Category: Beer and Brewing History
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Smog City Brewing Company, Coffee Porter, US and Japan Versions.
Living in Japan I have access to some interesting products that are not common in the US. One of these is two versions of the same beer from a singular brewery, but packaged differently. I have access to beer sold at local Japanese bottle shops and beer sold at package stores on US Military Bases.…
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Spring Valley Brewery, Kyoto
In 1869 William Copeland, a Norwegian-American living in Japan, started what is believed to be the first beer brewery in Japan. Some 154 years later while vacationing in Kyoto, Japan I visited the Spring Valley Brew Pub. While Spring Valley started as a small brewery through a series of acquisitions and mergers the business is…
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The Arnolds/Arnufs of Beer: St Arnold of Metz, Soissons, and Oudenaarde.
Beer and saints have long associated history.
Luke Pernotto 