Keisei Koiwa Craft Saketen (or KKCB) was our second stop on our east Tokyo pub crawl. For some reason this place has always held a strange allure for me. I say an allure, but I didn’t really know much about it and had never visited so I guess it was more of an inexplicable urge…
It’s been a while now since the TDM Aoyama taproom closed and I’m sure that plenty of people have been eagerly awaiting the opening of their new Shimokitazawa branch. There’s so much new development going on in Shimokita at the moment that it’s not going to help you if I say that this place is…
It’s been a long time since we had anywhere in Ota-ku on here. The previous place I visited in the ward has long since closed. Perhaps it’s a ward of Tokyo that sometimes gets slightly overlooked, even though it might be the Tokyo ward in which many people first set foot in (it has Haneda…
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…
Post by James Sekimachi Cellar is a family owned liquor store with a long history. It was founded in the 5th year of the Taisho era. I think that would be 1916. Anyway, it’s definitely over 100 years old. You can’t sense such a long history from the building itself but you certainly get the…
A quick post today on a kaku-uchi (booze shop where you can drink), that has been open a couple of years. There are now loads of places to drink in and around Kanda. Perhaps some might be put off by the swarms of salarymen which fill the area on weekdays, but plenty of these places…
It’s been quite a busy year for Tokyo Beer Drinker so far. There is almost a feeling that we’re ticking off places so quickly that we might be able to catch up with the backlog. But then again, I’m going to places that I find interesting, and there are a lot of places that don’t…
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,…
You wait months for a Beer Scissors post to come along and then suddenly two turn up, one right after the other. The 2nd Story tap takeover was split over the two branches of Scissors and after a fun time at the Ikejiri branch we decided we should probably hoover up the other five taps…