Prairie Artisan Ales in Japan

I heard Mitsuya Liquors in Asagaya is going to be doing a little event on Monday April, 6th to celebrate Prairie Artisan becoming available. I saw a post somewhere about a similar event in Osaka as well. Anybody going to anything Prairie related? Since I live in Asagaya I will most likely be strolling down to Mitsuya on the evening of the 6th.

Hitting Craft Cafe in Imazato to celebrate my birthday with a mix-6 of Prairie tonight!

I just wonder if it is grey market or legit. Any talk of kegs? If it is grey market, it is a bit strange to do any type of celebration. Hope its legit and Prairie is going to send awesome bottles and kegs.

Great way to ring in a birthday with prairie!! Happy birthday!!

Ezo beer is the importer. Not sure wether that is or isn’t grey. No kegs that I’ve heard about yet...only bottles.

Seems to be legitimate this time.

That’s a big score. Prairie has also popped up in Canada in bottles, but hard to drive a brand beyond beer geeks with high prices (1500 yen in Japan, $13 in Canada). Still, Jonno has the Bomb and I have Christmas Ale so we are going to do side-by-side.

Tim

1500 retail?

Was in Belgium and London last time I was in those places too. Bit of an expansion maybe. Have enjoyed all of their beers that I’ve had I think.

It is a big score indeed. Kind of getting sick of seeing importers in Japan focusing on West Coast IPAs. I do love a good IPA, but there are so many more interesting American beers out there without having to see third tier beers being brought into Japan. End of bitter rant.

I agree with that fact that there seems to be a lot of mediocre imports here, but I think that extends to beers from many countries and not just the US.