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Got into craft beer in the US and then lived in Japan for a year. Japan taxes beer based on malt content. There are some really great breweries over there, but
by epaladin 13y ago
Got into craft beer in the US and then lived in Japan for a year. Japan taxes beer based on malt content. There are some really great breweries over there, but $9 pints (at a brewpub even) add up fast. (If you're ever in Tokyo check out Baird Beer, they've got a few taprooms now- the one in Harajuku is amazing for the contrast between the insanity of the street outside and the calm of the pub. Anyway, big fan of their Barleywine.)
- twoodfin 13y agoAn afternoon at Bakushu Club Popeye sipping Baird and others remains one of the top beer drinking experiences in my life. Japan's beer scene is really exciting, and it's too bad so little of it makes it to the states—what does is often pricey even relative to European imports.
- snogglethorpe 13y ago> the one in Harajuku is amazing for the contrast between the insanity of the street outside A slight nitpick: the Baird Harajuku Taproom is near Takashita-dori (presumably the insanity to which you were referring), but its actual location is on a quiet backstreet about 50m away -- and that 50m makes an incredible difference... The ambience on the street outside the taproom is amazingly quiet. [I make the point because I'm always struck by how amazingly quiet the location seems, despite the proximity to T.D. It always feels sort of surreal...]
- snogglethorpe 13y agoNote ― should be "Takeshita-dori"... >< [I guess limited-time editing is better than no editing, but man is it still annoying...]