Beers now on tap in Tokyo & Yokohama:

North, NW and NE Tokyo:

2009-03-09T00:20:00.324+09:00

Devilcraft (Kanda) (14/11) Non smoking.

Great new bar run by 3 fantastic brewers/freinds. look out for their own brews soon!

15 taps featuring the best Japanes and imported beers.

Their speciality is Chicago style pizza - recommended!

Rogue brutal bitter

Rogue hazelnut brown nectar

Stone ruination IPA

Greenflash WCIPa

Left Coast hop juice

Harvestmoon IPA

Shinano ale

Minami Shinshu amber ale

Nihonkai pilsner

Baeren Schwarz

Shonan weizen bock

Bell vue kriek

Asahi jukusen

Hoegaarden white

Kisoji triple hop old ale (handpump)

Maltan (Kanda): (12/11)　Smoking
Isekadoya imperial red ale

Isekadoya stout

Shiga Kogen IPA

Minoh stout

Coedo weizen
Yona Yona

Jha bar (Kanda): (14/11) Smoking
Happy hour, 6-7pm all draught beer 100yen off.
(They don't serve half pints)

Wletenberger assam bock

Bear Republic racer 5 IPA

Belhaven best bitter

Grissette blanche
Guinness ?

Kurakura beer house: (15/9)
Seems like they now serve 'glass' sizes, plus pints.
Doppo peach pils (Jeebus H Christ!)

Shuzan Kaido weizen

Loco Bohemian pils

Baeren alt

Shonan weizen bock

Isekadoya pale ale

Sankt Gallen amber ale

Shiga Kogen IPA

Swan Lake IPA

Fujisakura rauch bock

Shiga Kogen porter

Hoegaarden

Tail's Ale house (Kanda & Hongo) (15/9)
Check out the list of past beers they had on tap. Not a big place but their guest beer (around 1250 a pint) changes fast & they may just have the beer you want.
Kanda:
West Coast IPA

Pilsner urquel
Hongo:

Bear Republic endeavor IPA

Blanche de bruneheart

Pislner urquel

They also have a nice bottle selection.

LaCachette (Iidabashi): (15/9) Smoking

Sankt Gallen pale ale

Tazawako kolsch (very good)

Fujisakura marzen
Harvestmoon brown ale

Shiga Kogen India summer saison

Vidette extra white
Sapporo edelpils

Frigo est: (5/7) (Mon-Sat 17:30 - 26:00 / Sun. Hol 15:00 - 23:00)
Guest beer not sure???
Vidette extra white
Belleveu kriek
Guinness

The Warrior Celt (Ueno): Smoking )
Removed as they are very, VERY unreliable and sometimes have nothing good on tap.

-------------North East --------------

Popeye's (Ryogoku):
(up to Up touUp to 70 BEERS ON TAP!) Closed Sundays Popeyes is now non-smoking! (You can still smoke outside, on the terrace)

The 'current' beer menu: (part A)&(part B)

Both PDF files - works with iphones if you hold finger on the Menu A or B text link and open as a new page. Coupon here.
Sign up for their members card and receive a small discount & a postcard in the mail - good for a free drink the next time you visit.
They feature up to around 70 beers, categorised:
Gravity Tap Cask - e.g. Swan Lake amber ale (recommended by Chuwy!)

Hand Pump Real Ale - e.g. Yona Yona
Hops Heart hop controller (A gravity fed ale, specially dry hopped (way too heavily!) using 2 selected hops, served in 2 small glasses (1/4 pint).)
Imported
Pale ales
IPAs
Popeyes original beers, including Extra pils, Black bitter, Divine vamp 3 IBA
Stouts and porters
Wheat beers
Barley wines & strong ales

(Despite no longer being the only place that has a wide choice of beer, or anywhere near the cheapest in town, it is a place you still have to go to, if you are serious about beer bars in Tokyo/Asia. Perhaps the original and still the Mecca for Asian craft beer.)

------ Ikebukero and North West-------

Riverside: Closed Tuesdays
Yona yona
Minoh stout
Heineken
Underbeer (?)
Possibly Zakkokubo too.

Ale House (Ikebukero): Smoking (5/7) (closed Sunday)
Iwate Kura pale ale

Harvest Moon schwarz
Yonayona
Guinness
Bass pale ale
Edelpils

BeerSaurus (Ikebukero) (15/11) smoking
New bar, slightly dinosaur themed, has a great half price happy hour, 6-8pm.
Be aware though that he has a cover charge (you don't have to pay using BeerInJapan's iphone app!)
Their glass is about 450ml! Almost a US pint (473ml)
Greenflash imperial IPA - LOVELY! (1300 a glass)
Ballast Point double ginger Big Eye (1300 a glass) very nice!

Ballast Point big eye IPA
Kirin Heartland (700 pint)
Hoegaarden

Vivo ! (Ikebukero) (11/11) - no web updates every day!
The New Vivo at a slightly different location, also in Ikebukero

Baird+vivo! ISP
- Sanktgallen Shonan Gold
- Yoho Yonayona Real Ale
- Minoh Beer Imperial Stout Cask Cond.
- Kinoni (Golden Demon) Pale Ale
- Iwatekura Pale Ale
- Left Coast Trestles Pale Ale
- Swanlake IPA
- Shiga Kogen IPA
- Lagunitas Little Sumpin Wild
- Fujizakura Kogen Weizen
- Celis White
- Sanktgallen Apple Cinnamon Ale
- Fujizakura Kogen Rauch Bock
- Baird Red Rose Amber Ale
- ROGUE Shakespeare Stout
- Lagunitas Imperial Stout
- Guinness
- COEDO Kyara
- Yebisu

The Black Sheep (Ikebukero):

Pedigree
Calsberg
Guinness
Bass Pale Ale
Kirin Lager

The Cat & Cask Tavern (Kanamecho): (No updates on site)
Great little homely local pub, run by a friendly Englishman, Wayne.
Closed Tuesdays, 1st & 3rd Sunday & Nat Holidays.
Isekadoya blonde ale

Shiga Kogen IPA

minoh pilsner

Sankt Gallen Yokohama XPA

Holic: (Closed Mon)
Hitachino Nest white ale
Yonayona
Guinness
plus a wide selection of bottles

Bicke: (13/11) (Coupon site) Closed most Wednesdays.
A bit expensive. Over 800 for a half pint. But then other places are as much as 950!
Harvestmoon IPA

Shonan weizen bock
Minami Shinshu apple hop
Baird yabia yabi strong Scottish ale (wee heavy)
Bellvue kriek
Yona Yona
Guinness
Suntory premium malts

Asaya's Bar (Kamishakuji): (15/9) Closed Tuesdays
Just 840yen a pint! - but 200yen table charge - so get another pint!
fujisakura rauch (840yen a pint - cheap!!!!)
Asaya's goddess ale (pint 840yen)
Wattou's wit (1pint 840yen)
Bass pale ale

Beer Bar Stone (Asagaya): (4/9) *****NEW!!!!*****

Sept closed 15,22,29,26th.
New bar, not affiliated with Stone beer but has it on tap.
1, STONE IPA
2, Moylan's hopsickle IPA
3, Moylan's NorCal IPA
4, Stone ruination IPA
5, Stone oaked arrogant bastard
6, BREWDOG I hardcore you
7, Chateau Kamiya cranberry lager
8, Shiga Kogen IPA
9, Fujisakura rauch
10, Minoh bloom
11, Minoh pale ale

Beer Bar Gambrinus: (15/9) Smoking
(Kokubunji) Closed Sundays. Mondays, the kitchen is closed but they offer simple snacks. Smoking.
Westmalle double

Shiga Kogen not so mild harvest brew

Shiga kogen IPA harvest brew

Baird susurga bay DIPa

SwanLake amber swan

Stone oaked arrogant bastard

Baeren schwarz

Kinshachi golden ale

Ginga Kogen weizen

Yona yona
Bellveu kriek
Sapporo edelpils

Tokyo, Ginza & Shinjuku area:

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Beer Bar Bachus: (5/7) Closed Sundays

Aqula white

Sankt Gallen pale ale

Iwate Kura weizen
Guinness
Yebisu
Isekadoya pale ale
Yona yona

Towers standing bar: (18/4) Closed Saturday &Sunday
yona yona
Baird rising sun pale ale ,

midnight foreign export stout,

pacific century citrus IPA
sankt gallen shonan gold
nagahama roman.

ibuki weizen
shiga kogen house IPA

Belgian Beer Cafe:
A chain of three/four Belgian beer cafes/bars. They stock many Belgian beers in bottles plus on draught at least:
Hoegaarden
Leffe blonde
Stella Artois
Belleveu kriek
(last time I was in one of their bars (Antwerp Port), I had Marsdous No.10)

Bulldog: (coupon site) (5/7)
- update. The excellent manager, Kuroda san has now left Bulldog, but they continue to serve craft beer (the excellent bottle selection is no more, unfortunately).
Nest white ale

Baird kurofune porter

Coronado Islander IPA
Guinness
Kilkenny
Hoegaarden Bass pale ale
Asahi superdry

Steinhaus Ginza: Not cheap. May have a table charge, too, like German Farm Grill these days.
Franziskaner hefeweiss
Franziskaner dunkel weiss
Franziskaner optimator
Spaaten helles
Spaaten premium bock
plus lots of bottled German beer and German food.

JS Lennep: (coupon site)
Bitburger pils (500ml 861yen)
Erdinger weiss (500ml 1029yen)
Erdinger Weiss dunkel (500ml 1039yen)
Kostrizer (300ml 724yen)
Jever pilsner (400ml 819yen)
Lowenbrau (500ml 871yen)
plus bottled beers

Baden Baden: (Japanese site)　(some good photos)
Hofbrau helles (nice n malty tasting. 500ml 840yen)
Hofbrau Munchenkindlweiss (sweet weiss, not a bad sip, also 840yen)
Hofbrau dunkel
Hofbrau dunkelweiss
plus bottled beers (e.g. Schneider weiss (1050yen), Dom kolsch)
(I think it's more a rough and ready atmosphere than Lennep and I usually go here. Service can be hit and miss. Food is so so and artery clogging but goes well with the booze and the smoke. Not a bad HB helles here. I have a soft spot for this place.)

The Town Cryer (Hibiya and Kamiyacho):

Worse than before, beer wise. might not stay on the boozelist much longer.
Fullers ESB guest beer was in April - no updates!
Guinness
Hoegaarden
Heineken
Ichibanshibori

Delirium Cafes:　(There are 3 - largest 2 being Toranomon and Akasaka)
Toranomon: (22/7)

e.g.

Guldenberg (De Ranke)
Sparta Pils (Van Steenberge)
La Rullés Triple (Rullés)
Delirium Tremens (Brouwerij Huyghe)
Floris White (Huyghe)
Bios Kriek ( Van Steenberge)
Brussels Framboise ( Van Steenberge )
Delirium Nocturnum (Huyghe)
Rodenbach Grand Cru (Rodenbach)
VI Wheat
Augustijn Dark (Van Steenberge)
Cafe Reserve, Akasaka:
Sparta Pils(Van Steenberge)
Delirium Tremens (Brouwerij Huyghe)
Floris White (Huyghe)
Floris Framboise (Huyghe)
Celis White (Van Steenberge)
Floris Apple (Huyghe)
Brussels Framboise ( Van Steenberge )
Caracole Amber ( Caracole)
Scaldis (Dubuisson)
Guldenberg (De Ranke)

Beer Horn: (5/7) Interesting new bar withbeer made by Otaru Beer in Hokkaido. Great limited all you can drink offer, 2 hours for 2,200yen! The difference here is you get to drink out of beer horns which can be 400ml hand blown glass horns or large actual cow horns. Awesome!!! The beer is authentic and very nice.

Pislner

Dunkel

Weizen

Liited amount of alt.

Nagano Sake: (5/7) (11am-9:30pm. Closed Sun and 2nd, 3rd Saturdays.)
(Nagano jisake museum)
Although it doesn't serve draught beer and it's not an actual bar as such, it does offer a nice range of Nagano craft beers in bottles and cans that are at unbeatable prices. A real gem of a little place. Good service. It's located in the Shimbashi Eki Mae building, across the street from the Shiodome entrance to Shimbashi station. 1st floor, not far from the entrance wiht the racoon wiht the huge testicles. You'll know it when you see it.
e.g.

Yaho Yona Yona
Yaho Tokyo black
Yaho sun sun organic beer
Yaho IPA (Aooni?)
Yaho american style ESB
Shiga Kogen IPA
Shiga Kogen house IPA (DIPA)
Shiga Kogen pale ale
Shiga Kogen porter
Shiga Kogen miyama blonde
OhlaHo golden ale
Ohlaho amber ale
OhlaHo IPA
Minami Shunshu golden ale
Minami Shinshu amber ale
Minami Shinshu dunkle weissen
Minami Shinshu apple bock
Minami Shinshu seasonal
They also have a Nagano apple cider

Dry-Dock, Shinbashi (4/7) Closed 3rd Saturday & Sundays, National holidays. They are currently having a special Dry Dock brewing event at Dry dock beer bar!

◇USS Enterprise IPA 6.4%ABV, 63IBU’s
◆Seven Seas Double IPA 8.5%ABV, 90IBU’s
◇URCA Vanilla Porter 5.5%ABV, 33IBU’s
◆HMS Bounty Old Ale 6.5%ABV, 35IBU's
◇Paragon Apricot Blonde 5.3%ABV, 17IBU's

Asahi superdry
Tsumida weissen
Tsumida porter

Bellvue kriek

Chimay white

Cooper's Ale house: (5/7)
(Connected to JHA bar - Like JHA bar, no half pints - can get hot and smoky)
Schlenkerla ruach marzen

Sierra Nevada pale ale

Cooper's house ale (English style bitter, made by Atsugi)

Franziskaner

Krombacher dunkel
Malheur 10
Abbey de roc

Blanche de brusselles

Twisted thistle IPA
Guinness

Harvestmoon schwarz
Moylans norcal IPA

Yokohama pilsner

Hidetakayama pale ale

Umenishiki aromatic ale

Isekadoya California common

New Bridge beer house: (5/7)
Coupon for free Augus beer before 7pm
(Can be a bit smoky. When I had a Fuller's honeydew, it came in a glass with a slice of lime and a big ice cube!! WTF? Make sure you check this doesn't happen to you, before you get the beer!)
August original pilsner
Nest white ale
Asahi super dry - super cold

T.Y. Harbor Brewery
Might be some interesting things happening at Ty in the near future. Watch this space!
Belgian style wheat ale
amber ale
organic lager
English porter
American style pale ale
real ale (which style? - might be imperial stout)

Frigo: (Shinjuku) (19/4)

Schlenkerla urbock

Hoegaarden white

Franziskaner weiss
Chimay white
Abbot ale
Jever pilsner
Guinness
Hoegaarden

Bamboo (Shinjuku): (5/7)
SANKTGALLEN SHONAN GOLD
ROGUE DAD'S LITTLE HELPER(BLACK IPA)
ROGUE XS IMPERIAL STOUT
GREEN FLASH BREWING WEST COAST IPA
KIRIN HEARTLAND

Tanne (German, Yoyogi) (A German restaurant/bar with ok food (try the pretzels for 300yen and it counts as your 'one meal', which the staff insist you order.) and an interesting Japanese crowd. There's a 300yen table charge,even if you don't sit at a table. Not the most foreigner friendly place. Strange, considering its a German restaurant/bar!)
Bass pale ale 700yen/500ml
Lowenbrau 650yen/500ml
Hoegaarden 800yen/500ml
Bitburger pils 750yen/500ml
(plus loads of bottled German and some Belgian and world beers)
p.s. Something from my early days.

Akasaka and Roppongi area:

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----------------------Akasaka-----------------------------

Delirium Akasaka: (6/5)
I think they may have 40 beers available for a limited time!?! Either that or it's a selection from these.
Celis White Pierre Celis
St.Bernardus white
Blanche de namur
Troublette
Delirium Tremens　
Piraat 10.5%
St.Bernardus tripel
Tripel Karmiliet
St.isebald Tripel
XX bitter
Taras Bulbar
Zinnebir
Rulles Blond
St.Isebald blond
Guldenberg
Pawel Kwak
Scaldis Amber
Galouis Ambree
St.Bernardus Prior 8
St.Bernardus Abbot 12
Delirium Nocturnum
Leute Bokbier
Stouterik
Golden Draak
Rulles Brun
Galloise Brun
Grottenbiere
St.Bernardus Christmas
Delerium Noel
Gulden Draak vintage
Rulles Cuvee Christmas
Mere Noel
Pere Noel
Bios Vlaams Bourgogne
Queue de Charrue Brune
Floris Kriek
Floris apple
FLoris framboise
Bios kriek
Brussels kriek
Campus premium

Biervana (28/10) -NEW!-
A new beer bar, opened in Akasaka, featuring about 9 taps plus a nice selection of bottles
Budvar
London Pride
Murphy's
Tiger
Paulaner hefeweizen
Japanese guest: Hitachino Nest Brooklyn Lager
World guest: Fuller's Honeydew
World guest 2: Moretti
Guest cider: Strongbow

82 Ale House, Akasaka (12/11)
Guest beer: 82 Ale house dark weissen (Kanda, Shinagawa, Akasaka, Kannai).
Sankt Gallen apple cinnamon
82 real ale
Guinness
Bass pale ale
Kirin ichiban shibori
They also have ale houses in Kanda, Mita, Akihabara, Shinjuku, Shinagawa, Hammamatsucho and Kannai.)

Belgian Beer Cafe Antwerp Port (Akasaka) (Happy hour 5to7)
The Belgian Beer Cafe Antwerp Port (Akasaka) is having it's 1st anniversary party on Tues, March 17th. 5,000yen gets you 5 Belgian beers (plus one special Belgian beer?) and food from 6 to 10pm.
Maredsous 10 - lovely (at least it was on tap, last time I was there - long time ago!)
Hoegarrden
Stella artois
Leffe blonde
Bellveue kriek
(plus many more Belgians in bottles)
This is one of a chain of a few stores, Belgian Beer cafe Antwerp Central (Chiyoda), Belgian Beer Cafe Antwerp Six (Ginza) and Belgian Beer Cafe Barrel (Osaka).

-----------------------Roppongi----------------------------------

Roti's: 23-12
(they have about 4 guest beers (stone and Rogue)
Happy hour 5-7 25% off - used to be half price. Smoking at bar
Stone IPA
Greenflash fizzy yellow beer
Rogue hazelnut brown ale
Ballastpoint callico amber ale

AntnBee:
Slightly pricy (3 glass ssizes!) & can get smoky but 20 taps of Japanese craft.
Japanese updates on twitter.

Berndt's (Roppongi):
Weihenstephaner Weiss
Erdinger
Schneider(? maybe bottled)
Diebels Alt
Jever
Bitburger
Kostrizer

Cock o'the walk: (brother/sister bar to Warrior Celt in Ueno)
I heard this closed down. shame. I liked the place.

Abbot's Choice:
Guinness
Abbot ale
Bass pale ale
Yona yona
*Happy hour 650yen a pint 6-8pm*

Shibuya & Shimokitazawa area:

2009-03-09T00:06:00.296+09:00

The Aldgate: (5/7) (Coupon for food discount with a beer) Non smoking Free wifi
A good British style bar (House beers) Now with free wifi!
Aldgate ale
Harry Porter
Abbot ale
Old Speckled Hen
Erdinger weiss
Baird IPA
Jever Pils
Guinness
Fulers London pride
Isekadoya pale ale
Preston stout
(Guest beers)
Preston IPA
Swan Lake Royal Wedding Brown Ale
Green Flash Belgian Dubble
Rogue Black IPA
Murphy's Irish Stout
Isekadoya Kangaroo Ale
Fuller's ESB
Fujizakura Weizen
Plus new handpump real ale London Calling pale ale by Sankt Gallen

p.s. they had Swan Lake golden ale on tap which was very good.

Amusement: (3/3) Interesting 'Speakeasy' styled underground bar.
Paulaner winter bock
Flensberger pilsner
Rogue StRogue red
? means I'm not sure if it's on tap. They have 12 taps.
Hofbrau oktoberfest ?
Spaaten oktoberfest ?
Paulaner oktoberfest ?
Hofbrau hefeweizen
Brutal bitter ?
Rogue Northwestern ale ?
Guinness
Jever pilsner ?
Coedo pilsner ?
Weihenstephan hefeweiss ?
Weihenstephan hefeweiss dunkle ?

Cataratas: (3/3) Closed Sundays. Now with wifi access!
Quality beer selection but not cheap and place can get smoky fast.
Lowenbrau
Hoegaarden
Bass pale ale
Sankt Gallen ruby ale
Paulaner winter lager
Edelwiess weisse
Bear Republic hop rod rye

Faulte: (3/3) (happy hour Heineken & malts 500yen pints till 7)
Bellhaven Scottish stout
Regulars:
Guinness
Killkenny
Suntory premium malts
Bell-veu kriek
Heineken

The Griffon: (30/9) website updated to 10/9
Website is gone. I'm searching for another one?
They often do have an interesting selection of hard to find beers but it can be a little expensive (like a lot of other places, recently). Can get smoky.
Now have a happy hour 5-8. Glass of beer is 580 (from choice of 4or5)
Yona yona
Tokyo black
Hakkaisan alt
Guinness
Hoegaarden
Primms
Brewdog punk IPA
Zumono weissen
Heineken
lowenbrau
WCIPA
Kuninocho marihana brown
Daisen gold
Toshiis IPA
preston pale ale
Brewmaster kabos and honey
Banya red ale
Hansharoaiginjonomasako

Belgo: (3/3)

Ichtegems grand cru from 7th March
Guinness
Leffe blonde
Chimay white
Belleveu kriek

The German Farm Grill: (Warning: 500yen cover charge, last time I was there!)
The place is a lot pricier than it used to hence, hence I no longer go back.

Spaaten helles
Spaaten premium bock
Spaaten Optimator
Franziskaner heffeweiss
(plus a lot of bottled German beers)

Hemel: (27/6)
Vedett extra white
Hoegaarden
Guinness
Saison weissen
Belle Veu Kriek
They also have a load of bottled Belgians!

Bis cafe: (special discount days)
Hoegaarden
Guinness
Vidette extra white
Stella Artois
Chimay white label
plus around 100 bottles, mostly Belgian.

Cafe Anno (new): (16/9)
Czech restaurant/cafe with Czech beer in bottles plus Nihonkai Ishikawa pilsner and dark lager on tap. The beer is brewed by a Czech brewer.
Nihonkai pilsner
Nihonkai dark lager

Craftheads: (27/5) For update - check the site
Non smoking Free wifi
Stone Sublimely Self Righteous
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Ballast Point Victory at Sea
Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA
Ballast Point Three Sheets French Oak Cask
Green Flash Hop Head Red
Southern Tier Porter
Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye
Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale
Maui Brewing Big Swell IPA
Fujisakura Dunkel Weizen
Yokohama Beer pixy Orange Ale
North Island Cinnamon Ale
North Island Wheat Ale
Sanktgallen Shonan Gold
Sanktgallen Pale Ale
Shirohata Pink Grapefruits Ale
Harvest Moon Schwarz

-----------------Harajuku-------------------

The Harajuku Taproom (3/3) non smoking
(Mon-Fri 5-12, Sat/Sun/NatHol 12-12)
A simple account of my first night here.
Handpumps:
Harajuku ale batch 12 (best bitter)
Wheaty IPA
Regulars:
Wheat King Ale
Rising Sun Pale Ale
Red Rose Amber Ale
Angry Boy Brown Ale
Kurofune Porter
Shimaguni Stout
Nide The Ale
Nide The Lager
Teikoku IPA
Seasonal releases:
Ganko oyaji 2011
Morning coffee stout 2011
Winter wheat session ale
Dark sky imperial stout

--------------Shimo Kitazawa---------------

Ushi Tora: (5/11) [Link to a google maps location here.]
Very good beer choice and good quality but not the cheapest (it's not just Ushi Tora, though).
The new bar (almost next door, closed Mondays) has new half pint glasses, but they are US half pints.
USHITORA I 【handpump×３＋tap×２０】□ First Impact (Ushitora Original)
□ First Impact (Ushitora Original)
□ Third Impact (Ushitora Original)
□ Yona Yona Real Ale (Nagano)
□ Tokyo Black (Nagano)
□ Minoh Bitter -Real Ale- (Osaka)
□ Ise Kadoya Pale Ale (Mie)
□ Swan Lake IPA (Niigata)
□ Shonan IPA -SG- (Kanagawa)
□ Ballast Point Sculpin IPA (California, US)
□ Sankt Gallen Amber Ale (Kanagawa)
□ Ise Kadoya Smokey Drop (Mie)
□ Baird Black Fantasy Ale (Shizuoka)
□ Baird Country Girl Pumpkin Ale (Shizuoka)
□ Gargery Stout (Niigata)
□ Minoh Imperial Stout (Osaka)
□ Iwate Kura Barley Wine (Iwate)
□ Ebisu (Sapporo)
□ Echigo Pilsner (Niigata)
□ Ushiku Chateau IPL (Ibaraki)
□ Fuji-Zakura Heights Weizen (Yamanashi)
□ Fuji-Zakura Heights Dunkel Weizen (Yamanashi)
□ Fuji-Zakura Heights Chocolate Wheat (Yamanashi)
□ Kume-Zakura Shuzou Yagou Junmai-Shu (Tottori
★ USHITORA II ★ 【tap×１５】
□ Second Impact (Ushitora Original)
□ Shiga-Kogen Not So Mild Ale (Nagano)
□ Baird Rising Sun Pale Ale (Shizuoka)
□ Baird Suruga Bay Imperial IPA (Shizuoka)
□ Swan Lake Amber Ale (Niigata)
□ Shiga-Kogen Harvest IBA (Nagano)
□ Echigo Stout (Niigata)
□ Minoh Weizen (Osaka)
□ August Snow Blanche (Tokyo)
□ Baird Belgian Pale Ale (Shizuoka)
□ Swan Lake B-IPA (Niigata)
□ Daisen G Yagou (Tottori)
□ Baird Double Dry Imperial Belgian IPA (Shizuoka)
□ Mikkeller It's Alive! (Denmark)
□ ――――――――――――――

Beer Rock (29/10)　
Ａｌｓｏ　ｗｅｂｓｉｔｅ　ｉｓ　ｄｏｗｎ．　
Hitachino Nest weissen
Hitachino Nest amber
Hitachino Nest white
Yona yona
Rogue brutal bitter
Rogue shakespeare stout
Suntory premium malts
(plus maybe 2 guest beers?)

Kurakura beer house:
They moved to Kanda! Here is the new map.

South of Shibuya:

2009-03-09T00:04:00.145+09:00

Baird Beer Taproom, NakaMeguro: (28/2) No smoking
[Here's my simple review]

Guest beers:
Stone old Guardian barley wine
Isekadoya imperial IPA
Greengflash barleywine 2010
Swan Lake barley wine 2011
Iwate Kura barley wine 2011
Handpumped real ale:

Winter session ale (handpump)
Nakameguro 21 (handpump) - ESB
Regulars:
Suruga Bay Imperial IPA (New Regular)
Wheat King Ale
Rising Sun Pale Ale
Red Rose Amber Ale
Angry Boy Brown Ale
Kurofune Porter
Shimaguni Stout
Nide The Ale
Nide The Lager
Numazu lager
Teikoku IPA
Seasonal releases:
West Coast wheat wine

Jubilation 2010
Dark sky imperial stout
Winter wit
Triple dry hop European IPA

Hatsujozo imperial pale lager
Morning coffee stout 2011
**More in depth review - by Glen Scoggins and using far more syllables than I am capable of and information that only a true beer detective could dig up, in the upcoming edition of Brews News.

Hato's Bar (NakaMeguro): (3/3) smoking pit BBQ and craft beer
Shonan chocolate porter
Ballast Point victory at sea
Shiga Kogen Miyama blonde
Shiga Kogen IPA

Inishmore (Ebisu):
Yonayona (hand pump)
Toshi's IPA
Tokyo black
Guinness
Kilkenny
Bass pale ale
Yebisu
Strongbow cider

What the Dickens (Ebisu): Smoking
Guinness
Murphys
Boddingtons
Bass pale ale
Dry Blackthorn cider
Lowenbrau
Yebisu

The Black Lion (Meguro): Smoking
Bellevue Kriek
Weihenstephan Hefeweiss
Marston's Pedigree
Boddington's
Kilkenny
Bass
Guinness
Asahi
Yebisu
Heineken
Blackthorn Cider
(Thanks, Pudgy, for the ino!)

The Grafton (Gotanda) (2/3) : Smoking
Yona Yona
Guinness
Killkenny
Hoegaarden
Lowenbrau
Yebisu
Tokyo Black
Belleveu kriek
Baeren chocolate stout
Brewdog zeitgeist
Ozenoyukidoke IPA (WHAT?)
Baird teikoku IPA

Pangaea (Senzoku):(2/3) Smoking
He is brewing his own beer these days.
It includes a turnip beer.
You'll have to go there to see how it is.

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Speyside Way: (3/3) Smoking
Minoh pale ale (100 a UK pint, hand pump)
Minami Shinshu IPA (1000 a pint)
Shiga Kogen DPA (1000 a pint)
Yona Yona (hand pump)

OCarolans: Smoking
No special draft beers but this place used to be an institution in Jiyugaoka.
Guinness,
heartland,
Braumeister,
kilkenny,
hoegarden,
heineken.

The Clan: Smoking
Similar on lack of interesting beer. Nice enough bar.
Guinness
Kilkenny
Hoegaarden
Ebisu
Sapporo

Kawasaki and Tsurumi:

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Craft Beer Moonlight: (Noborito) (10/12)
A new, small craft beer joint, run by Mr. Nakayama.
Featuring 6 simple brews, but only 4 on tap at a time (I was there at the end of July and it was the pale alger, light ale, pilsner and porter). 300yen for a glass. Not great beer right now but hopefully getting better.
Pale lager
Lager
Pilsner - new
Bitter
Strong ale/Old ale
Porter
Stout

Sal's Cafe (Saginuma -Denentoshi line): (4/6) Website is to 4th
Ballast Point Big Bear Stout
Pizza Port El Camino IPA
Shiroyama Belgian White
Shiga Kogen Miyama Blonde
Stone pale ale

McCann's (Musashi kousugi): (12/11)
Closed Sundays. Happy hour 5-7pm: 150yen off.
Rogue juniper pale ale
Yonayona
Guinness
Kilkenny
Edelpils

The Great German Cook (Tsurumi):
Erdinger weisse
Jever pilsner
Bitburger pils
Lowenbrau
Hoegaarden
Guinness
Killkenny
Heineken
Bass pale ale
Yebisu
(They used to have Weihenstephan on tap as a guest beer. Not sure about now, though.)

Yokohama area:

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The Thrash Zone: (16/12) Great, friendly, rocking craft haven in Yokohama.
New LOCATION! 6-6:30 until 11:30
Hopslave
Shinano ale
Shinano mountain ale
Nagahama ale
Greenflash WCIPA
Greenflah hop head red IPA
Stone ruination DIPA
p.s. This is a great craft beer bar, with really good friendly people frequenting it.

Cheers: (16/12) (Happy hour 4-7pm) Closed Sunday

Shonan super bitter IPA
Helios santa beer red ale
Aqula akita bijin beer
Atsugi hachi honey ale
Hideji weisse and mango lager
Isekdaoya stout on handpump
Old Speckled hen
Hoehgaarden
Cheers helios beer

Green Sheep: (1 guest beer which doesn't change very often, but it's open 'til late and is an option.)
Guest Beer - rumor is it's brewed by Yokohama beer.
YONA YONA,
Guinness,
Kilkenny,
Bass Pale Ale,
Yebisu,
Asahi Fuji San,
Asahi Super Dry.

Glass Dance Belgian beer and grill:Guinness
Yebisu
De Koninck
Hommel
Hoegaarden
Leffe blonde
plus a good bottled selection

Beer Republic: near Yokohama station, South East side.
1. Ginga Kogen stout
2. Shiga Kogen DPA
3. Daisen weizen bock
4. Minoh imperial stout
5. Minami Shinshu Christmas ale
6. North Island cinnamon ale
7. Kure barley wine
8. Shiga Kogen porter
9. Fuji sakura weizen bock
10. Shiga Kogen IPA
11. Beahern chocola number 7
12. North Island red ale
13. Isekadoya pale ale
14.Hideji lager
Handpumps:
15.Isekadoya pale ale dry hopped - maybe off tonday?
16.Minoh pale ale

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Pivovar Yokohama ()
Pivovar is now closed Saturdays and Sundays for regular customers. Damn, it might be closed until March is another thing I heard. Weird decision but theirs to make but there you go. Really weird.
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Baird Bashamichi Taproom: (15/12)
The newest edition to the Baird Taproom collection (Including Numazu, NakaMeguro and Harajuku - for now!), is a Aerican PitBBQ themed taproom. 3 floors and 25 taps. 2 handpumps.
I also work here part time, Fri and Sat!
come by and say hi!
Handpumped real ale:
Bashamichi ale (smoked brown ale only for the Bashamichi Taproom)
80 Schilling ale
Baird regulars:
Kurofune porter
Shimaguni stout
Singe Take session ale
Wheat king ale
Numazu lager
Rising Sun pale ale
Red rose amber ale
Angry boy brown ale
Suruga Bay DIPA
Nide cream ale
Seasonals:
Midnight oil export stout
Black velvet dark lager
West coast wheat wine( maybe gone?)
Yabai Yabia strong Scottish ale (maybe gone?)
Numazu ale
Red rose Belgian ale

Guest beers:
Birra del borgo re pale extra IPA
Birra del borgo saison

Bashamichi Green (16/12)
New Green with 3 craft taps plus heartland and again great food.
no info on beer
Pivo: (15/12) ( Closed Sun, Monday) Another Czech bar!
He actually controls the temp of his beer (around 7-8C) and puts the temp on his website. Nice!
Pilsner Urquel (950yen for 500ml)
Master semi dark beer (mayb enot on any more?)
Kozel cerny( dark)

*** -- New! -- ***

ElNubicho (5/2)

New interesting bar with small snacks and a nicely chosen line up of 4 taps.

He doesnt list his beers onl;ine and recently had a barley wine and some fruity beers.

( Glass size S 500. M 800, L 1,000yen)

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(16/12)

***Bay Brewing***A cool looking new brewpub ran by the former head brewer of Pivovar Yokohama, Suzuki Shinya. Good luck, Shinya!

US PINT \900 UK HALF PINT \600

1 Miyoko kogen pilsner

2 Nihonkai dark lager

3 Aqula Akita bijin beer

4 Fujisakura weizen

5 Shiga Kogen Indain Summer saison

6 Isekdaoya imperial smoked porter

7 Baird rising sun pale ale

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Craft Beer Bar (Kannai): (16/12)
Not so easy to find and easy to walk past (again and again), so Google search this address and view it in maps: 横浜市中区太田町２－３１－３ (Yokohama-shi, Naka-ku, Aioi-cho 2-31-3)

Minoh stout (handpump) * very good!
Baird Red Rose Belgian ale
Fujisakura weizen bock
Shiga Kogen ichiniseki imperial dark saison
Shiga Kogen miyama blonde
Swan Lake amber ale
Iwate Kura classic IPA (handpump)
Baeren classic
North Island cinnamon ale
Harvestmoon pale ale

3 Lions (Kannai): (16/12) (Coupon) (Closed Sundays)
NEW LOCATION!
A nice British pub, with good sized portions (of delicious pub grub).
Spitfire
Rogue dry hopped StRogue Red * good!
Bellhaven Scottish stout
Celrsberg
Bellhaven Twisted Thistle IPA
Aspall's Cider
plus some bottled beers (including a lot of Brewdog beers)!

Charcoal Grill & Bar Green (Motomachi street): (3/3)
Preston stout
Loco Sakura steam
Yokohama Hamamugi lager

Rockwell's: (28/5) A sake and shouchu joint, the other side of Kannai stadium
Kirin heartland
Tokyo black

Machida and Fujisawa area:

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--------------------Machida---------------------

Copa: Free beer coupon. (12/11)
Leffe brown
Leffe blonde
Chimay
Kirin hearltand
Kirin ichibanshibori
Baird teikoku IPA
Hoegaarden
plus a nice Belgian bottled selection.

Trafalgar:
Yona Yona
Tokyo black
Guinness
Kilkenny
London Pride
Edelpils
Sapporo
Strongbow cider
Here's their extensive booze selection.

Oktoberfest: (11/6)
Newish small bar with 5or so taps and about half a dozen tables.
Minoh smoked porter
Nagisa pale ale (good and not easy to find on tap!)
Nagisa weissen
Iwate Kra cider
Yokohama Pixie

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Century Break (Fujisawa): (27/2) Closed Monday
A great British pub styled bar with good beer and good prices - UK pint sizes!
(Website is up to 16/10)
(Coupon site with English beer listing and map)
Guinness
hofbrua
Paulaner hefeweiss
Bios kriekenbier
Grissette blanche
Old speckled hen
Guinness
Sankt Gallen golden ale
Harvestmoon chocolate stout
Baeren chocolate stout
Baird Suruga bay DIPA
Yona Yona real ale (hand pump)
Contry perry

Beer Cafe Hopman (Chigasaki) (3/3)
Nice newish bar, not far from Station. About 20 craft beers on tap, in good condition.
Yona yona
Sapporo edelpils
Shonan bitter
Hoegaarden white
Fujisakura chocolate wheat
Shiga Kogen not so mild real ale version
Great Divide fresh hop pale ale (very good)
Beer buddy red ale
Ginga kogen weissen
Baird Suruga Bay DIPA
Greenflash WCIPA (very good)
Coronado Idiot DIPA (very good)
Preston black bitter
Iwate Kura smoked ale
Iwate Kura chocolate stout
Rogue imperial stout
Stone old guardian barley wine
Stone vertical epic 2010
Tokyo black