We were tipped off about Sapporo Craft Beer Forest last year, just after it finished thanks to a reader (cheers Darren!) and he strongly recommended this year’s iteration, ingeniously called Sapporo Craft …
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Following up on the tails of its sibling Sankt Gallen Kansha No Nama White/Kogane, comes Sankt Gallen Kansha No Nama Black/Kuro, a 5.4% stout from Sankt Gallen. Like the White/Kogane version, the …
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Shiga Kogen No 10 Anniversary IPA is an IPA beer brewed to celebrate the anniversary of Tamamura Honten’s Shiga Kogen range of beers in 2014. It has an abv of …
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Background North Island Beer is a craft beer brand brewed by SOC Brewing at its factory in the suburbs of Sapporo that started out in 2003. Two beer-loving college friends …
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Parts of this article appeared in my review for K’s Brewing Brewmaster Blonde Dry Ale. The reason I’m writing this soapbox article stems from the bloody awful label on an …
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The biggest beer festival near the Japan sea is back with Tanabata BeerFesta Toyama 2015, the last one it seems too if the advertising is to be believed. Dwindling numbers and other …
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BeerFes moves down to the Kansai region in Osaka for a weekend for more beer and festivities in Osaka. Spread over three days from Friday 17th July to Sunday 19th July, BeerFes …
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Kinshachi IPA is Morita Kinshachi’s take on the India pale ale that has been redesigned and restyled since I last tried it in 2012. How do I remember that? Well, …
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2015 sees the Nippon Craft Beer Festival make its first appearance in the Enoshima area on Shonan’s shores on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July. The Enoshima area is a hugely …
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Echigo Pale Ale is a 5% English style pale ale straight out of Niigata from Echigo Beer. The description on the bottle reads along the lines of someone having consumed …