threebikesmcginty
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gastro-summink. I'll be back!
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Flying_Monkey
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Just an advance announcement that this Wednesday's Tokyo craft beer bar will be: Devil Craft in Kanda - craft beer and deep-dish pizza. Yum.
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Flying Monkey Pale Ale on tap!
Flying_Monkey
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They heard I was coming...
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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There's a likeness too, spooky!
Flying_Monkey
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Except I am now beardless because it's just too hot here.
BTW, that earlier list of craft beer bars I put up was just Time Out's selection. This is a fuller list: http://www.bento.com/r-beer.html
There are dozens of Belgian beer bars, some of which are also quite interesting. I certainly won't run out of bars to try, although something tells me I will be going back to Goodbeer Faucets a few times - their selection changes so much.
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I guy I know who lives in Tokyo, Chris Bunting, wrote a book about drinking in Japan a couple of years ago. Might be worth a look, although perhaps already a bit out of date. The emphasis is a bit more on whisky than beer I think.
http://www.amazon.com/Drinking-Japan-Japans-Drinks-Establishments/dp/4805310545
Flying_Monkey
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A year and half's 'research'... heh. Looks good in terms of the cultural aspects even if the listings might be out of date.
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Cheeky midweek Double Simcoe IPA from Weyerbacher. Not bad, although you taste the 9% alcohol.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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- ...on the slake
Running errands yesterday which involved visiting a couple of breweries, picked up a couple of samples from Ballards including a nice looking barley wine, just sampling the Nyewood Gold which is a nice hoppy golden ale although not overpoweringly so, whole Phoenix hops if you're interested!
Flying_Monkey
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DevilCraft was good. One of those Tokyo buildings that in any other city might be a gap between buildings, there are about 8 bar seats downstairs and apparently tables upstairs although I don't know how they can fit them in. I was lucky to find a single bar space free - next to a guy who turned out to be the restaurant columnist of the Japan Times - and ordered my Chicago-style pizza immediately (because apparently they can take some time).
In the meantime, I wanted something light and refreshing so I went for a Kinkan Lager, 4.5%, from Hideji brewery. Kinkan is a kind of citrus and this basically tasted like an adult lemonade. But since this was exactly what I was looking for, it was fine. No real body at all and certainly this would disappoint people who like beer to taste like beer.
Next up was a Pale Ale, 5.6%, from Sankt Gallen, a Japanese brewery with a very good reputation. This came via a handpump and it was almost exactly like a more citrusy version of London Pride. Very nice.
The pizza arrived and was nothing to write home about. Basically, pizza dough made into a pie shape and deep filled with what would normally be pizza topping. The basic problem is that an actual pie crust would have been better. And an actual pie filling. In other words: an actual pie.
Finally, I had a German-style Schwartz from Harvest Moon, another local brewery - which it turns out is actually based at Tokyo Disneyland - Japan is an odd place! Despite being only 4.8%, this was deep and full of roasty, toasty flavours, whilst being very drinkable indeed. Really rather excellent.
All in all, another good night, although I wouldn't rate DevilCraft as highly as Goodbeer Faucets and they certainly did not have the same variety of different Japanese beer styles.
In the meantime, I wanted something light and refreshing so I went for a Kinkan Lager, 4.5%, from Hideji brewery. Kinkan is a kind of citrus and this basically tasted like an adult lemonade. But since this was exactly what I was looking for, it was fine. No real body at all and certainly this would disappoint people who like beer to taste like beer.
Next up was a Pale Ale, 5.6%, from Sankt Gallen, a Japanese brewery with a very good reputation. This came via a handpump and it was almost exactly like a more citrusy version of London Pride. Very nice.
The pizza arrived and was nothing to write home about. Basically, pizza dough made into a pie shape and deep filled with what would normally be pizza topping. The basic problem is that an actual pie crust would have been better. And an actual pie filling. In other words: an actual pie.
Finally, I had a German-style Schwartz from Harvest Moon, another local brewery - which it turns out is actually based at Tokyo Disneyland - Japan is an odd place! Despite being only 4.8%, this was deep and full of roasty, toasty flavours, whilst being very drinkable indeed. Really rather excellent.
All in all, another good night, although I wouldn't rate DevilCraft as highly as Goodbeer Faucets and they certainly did not have the same variety of different Japanese beer styles.
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Do you have an apprenticeship program? Just asking, like....
