Japan – Beer Travelist http://beertravelist.com Drink Well. Travel Far. Wed, 12 Aug 2020 05:03:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 http://beertravelist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-BT-logo-512-70x70.png Japan – Beer Travelist http://beertravelist.com 32 32 Six Pack #4 http://beertravelist.com/six-pack-craft-beer-news-travel-4/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 06:46:30 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=3249 Stone & Wood Blog – If you’ve read our feature story on the pride of Byron Shire brewing you know we’re big fans. Stone & Wood’s annual Northern Rivers Large Grants Program, which the brewery’s non-profit Ingrained Foundation manages, is a great example of how Stone & Wood consistently gives back to and supports its […]

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]]> Six Pack #3 http://beertravelist.com/six-pack-craft-beer-news-travel-3/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 02:14:33 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=3238 Good Beer Hunting – Stephanie Grant details her taproom-hopping experience in Asheville, NC, one of the top beer cities in the US, but this is one story with nary a mention of what she finds in the glasses. Instead, Grant puts us in her shoes as a Black woman navigating all but one venue in which […]

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]]> Six Pack #1 http://beertravelist.com/six-pack-craft-beer-travel-stories-news-1/ Wed, 25 Mar 2020 04:12:53 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=2839 Welcome to the first drop of “Six Pack,” our new escapism series spotlighting six beer- and travel-related stories (and sometimes other things) from around this lovely planet of ours. This comes on the heels of the other new series we debuted this week, “Last Pour,” which kicked off with Yggdrasil Brewing. We may play around […]

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]]> Last Pour: Bonus Quotes from Yggdrasil Brewing (and Friends) http://beertravelist.com/yggdrasil-brewing-japan-interview-craft-beer/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:30:14 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=2823 In Draft No. 4, his collection of essays concerning the craft of writing, nonfiction mastermind John McPhee writes the following regarding the process of selection every writer faces in a story: Writing is selection … It’s an utterly subjective situation. I include what interests me and exclude what doesn’t interest me. Broadly speaking, the word […]

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]]> South of Tokyo, a Heavy Metal Beerpocalypse at Yggdrasil Brewing http://beertravelist.com/yggdrasil-brewing-hiratsuka-japan-craft-beer/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 03:25:24 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=2792 “An ash I know there stands, Yggdrasil is its name, a tall tree, showered with shining loam. From there come the dews that drop in the valleys.” – Völuspá, from Poetic Edda  When Shinsui Mori moved back to Japan following a stint at Godspeed Brewery in Toronto, Godspeed’s founder, Luc Lafontaine, helped him get his […]

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]]> Tokyo Postcard: In Kanda, a Showcase of Japan’s Kansai Region Craft Beer http://beertravelist.com/tokyo-craft-beer-bar-kanda-tap-tap/ Tue, 27 Aug 2019 05:56:59 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=2496 There’s no particular reason why 10cc’s “I’m Not in Love” sounds so right over beers at Tap x Tap. It’s just one of those countless Tokyo things that doesn’t make sense unless you experience it yourself, and if you do, well, it usually makes perfect sense, even if you can’t really explain why. Yacht rock […]

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]]> Osaka Postcard: At Hibino Beer, Craft Beer Away from the Crowds http://beertravelist.com/hibino-beer-osaka-japan-craft-beer-bars/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:15:59 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=2165 One road lead to the east, this largely deserted boulevard streaking from Sakai’s lucrative trading port on Osaka Bay, and another to the west, a skip from Sakaihigashi Station, and in a fit of thirstiness, down the steps I sought redress. As the beers began to discharge, oh, I drank like a newborn man, and […]

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]]> Four Takeaways from the Inaugural Asia Beer Championship http://beertravelist.com/asia-beer-championship/ Thu, 25 Oct 2018 04:43:22 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=2087 Held on October 19 in Singapore, the inaugural Asia Beer Championship invited commercial breweries from 48 countries across Asia to participate. A panel of regional judges determined the gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in 20 different categories, and Chairman’s Selections–comparable to an honorable mention–were awarded, as well. With the awards ceremony from American Taproom a wrap, […]

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]]> Tokyo Postcard: For Craft Beer, the Force is Strong with This One http://beertravelist.com/tokyo-beer-wars-craft-beer-bar/ Thu, 17 Aug 2017 01:50:47 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=1407 On his first day at a new job he wore a jacket bearing the insignia of his former employer, Oracle. The new gig at a rival tech company was so much better than his old job, he tells me; way better. “My old boss was very strict,” he says. “I stay very late, all the […]

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]]> A Tokyo Beer Story, Part III: Japan’s Brewer as God Syndrome, and Mikkeller Strikes Back http://beertravelist.com/tokyo-craft-beer-mikkeller-pigalle-bars/ Fri, 30 Jun 2017 03:49:21 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=1288 It’s fair to say that a disproportionate amount of Japan’s craft beer is shit. There, I said it. Every trusted beer enthusiast with whom I’ve discussed Japan’s craft has said it in one way or another, too. It’s not all shit—settle down, certainly not all of it—but keg for keg, glass for glass, Japan just […]

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