Kinshachi Imperial stout, IPA
Minami Shinshu apple hop, dunkle weissen, Christmas ale 2007
Taybeh beer (Palestinian beer Taybeh dark, amber and golden)
Hansharo beer daiginjyomasako (uses sake yeast), dusk ale
Michinoku Fukushima beer (peach ale special, weissen, dunkel)
Mitsui foods Anchor steam, Chimay, Hinano.
Hideji beer Hideji stout, Tayo no lager ('Sun' lager - kind of pilsner?)
Daisen G beer pilsner, Yago
Taps (Turkish beer - red ale and strong ale)
Umenishiki beer aromatic ale, pilsner
Brewmaster beer Brewmaster, kabos and honey, healing time.
Jena Austrian importers (Edelweiss snowfresh, Raderberger and Schofferhoffer grapefruit)
Shonan beer oatmeal stout, Shonan ruby, chocolate porter
Atsugi beer shiso ale, marine brew stout, abbey tripple, Belgian strong ale
Hitachino Nest white ale, amber ale
Kamikaze beer cream ale, amber ale
Miyoshi Becken Dunkle bock, weissen bock, spring ale
Yaho brewing Yonayona (I hope casked)
Miyagi microbrewery Sparkling fruits grape, sparkling fruits apple, chaga beer.
Banya beer coffee lager, weissen
Tochigi microbrewery Tochino megumi special sparkling fruit beer, light ale.
Kobushi hana beer Maibock, Belgian white
Nasu Kogen beer 9 tailed fox (YES! A good barley wine and aged since 1999!), Ainohana (flower of love) helles bock.
Gotenba Kogen beer (bride ale (kolsch), schwarz)
Kona beer fire rock pale ale, longboard lager, pipeline porter
Sankt Gallen Imperial chocolate stout, sweet vanilla stout, Shonan gold, golden ale
Ikspiari Harvestmoon Belgian wheat, schwarz, Japaneseque fruit ale
Chateau Kamiya beer Guessing their seasonal would be there. Not bad pils, helles, weissen.
Nagisa beer American wheat, pale ale
Kinki beer importers (seriously!) De Koninck Gusto 1833 golden blonde, De Koninck Gusto 1833 ruby red
Hakodate beer kolsch, strong ale.
Aqula beer sakura lager
Nagano trading ( Stone vertical epic, 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout, Bear Republic Red Rock Ale, Big Bear Stout and Speakeasy Prohibition on tap. Green Flash Hop Head Red in bottles)
Hoppy beer akasaka pilsen, akasaka rubin rot
Fujisakura weissen, chocolate wheat, rauch, rauchbock
Isekadoya pale ale
Minoh beer real ale, DIPA, stout
Iwate Kura chocolate stout, caramel ale, IPA, weissen (On friday they oonly had the IPA and choc stout)
Noboribetsu white ale, gold demon pale ale
Naganuma beer weissen, plisner
Ginga kogen wheat ale, pale ale
Tokachi beer weissen, caramel wheat
Nihonkai club pilsner
Ushiku Chateau Kamiya pilsner, premium bock
Augus beer (Fukushima brewer and do a helles style lager plus they had one other perhaps amber that I didn't have time to try)
Ikon Europubs Importers of foreign beer. I'm guessing it will be Wychwood/Hobgoblin.
Hope it's not xxxx , Hite, Mythos or Fosters!
Yokohama beer (Yokohama amber lager, Yokohama Munchen style weissen - plus perhaps liberty ale later in the day)
Still waiting for info on these babies:
(Don't see any mention now, so they may have pulled out)
Loco beer Not here this time.
Kai beer Didn't see them on Friday.
UPDATE FROM FRIDAY:
I went on Friday and the beer was not bad at all. 2 big halls, Beer is well labelled (if you look up to the huge banners overhead). Everything is nicely spaced out. Lots of room. Friday wasn't busy at all and no queues for the beer. Not sure about today. If you see DH or Nate from the Good Beer and Country boys, please say hi from Chuwy. Unfortunately, I have to be in Hakone today and tomorrow (its not so bad). Enjoy the festival!
Chuwy's reccomendations:
Aged 9 tailed fox from Nasu Kogen (made in 1999)
Nihonkai pilsner
Minoh DIPA
Brewmaster Kabos and Honey
Shonan oatmeal stout
Yokohama liberty ale
Iwate Kura chocolate stout (sooo much cocoa!)
Stone vertical epic
Bear Republic red rocket (if it's in good condition this is awesome)
Drink Caramel sweets at your peril!
Chuwy's reccomendations:
Aged 9 tailed fox from Nasu Kogen (made in 1999)
Nihonkai pilsner
Minoh DIPA
Brewmaster Kabos and Honey
Shonan oatmeal stout
Yokohama liberty ale
Iwate Kura chocolate stout (sooo much cocoa!)
Stone vertical epic
Bear Republic red rocket (if it's in good condition this is awesome)
Drink Caramel sweets at your peril!
This list is changing constantly. Either new brewers are being added or some are taken off the list. Not very well organised, if you ask me. Still, all I can do is keep checking it and trying my best to update this blog. Chuwy (13/3).
p.s. don't believe the bull that you can't buy tickets on the door. There was a rumour that only 30 tickets were left. Pretty damn sure they haven't sold 800 tickets for Friday. I'm just gonna turn up and buy mine at the door.
p.s. don't believe the bull that you can't buy tickets on the door. There was a rumour that only 30 tickets were left. Pretty damn sure they haven't sold 800 tickets for Friday. I'm just gonna turn up and buy mine at the door.