Yokohama Craft Beer
Craft Beer Bars and Tap Rooms in Yokohama - I had the pleasure of living and working in Yokohama and I loved it! Japan for a year and in this time I visited every craft beer place I could find and attended every craft beer festival and event I could find and had a blast doing so! So after a year of research I have compiled a list of the best craft beer bars and craft beer taprooms in Yokohama and events I attended (and then stumbled home from… or rather… stumbling to get that last train home! This list works from North to South…. did someone suggest a craft beer pub crawl??? Hell Yeah!
Taiwan’s Best Craft Beer
Taipei is arguably Asia best craft beer destination. I visited Taipei in February 2020 and had a wonderful time visiting the many drinking dens and sampling the local craft beers. Here’s some photos of my self directed craft beer tour of Taipei and a list of destinations.
Old Mate Pale Ale
Old Mate is a solid craft beer with a cool name and cool can design! This pale ale is easy to drink and has a has a citrusy hoppy presence. 5.0% ALC/VOL | Look Moon Dog’s cool range of beers - outstanding label designs and great names! 10/10 for the creative team at Moon Dog!
Pirate Life Brewing IPA
The Pirate Life Brewing IPA is a great craft beer! Deliciously hoppy with aromas of citrus and a really lovely drop. This lovely IPA’s can was designed to showcases the Gulf racing colours of powder blue and orange as championed by the Ford GT 40 at Lemans. 6.8% ABV.
Hop Stomper IPA
Stomping Ground Hop Stomper IPA West Coast IPA is a delicious West Coast IPA with a lovely bitterness and citrus aromas. 6% ABV
West Coast IPA
West Coast IPA Mr Banks Brewing Co is an excellent craft beer. Magically hoppy and citrusy and full bodied. | West Coast IPA ABV : 6.2% Rating ★★★★
Weston St IPA
The Weston St IPA is a delicious craft beer from Temple Brewing Co. Lovely hoppy and citrus aromas and a full bodied taste was most delicious! Rating ★★★★
Young Henrys IPA
The IPA by Young Henrys offers a hoppy aroma with generous flavours of citrus. This is a fresh, dry IPA that is easy to drink. Rating ★★★★ Young Henry’s Brewery was founded by Richard Adamson and Oscar McMahon in 2012 in an industrial warehouse space in Newtown, with a small brewing kit and loads of optimism. Young Henrys has the motto ‘serve the people’ and their aim is to brew beer the local community would enjoy and be proud to call their own. They have indeed grown since 2012 and now their ‘community’ goes far beyond the geographical, and has evolved to include like-minded folk throughout Australia. Young Henrys range is made up of well-balanced, easy-drinking beers.
Hornet IPA
Black Hops Brewing’s Hornet IPA. A sweetish, citrusy, stone fruity IPA with a nicely balanced hoppy bitterness. In 2015 Black Hops brewed the world’s first official Call of Duty beer, a Midnight Pale Ale. In 2016, they successfully raised $17,000 via a crowdfunding campaign to become the first Aussie brewery to launch via crowdfunding. Black Hops Brewing opened the doors (taproom and brewery) in Burleigh Heads in June 2016.
Hop Stomper IPA
Hop Stomper Stomping Ground Brewing Co. IPA
Country: Australia
Brewery: Stomping Ground Brewing
Rating ★★★★