NOW CLOSED Now I don’t normally venture into Roppongi but August Beer Club is one good reason to go there. In an area that is famous for its Irish pubs and sports bars you might assume that it is something of a Ji-Biru desert. However, there is Ant & Bee, to be covered in a…
This place has now closed UPDATE: The brewery seems to have gone and they’ve upped the number of taps to 20, most of which are beers from the various Bakushu Kobo brewpubs plus an occasional couple of guests. Taplist seems to be posted on their facebook sometimes. The link is below. Now there’s a small…
(please see links below) After a completely un-relaxing (if that is a word), extremely heavy drinking trip back to the UK and Belgium, I have been lying relatively low for the past couple of weeks, recharging and trying to recover a little. This weekend though, my insatiable thirst for good beer will appear again and…
Tokyo Beer Drinker will be resting over Xmas and the New Year whilst I return to England to drink plenty of nice beers, and also make a long overdue visit to Belgium. Considering I used to go at least 5 times a year, the 8 month break since my last trip has been tough. Although…
Today, one of the first Ji-Biru bars I went to in Japan, initially when I was over on holiday a couple of times, and now living here. Baird have four Taprooms dotted around Japan, two of which are in Tokyo, and one in Yokohama and one in the brewery’s home town, Numazu . Have yet…
Another one a bit out of central Toyko, but once again worth the trip. The Chuo/Sobu lines seem to have a lot of good bars along their length. So, Gambrinus in Kokubunji. We combined our visit with a bit of record shopping in the area and got to Gambrinus shortly after opening time. It’s a…
Something a little bit different. Shinshu Sake Mura is a standing bar near to Shimbashi station with ultra low prices. The reason for this is that this place is mainly designed to promote the sake and beer breweries of Nagano prefecture. This is fundamentally a shop, but with a recently expanded standing bar area allowing…
Tama No Megumi is located in Haijima, West of Tokyo. Whilst it only takes around 45 minutes from Shinjuku on the Chuo line it feels like it is much further away when you arrive. Getting to the station I was surprised to see Fuji looming on the horizon and after arriving at the brewery it…
Now Closed. Not much to say about this place that isn’t said in the name. Newly opened central Tokyo outlet for the Brimmer brewery (based in Kawasaki). Brimmer Beer Box serves Brimmer beer, and is effectively a box (well, a portakabin) on Aoyama Dori between Omotesando and Gaienmae stations. It is slightly incongruous in its…
Another place that has opened during the recent explosion of good beer places in Tokyo. iBrew’s big selling point is their very low prices. However, that’s not the only reason to go there. The food is pretty good too, a mix of Japanese and international stuff, and once again at good prices. It’s a very…