Best Breweries in Japan 2016 - results

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Message willisread beers 7331 º places 126 º 23:47 Tue 1/17/2017 Minoh and Swan Lake fell haaaaaaaarrrrddddd...rightfully so I guess. Also Nihonkai made a nice little jump. Minoh didn’t even get a vote....ouch.
Message willisread beers 7331 º places 126 º 23:56 Tue 1/17/2017 Interesting comparison...current untappd top 20 breweries in Japan: 1. Thrash Zone 2. Yorocco 3. Shiga Kogen 4. Oni-Densetsu 5. Far Yeast 6. North Island 7. Devil Craft 8. Minoh 9. Ushitora 10. Kyoto 11. Y. Market 12. Zakkoku 13. Hideji 14. Outsider 15. Ryujin 16. Swan Lake 17. Oh! La! Ho! 18. Shonan 19. Fujizakura 20. Daisen G
Message jonno beers 2750 º places 211 º 05:13 Wed 1/18/2017 Agree on most post Will. Will have to try the Nidomemashite to up my impression of Kyoto. I find them very well made, just a tad pedestrian and slightly lifeless. The most recent Shiga Kogen bottles are better in the carb area.

Message jonno beers 2750 º places 211 º 05:14 Wed 1/18/2017 Far Yeast? Wow...
Message maekchu P beers 5670 º places 181 º 05:58 Wed 1/18/2017 untappd?... umm... well... yeah...
Message beercation beers 2 º places 4 º 09:55 Wed 1/18/2017 Originally posted by KyotoLefty Fuji was super strong last year. I guess a lot of people don’t get excited about those styles. Plus, a few others had bigger jumps up. Fujizakura makes great Heffs and Pils, too bad the locals get too influenced by the haze/whalez bros.
Message beercation beers 2 º places 4 º 11:01 Wed 1/18/2017 Originally posted by willisread Also sidenote...Marihana is awesome and Coedo are fools for not canning that up years ago. More Marihana from them and less Tsuyu saison. I put that Tsuyu Saison as the Worst of 2016.

Message KyotoLefty P beers 15126 º places 1061 º 18:21 Wed 1/18/2017 Originally posted by willisread Minoh and Swan Lake fell haaaaaaaarrrrddddd...rightfully so I guess. Also Nihonkai made a nice little jump. Minoh didn’t even get a vote....ouch. Minoh’s beers are very solid lately. They just aren’t doing much that’s new. Swan Lake is pretty much the same, and I refuse to pay the stupid prices for their BA bottles.
Message KyotoLefty P beers 15126 º places 1061 º 18:24 Wed 1/18/2017 Originally posted by beercation Originally posted by willisread Also sidenote...Marihana is awesome and Coedo are fools for not canning that up years ago. More Marihana from them and less Tsuyu saison. I put that Tsuyu Saison as the Worst of 2016. The hype around that mediocre beer was ridiculous.
Message TimE P beers 8459 º places 409 º 18:44 Wed 1/18/2017 Originally posted by KyotoLefty Originally posted by beercation Originally posted by willisread Also sidenote...Marihana is awesome and Coedo are fools for not canning that up years ago. More Marihana from them and less Tsuyu saison. I put that Tsuyu Saison as the Worst of 2016. The hype around that mediocre beer was ridiculous. Did you know how much bottles were selling for in the US? $30 a pop. I saw it on tap once in Tokyo at one of the Craft Beer Markets, but went there and it was already gone. I was devastated at the time, but then learned I didn’t miss much. TIM