A brief post on Pump, a fairly new bar that opened late last year between Ikebukuro and Mejiro. – About 500m south of Ikebukuro on the main road. – Around 20 seats and place for about ten at the counter. – Bright and new decor with quite a young atmosphere. – Half, ¥500-¥700, Pint, ¥840-¥1180….
Month: March 2015
Pigalle
Pigalle is a European beer bar in Sangenjaya, a little west of Shibuya on the Den-en-toshi line (which incidentally has a reputation of being one of the most crowded lines in Tokyo). A short post as they don’t have much Japanese beer here, but that’s not really the point of the place! – Very small…
Le Petit L’Ouest
Another great bottle shop with a decent selection, in an area not blessed with many options. – Bottle shop in Shimokitazawa with a good selection of Japanese beers and imports at decent prices. – Several fridges full and plenty of Japanese stuff – Lots of US imports from a mix of importers. Nice variety. –…
Hitachino Brewing Lab Kanda
This is the new ‘brew-on-site’ location for Kiuchi, best know for their Hitachino Nest beers, just over the river from Akihabara. They have combined this with a small taproom hosting a wide range of their beers, including some special Brew Lab beers which I guess are made on site. They have a total of ten…
Regional Produce/Satellite Shops 8: Iidabashi area
Spotted another Satellite shop and from a prefecture that I don’t think I’ve found one for yet. This time we’re in Iidabashi and it’s Aomori. Aomori Hokusaikan Three breweries here, one bottle from Minami Tsugaru brewery (never heard of it!) for ¥800, one from Osore brewery (never heard of it!) for ¥801 and one from…