Sakamichi Nights

Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit. This week we tried some of the excellent Wait and Hope from Nara Brewing , and the delicious Hop and Escape from West Coast Brewing . Both are breweries with a strong visual language, so we also talked a bit about our own experience of trying to establish our...

Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit. This week we tried some of the excellent White Gradation from Y-Market in Nagoya. An extremely drinkable and well-balanced Hefeweizen. What's the correct way to pronounce Hefeweizen? We don't know. We do know though that both Daniel and Matthew have grown to l...

Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit. In this very special episode we tried some of our own Anniversary IPA, and looked back on our first year in business. We opened the taproom on the 16th of March 2020 and have faced plenty of "learning and growing experiences" since then. The Anniversary IPA wa...

Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit. This week we drank some of the excellent Strata Drift from our friends at NomCraft Brewing in Wakayama. This double dry hopped IPA took its inspiration from the Strata Hops grown in brewmaster Ben's home state of Oregon. We also briefly mentioned the fabulousl...

Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit. This time we drank 年またぎセッション ( Toshi Matagi Session ) from Repubrew in Numazu. This West Coast Session IPA is super light and drinkable, and has a very interesting hop bill that includes several different varieties of cryo hops. We also discussed some...

Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each week Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit. This week we talked about Temple Garden Yuzu Ale from Baird Brewing in Shizuoka - Matthew's old workplace! Baird have taprooms in Tokyo, Yokohama, and Numazu, and we highly recommend them!  If you are interested in our 1 year anniversary event more details c...

Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.  In this episode we talked about Kyun Cake from NomCraft in Wakayama, and Chocolate Brownie Milk Stout from Two Rabbits in Shiga - NOT IN EHIME, as Matthew kept insisting. We also mentioned our friends at Isana Brewing in Akishima. Apologies for...