Goose Island Brewery, one of the pioneers of the craft beer movement in America, is now available in Japan. Will the Chicago-based brewery inspire and provoke conversation in Japan as it did in America? In a market as competitive as Japan’s, all new players face the struggle of acceptance but Goose Island may have the…
Craft Beer Night Market, whose inaugural event last year in Kyoto’s Uji City attracted 20,000 people over the course of the day, will be held again on Saturday, August 8th. Until very recently, Uji hosted an annual fireworks festival around this same time. It reached its 56th iteration, but last year that festival was halted…
by Brian Kowalczyk | photography by Matt Gammon In mid-May, Adrian Walker, Export Director for Firestone Walker, visited Japan to help kick-off the launch of this excellent brand. We sat down with him over sushi for a chat about his involvement with this iconic brewery and his hopes for Japan. “Beer before glory.” If there…
先日のワールドビアカップで見事金賞を受賞した有馬麦酒ジャパンエールは、多くのビールファンが「どこで飲めるのか」「どんな味わいなのか」と思ったことだろう。酒米と清酒酵母を使用したビールで、今のところ兵庫県の有馬温泉でのみ流通している。深い黄色で濁りがある。甘味をやや強く感じるが、後味でしっかりとした苦味を感じる。口に含んでから、リンゴ、そしてほんのりとしたバナナの香りを感じる。淡口醤油と合わせれば塩味でビールの甘味をよりはっきりと感じられるだろうし、濃口と合わせればバナナ香の高まり合いが得られよう。阪急のバス停の目の前の酒屋で午前9時から楽しめるが、今後はさらに広い地域への展開も期待される。
On April 23rd and 24th, Aeon Liquor’s Jiyugaoka branch in Tokyo held their second Craft Beer Expo, where guests paid a mere ¥1000 to sample more than fifty domestic and foreign craft beers. The attendance this year easily exceeded the inaugural event held last August, which drew 600 people. On Saturday, 400 attended, while on…
