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Postcards – Beer Travelist http://beertravelist.com Drink Well. Travel Far. Fri, 11 Oct 2019 07:26:21 +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 Postcards – Beer Travelist http://beertravelist.com 32 32 Hong Kong Postcard: Beer Before the Storm http://beertravelist.com/65-peel-street-hong-kong-craft-beer/ Fri, 11 Oct 2019 07:24:51 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=2542 65 Peel Street, Hong Kong. Friday, October 4, 2019. 6:30pm. One hour before protests erupt in the streets of Hong Kong Island over the anti-mask law. With love and hope to Hong Kong. ♥

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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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]]> Mumbai Postcard: In Andheri West, Something Tells Me I’m Into Something Good http://beertravelist.com/mumbai-craft-beer-brewpub-andheri-west/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 08:43:47 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=2419 “Just so you know, we do not have that one or that one.” Two of Brewbot’s five listed beers are unavailable. To be fair, each stop on the evening’s craft beer crawl through Andheri West, in west Mumbai, reveals a similar shortage of the housemade products. “Hm, okay. I’ll try the Draft Punk IPA then… […]

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]]> Trondheim Postcard: At ØX Tap Room, an Endless Summer Respite http://beertravelist.com/ox-tap-room-trondheim-best-craft-beer-bar/ Mon, 24 Jun 2019 12:52:32 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=2414 Situated in a surprisingly large space in a surprisingly easy-to-find location just off Town Square, ØX Tap Room offers a cool, dark respite during Norway’s endless summer days from June to August—or a warm and cozy escape from the long winter nights. ØX features its own house brews alongside a well-curated range of guest beers, […]

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]]> Siem Reap Postcard: There’s Nothin’ on Earth Like Genuine Bona-Fide Locally Brewed Craft Beer http://beertravelist.com/local-brewpub-siem-reap-craft-beer/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 05:04:23 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=2369 “I’ve sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and by gum, it put them on the map! Well, sir, there’s nothin’ on Earth like a genuine bona-fide electrified six-car monorail! What’d I say?” – Lyle Lanley, Monorail Salesman It is abundantly clear that Dave has a way with words, or at least that he’s […]

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]]> London Postcard: In Hackney Wick, Howling Hops Pours It Straight from the Tanks http://beertravelist.com/howling-hops-london-craft-beer/ Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:38:27 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=2236 In Hackney Wick, near the Hertford Union Canal and Lee Navigation junction, and just a five-minute walk from the fancy-and-finally-fucking-finished Hackney Wick railway station, Howling Hops stands as one of the area’s two landmark craft beer venues. Its neighbor, the venerable CRATE Brewery & Pizzeria, is the other, and it matters not in which order […]

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]]> London Postcard: At The Experiment and Across the Country, the UK Taketh Verdant Brewing’s Putty http://beertravelist.com/experiment-verdant-brewing-london/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 07:55:25 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=2225 A line forms outside The Experiment well before the Hackney taproom, a collaborative effort between Pressure Drop Brewing and Verdant Brewing, opens at 5pm on a cool Friday in January. Both breweries drop two new canned beers this evening, including Lorikeet, a 6.8% ABV double dry-hopped New England IPA from Pressure Drop, and Verdant’s Albino […]

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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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]]> Bangkok Postcard: At Tawandang, Everybody Wants Some http://beertravelist.com/tawandang-german-brewery-bangkok-thailand/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 08:02:12 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=2046 Don’t bother looking for the daily beer board at Tawandang German Brewery, the beer barrel-shaped funhouse on Rama III that predates by many moons Bangkok’s current craft craze. There’s no need for such a board because the brewpub’s beer menu rarely changes: lager, weizen, and dunkel. That’s it and that’s just fine, more than fine, […]

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]]> Byron Bay Postcard: In the Heart of Stone & Wood Country http://beertravelist.com/stone-wood-byron-bay-craft-beer/ Fri, 29 Jun 2018 06:04:18 +0000 http://beertravelist.com/?p=1893 Let’s wake up and make coffee and smash some avocados and read the latest letters to the editor in The Echo. Later, for no particular reason, let’s get in the car, tune the radio to Bay FM, and take a slow drive to Bangalow on the winding two-lane road that dips and dives around sprawling […]

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