At the end of September the Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club (KR&C) held their first annual Sannomiya Craft Beer Tasting Festival in the garden of their main building.
Over 12 Japanese craft beers were on offer throughout the day and in the short time I was there I tried about 6 of them.
Baird Beer
Found these the other day in my local convenience store. Beer Pretz.
Beer Pretz
They have two flavours edamame and sweetcorn. An ideal accompaniment for beer, so I thought I’d give them a go.
The sweetcorn flavour actually tasted of sweetcorn which I was pretty surprised about and were pretty moreish… Continue reading
Suntory Aki Raku
Japan is a country with four very distinct seasons and these are usually marked by the release of seasonal beers (or more often than not these days, daisan or low malt fake beers) from the main brewers here.
Last year I reviewed the Aki Aji 秋味 (Taste of Autumn)
This Summer saw the release of three new Japanese beers from the main Japanese breweries, Kirin, Asahi and Sapporo. Although only Kirin released a real beer.The other two opted for the cheaper option of beer-like drinks (daisan).
Asahi Blue Label
First came the Asahi Blue Label which… Continue reading
Belgian Beer Weekend in Osaka. 48 beers, live Jazz and some proceeds went to the Tohoku Earthquake charity. A great time was had by all. Continue reading
