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drink The Portland of the Far East Craft beer is booming in Japan. Posted Wednesday, June 15, 2011, at 6:42 AM ET
I got neither. Instead, I found 19 gleaming taps ingeniously squeezed into the diminutive space, with every last one offering a local brew. That bar (it's called Ant 'n' Bee, in case you'd like to visit) and those beers represent just a fraction of what's available. Japan's craft beer is little known globally, but alarmingly good. Breweries you've never heard of and may struggle to pronounce are making well-executed beers in a wide array of styles. I sampled a white beer from Shiroyama, cloudy with citrus and a hint of spice, subtle enough to please Belgian witbier partisans. Those who like muscular hop flavor would probably enjoy the powerful IPA I tried from Minami Shinshu. To continue reading, click here. Mark Garrison is a journalist and co-host of The Sporkful, a food podcast and blog, at sporkful.com.Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Did Goldman Con the Government? Maybe. Did It Con Its Customers? You Bet. Now I Know Why It's So Difficult To Design a Search Engine That's Safe for Kids Coke and Pepsi's Plant-Based Bottles Are Just as Bad for You as Regular Plastics | Advertisement |
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Culturebox: The Portland of the Far East
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