Osaka's still small -- but growing –
number of craft beer bars are described in a recent New York Times online
article.
More accurately, six of the better
beer bars are discussed, all of them in one central area of downtown Osaka and
all of which opened just in the past two years or so. The places considered are
Beer Belly Tenma, Garage 39, Marciero, Beer Stand Molto, Yellow Ape Craft, and
Dig Beer Bar. This is definitely becoming one of the better areas for ji-biiru,
and most of these spots are within walking distance of each other.
The writer also samples some of the
very good to great beers being produced in Japan, among them Minoh W-IPA, Shiga
Kogen Imperial Black IPA, Iwate Kura Weizen, and Fujizakura Weizenbock.
In addition, Mark Meli, author of
“Craft Beer in Japan,” provides color commentary and essential background to
the author’s observations on the history and growth of the business, as well as
the development of beer styles in Japan.
The article appears in the April 27,
2014 edition The New York Times and is available online here: A Craft-Beer Pub Crawl in the
‘Kitchen of Japan’.
It is. At this stage then, I will reveal I got to Osaka in March 2016. I cheaped it out and stayed in a brand new Khaosan hostel in Namba. I did not have a good paper map of Osaka. But my laptop computer was sufficient.
ReplyDeleteI managed to scarf a copy of the Osaka Craft Beer Map Vol. 3, and that really helped a lot. When you post(ed) about the venues to which I went then, I will respond there.