Meiji Restoration Ryoma Sakamoto Beer: A Taste of Japan in Japan
Every few months in Japan, someone mentions Sakamoto Ryoma, and you realize you are the only person at the table who does not have an…
Every few months in Japan, someone mentions Sakamoto Ryoma, and you realize you are the only person at the table who does not have an…
The Friday session in Roppongi has reached the point where someone switches from stout to something different. Then a deep-gold beer appears at the bar.…
A Weizenbock takes wheat beer to another level. It preserves the familiar banana and clove aromas of a traditional hefeweizen while adding a fuller body…
The familiar sound of glasses meeting across a crowded table can bring Belgium back in an instant. Perhaps you remember a long Sunday lunch, with…
English pale ale remains one of Britain’s most distinctive beer styles. The word “pale” describes its colour compared with darker porters and stouts. It does…
There comes a point in life in Japan when your usual lager no longer feels exciting enough. You have learned the izakaya menu, discovered your…
The first sip can bring it all back. A plastic table outside a neighborhood restaurant. Traffic rolling past. Plates of spicy food arriving one after…
October in Bavaria has a special quality of light. It falls across chestnut trees and long wooden tables where people gather over steins of beer.…
A Trappist tripel in a can is not a contradiction. The beer retains the distinctive character associated with Chimay White: pale-gold colour, spicy yeast notes,…
Itterbeek lies in Flemish Brabant, southwest of Brussels. The village sits in the Pajottenland, a region famous for its traditional lambic brewing heritage. Brouwerij Timmermans…