NOW CLOSED WITH A NEW BRANCH OPENING IN SANGENJAYA ‘SOON’ Craftheads is a craft beer and bourbon bar tucked away in a basement on a side street just a short walk from Shibuya station. Given how recently many of Tokyo’s craft beer bars have opened, Craftheads is something of a veteran of the scene. It…
Today, another beer shop, but one which is not like the others that have been already mentioned on here. Sugaya has something of a split personality. I am not sure if it is a food shop with an excellent selection of beer, or if it is a beer shop that sells groceries. The space in…
March is Lucky 7 Stout month at Baird taprooms. Given that I am a sucker for a stamp rally I thought it was time to revisit the Nakameguro Baird and start getting my stamps. Details on Lucky 7 Stout month can be found here. If you get cracking straight away you might be able to…
This time, the Tokyo station area brewery tap for the Swan Lake brewery. Pub Edo is a pretty small place located in Yaesu, just East of Tokyo station. We went here for opening night a little under a year ago and it was unsurprisingly packed that day. 10 months later, it still seems to be…
Shop 1 Today, another beer shop. Or in fact, actually two booze shops in the Tokyo station area. Liquors Hasegawa has two branches in the maze of shops that spread out underground from Tokyo station. Both have pretty much the same selection of beers, so as long as you can find one of them, you…
Back again to Koenji, and this time to Bankan, a small bar on the other side of the train tracks to Bakushu Kobo. Bankan is a nice little bar/restaurant with seating for around 20, a few more seats at the bar and a few seats outside, which unsurprisingly were not that popular in February given…
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…