A Case of Good Breweries

By Bryan Harrell Published May 2010, Volume 31, Number 2

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 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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