter
The most exciting (and controversial) style this past year in the beer world has been the NE IPA. Standing for either the Northea...
Craft Beer
Be Easy in Tohoku
When Gareth Burns, a 32-year-old from Philadelphia, decided to start a brewery up in Tohoku, the most northern region of Honshu, ...
Craft Beer
The Sweeter Side
Sweetness is one of the primary tastes and, in moderation, most people enjoy a bit of sweetness now and again. We have evolved th...
Craft Beer
The Hakuba Taproom
Ian Miller came to Japan to snowboard when he was 19. “I was really into snowboarding and met so many Japanese people ba...
The Local Brew
Baird Beer
Soon after Baird Beer was founded, it rapidly established a reputation as one of the best microbreweries in Japan. Not only was t...
Beer Buzz
Have Beer? Will Travel
Many of our readers already know that Vancouver, Canada, is a great urban base for outdoor activities. This beautiful city is sur...
Craft Beer
From the Fish Market to the World Market
From back porch home-brewing to a state-of-the-art sustainable-minded brewery on the Izu Peninsula, Baird Beer has grown up conti...