May 2015

Shiga Kogen House IPA from Tamamura Honten is their take on an imperial/double IPA style, one that has proven to be popular in the USA of recent. It is brewed …

The crazy frog makes an appearance again at BeerTengoku with Osaka Kuni no Cho Kura Kolsch, a kölsch style beer from Kotobuki Shuzo. It has an abv of 5% and a …

Ginga Kogen Shiro Beer, or Ginga Kogen Precious White Beer, is the lesser-spotted sibling in Ginga Kogen Beer’s range . It’s so hard to find that I’ve only ever seen it …

Brimmer Brewing, based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, is a small microbrewery that is owned by Scott Brimmer and his wife Yoshiko Brimmer. Along with Chris Macomber, Brimmer Brewing have been making …

Baird Bureiko Jikan Strong Golden Ale is a Belgian strong ale spring seasonal beer from Baird Beer. Spring time is usually associated with new workers joining companies in Japan and …

And you thought Hakkaisan was just a brand of sake, right? Hakkaisan Izumi Weizen is a 5% hefeweizen made in Niigata by Hakkaisan Sake Brewing. It is available in both …

Harajuku Taproom is, for me, a safe haven in the throngs of the Harajuku masses that envelop me every time I go there. The screaming schoolgirls, the crazy cosplayers, the …

How to be a cool beer by Aqula Nme Neigaa in three easy steps: Be a beer. Preferably one that is not a regular everyday beer; Be difficult to find …

Inawashiro Brown Weizen follows up from the Inawashiro Weizen here by being a dunkelweizen, or a dark weizen, style beer. It’s a seasonal beer though only released in winter and …

The Swan Lake B-IPA series continues with this Swan Lake #B-IPA, aka Swan Lake Belgian-IPA, addition to contrast against the Swan Lake Black IPA. It is a spring seasonal special that has an abv of …