A Case of Good Breweries
In Japan, the beer from these 24 breweries is worth seeking out. The name of the brewery is preceded by the month/year they opened and followed by their location (in parenthesis).
2/95 Echigo Beer Co. (Niigata)
5/95 Otaru Beer (Hokkaido)
6/95 Gotemba Kogen Brewery (Shizuoka)
6/95 Yokohama Beer (Yokohama)
7/95 Doppo Beer (Okayama)
3/96 Iwate Kura Beer (Iwate)
9/96 Kinshachi Beer (Nagoya)
4/96 Ginga Kogen Beer (Iwate)
4/96 Coedo Beer (Saitama)
8/96 Shonan Beer (Kanagawa)
10/96 Hitachino Nest (Ibaraki)
10/96 Nasu Kogen Beer (Tochigi)
2/97 Ozeno Yukidoke (Gunma)
3/97 Hakusekikan Brewery (Gifu)
4/97 Ise Kadoya (Mie)
4/97 T.Y. Harbor Brewery (Tokyo)
5/97 Minoh Beer (Osaka)
7/97 SanktGallen Brewery (Kanagawa)
7/97 Yaho Brewing (Nagano)
12/97 Fujizakura Kogen (Yamanashi)
7/00 Harvest Moon (Chiba)
1/01 Baird Brewing (Shizuoka)
7/04 Bayern Meister Bier (Shizuoka)
9/04 Shiga Kogen (Nagano)
Bryan Harrell
Bryan Harrell is a professional writer who has lived in Tokyo since 1977. He is also the publisher of Brews News, an English language newsletter on good beer which can be read at www.bento.com/brews.html.
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