Written by James Niku to Mugi opened relatively recently in Hatagaya (about one minute from Gremlin) and it definitely has its own style that sets it apart from other craft beer bars. You take your shoes off on the way in and wear a pair of the slippers provided. The bar, actually I’d call it…
It’s taken me a while but I’ve finally made it to the new Mikkeller bar, just over the other side of the Yamanote line from the Dogenzaka branch. Distance wise, it’s not at all far, but when you compare the two neighbourhoods it feels like it could be a lot further. Mikkeller Kiosk/Bar is on…
Post by James About a 1km walk from Kunitachi station will take you to Kunitachi Brewing and Bakushokudo Kasugai. They are next door to each other and owned by the same people. Basically it is a brewery with its own restaurant and tasting room next door. You don’t seem to be able to drink at…
Post by James Carbon Brews is a Hong Kong Brewery and this is their Tokyo taproom / bar. All the beers are brewed in Hong Kong and shipped over. The owner of Carbon Brews actually lives in Tokyo. The bar doesn’t honestly look very impressive from the outside but once you go in it’s a…
Recently the north of Shibuya-ku has had a lot of new places opening. A few of them have made it on to digest posts, some are still yet to be visited but Pintology having 2nd Story Ale Works’ Italian Pils on tap encouraged me to tick this one off the list and get it on…
Crowd was our final stop on our mini eastern Tokyo pub crawl. In spite of it being near a station with a similar name, it’s not that close to Keisei Koiwa Craft Saketen. It was about a 20 minute walk and then one stop on the train from Koiwa to Shin Koiwa. So I guess…
Post by James Wedge Bottle Shop and Pizza is about 1 minute from Myogadani station on the Marunouchi line. Definitely not a station that has thus far had a lot of craft beer options. It seems to be connected to PDX Taproom which is also on this site (post for that place is here).There are…
Post by James Underground has two branches, one in Higashi-Jujo and one in Akabane. Today, I am in Akabane.Quite a spacious bar. There are about six counter seats and table seating for at least 20 people. There is also a small table outside.There are 15 taps of mostly Japanese but also imported beers. Pints ranged…
If you’ve ever been to a Devil Craft bar, you’ll probably only be skimming this post to find out what’s different about their Jiyugaoka branch. Or probably more likely you’ll have already been here as this place has been open a while and I’ve only just got round to visiting. Given that their first three…
Today another interestingly named place. With the Craft Beer Scissors bars, the name hinted at the business owner’s profession. I hope that is not the case with Beer Bomb. I also hope for their sake that the company that makes Tabasco doesn’t notice them borrowing and amending their logo slightly. I have to say though,…