Beer Reviews

  What's the best motivation to getting down to starting your own brewery? Well, helping design someone else's distillery might be right up there!...

  We're here with a couple of special Isekado brews that we're really excited to get into.  To convey that excitement, we should really get down t...

  Uchu Brewery represents a new wave of Japanese craft brewing, one that marries tradition with passion, sustainability and perhaps the eccentrici...

  Collabs are one of the most unique aspects about the craft beer scene - it's something you don't find with spirits, nor with really any other dr...

  We've got Spring Valley's new Afterdark Dark Beer that was released just in time for winter - well, we're just a couple of months late. As they ...

  Everyone's favourite Yebisu - I can't tell you the number of times folks have raved about Yebisu to me, and these include brewers themselves, so...

  Sapporo lays claim to being Japan's oldest living beer brand, having been first brewed in Sapporo, Hokkaido, in 1876 by Seibei Nakagawa. Seeing ...

  A while ago there was a comprehensive review of Japan's best known classics - we're talking Asahi Super Dry, Sapporo Black Label, Suntory's Prem...

サントリープレミアムハイボール白州〈シェリー樽原酒ブレンド〉       2023 was a big year for Suntory and Japanese whiskies as a category - it was the 100th anniversary of when lo...

  Tucked away in Osaka Prefecture lies Minoh City, renowned for its breath-taking Minoh Park. Just a while ago, this place was overrun by playful ...

    Carnelian | Bighands Bros.Fruited Sour Ale with Apricot | ABV 5.5%Pours a cloudy yellow, actually tastes more like a gose than a fruited sour....

  Andalusite | Bighand Bros. BeersBest Bitter | ABV 4.0%This beer recently clinched the Gold Medal in the English Mild/Bitter category during this...