This place recently appeared on my radar when a friend of mine checked in to one of their beers on Untappd. The name was kind of intriguing but until now I hadn’t managed to visit. It’s been open a little while, (almost a year), but I suppose in the usual glacial Tokyo Beer Drinker scheme…
Buso Brewery is a fairly recently opened brewpub situated right next to the Odakyu line station in Machida. The brewery also seems to go under the name of Kawasemi Brew. Perhaps Kawasemi will be opening other brew pubs in the future. Further muddying the water is the fact that in their Instagram bio it says…
On a recent trip to Hachioji I realised that I was quite close to somewhere that has been on my ‘to go to’ list for a long time. I was always curious about the name of this place and recently when I heard some good things about it, I decided that I should finally give…
Takao Brewing have recently opened a new taproom that is a bit easier to get to than their previous location. I have long been interested in visiting them as you don’t really see their beers around much, (at least not where I am looking, I guess). So the fact that their new place is very…
I feel like I’ve mentioned my love of Prost on a few occasions on here so it will come as no surprise that I recently found myself out in Hachioji again. I was slightly surprised to find that there was somewhere on my map of places to go that was extremely near to Prost that…
Finally I’ve made it to Our Days. I feel a bit bad as I am kind of close to it every week when I go to Gremlin, but until now have never made it here. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the experience so it definitely won’t be the last time I visit. It’s located…
I’d heard a lot about Kichi before I managed to visit. Lots of people had said it was a nice place with good beer so I made a note to try to visit as soon as possible. As any long term readers will know, as soon as possible when it comes to Tokyo Beer Drinker…
Horyuzan Bakushu began operations in April 2023. The biggest feature of the brewpub is that it isrun by a temple, Saiko-ji, located in the same area. In general Buddhism it is forbidden to drinkalcohol, but not in Japan. To be precise, it seems that different sects have different disciplines.Anyway, I’m not sure if it’s OK…
Today a quick post about what I was surprised to find out seems to be a new iteration of a well known and possibly not particularly loved old chain. Sake-ya Kitami is a really swish looking place under the Odakyu line tracks near Kitami station. Here’s the big reveal – it’s a branch of the…
Before this visit as part of my ongoing attempt to drink a Japanese craft beer in every part of Tokyo, I’d only ever had Fat Barley’s beers at the Machida version of the Oedo beer fest. I wasn’t quite sure about them at that time, so I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this…