On Friday, May 22, the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo held an event to announce that Swedish craft brewers will be throwing their collective hats into somewhat crowded Japanese craft beer market. Ambassador Magnus Robach opened the event with a warm welcome to the guests and led the group in a toast to the tasting session…

Kisarazu, Chiba More and more often we get to welcome a new brewery to the scene. Kyohei and Monami Nakajima recently received their brewing license and started brewing at Brewery Songbird, which they describe as a “nanobrewery”. They currently plan to focus on Belgian and other European styles, and will sell in both kegs and…

On March 19th the Belgian Embassy had its yearly press conference to announce the agenda for the 6th annual Belgian Beer Weekend 2015. Kicking off in Nagoya on April 23, the festival will tour seven cities in Japan ending in Tokyo in September. In addition to Nagoya and Tokyo, the festival will be stopping at…

Coedo recently introduced their fans to a revamped version of Beniaka, their award-winning craft beer made with sweet potatoes. The “Beniaka Renewal Beer Beautiful Night” was held at “above GRILL & BAR” in Mori Tower of Toranomon Hills, Tokyo. The press, and later the general public, were treated to fine brews and an excellent line-up…

On March 11th the crew from Pizza Port visited Antenna America in Yokohama for a tap takeover and to have a Q&A session with fans of their beer. President Vince Marsaglia, head brewer Mike Aubuchon, and assistant brewer Adam Jester were on hand to mingle with the crowd and talk beer. After their visit they…