Craft Beer in Japan

Shinya Suzuki is a brewmaster in Yokohama with a sharp sense of dedication. On his brewery’s website, there is the stated goal of...

Umenishiki is an old-line sake brewery founded in the 5th year of the Meiji Period (1872). They received their license to brew be...

The most exciting (and controversial) style this past year in the beer world has been the NE IPA. Standing for either the Northea...

When Gareth Burns, a 32-year-old from Philadelphia, decided to start a brewery up in Tohoku, the most northern region of Honshu, ...

Ian Miller came to Japan to snowboard when he was 19.  “I was really into snowboarding and met so many Japanese people ba...

Soon after Baird Beer was founded, it rapidly established a reputation as one of the best microbreweries in Japan. Not only was t...

Many of our readers already know that Vancouver, Canada, is a great urban base for outdoor activities. This beautiful city is sur...

From back porch home-brewing to a state-of-the-art sustainable-minded brewery on the Izu Peninsula, Baird Beer has grown up conti...

Tucked in a tiny corner of Shinjuku, about a seven-minute walk from the South Exit of JR Shinjuku Station (although technically s...

When you consider how many friendships are created or cemented over a pint of beer, perhaps it should be no surprise the craft br...

I have known about the Meguro Tavern for years, considering it one of Tokyo’s better and more authentic English pubs, particularl...

Cuisine has its seasons and so do beverages. As winter sets in, beer drinkers tend to move toward stronger brews. Rich malts ...