Craftheads Shibuya
Traveling with a baby meant that I would not be able to really check out the craft beer pub scene in Tokyo. However, on a Sunday afternoon walking tour from Shibuya to Yoyogi Park and Harajuku, fate would have it...
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Tokyo-matic: The ease of fending for oneself in Japan.
Hi-tech, automatic, advanced, convenient. This is how one would describe Japan and its do-it-yourself philosophy. Since the cost of labor is high, technological achievements allow individuals to fend for themselves in daily activities that in other countries would be put...
Unboxing Craftpoint’s Beer Explorer
Craftpoint Brewing Company’s Beer Explorer Club is a monthly craft beer subscription — the first of its kind in the Philippines. It takes a two-pronged approach by attracting both craft beer newbies with an adventurous side and enthusiasts who...
Brewfest Manila Part II
Edit: Apparently there are two Brewfests. One is Brewfest MNL. The other is Brewfest PH. This was the second event organized by Brewfest MNL, the first being held in Le Pavilion last year. Admission was a reasonable Php 100, which also...
My First Beer as a Father
To celebrate the birth of our first child and daughter, I opened this bottle of 2011 Three Philosophers Quadrupel by Brewery Ommegang in New York, a wedding gift last year from good friend Concon San Antonio. A two-year aged...
Palaweño Brewery
I fortuitously and serendipitously chanced upon Palaweño Brewery a year ago, when I booked a trip to Puerto Princesa City and El Nido, Palawan. Based on the superior ratings and favorable reviews at Booking.com as well as a more than...
Where I go for Craft Beer
Well, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Allow me, then, to present a totally biased article about where I like to go to enjoy craft beer. Beer is a beverage that can be enjoyed in a multitude of ways —...
Philippine Craft Beer in 2014
2014 has been a banner year for beer in the Philippines. I would go so far as to say that it’s been the most eventful and momentous so far since the craft beer started. Decades from now, food and beverage...
The Case for Craft
*Or just random, stream-of-consciousness musings really, from what started out as an attempt to define what Craft Beer is in the Philippines (edit/realization upon reaching the end of the article and not really having a central point) The craft beer scene...
Heartbreak at Barley Gastropub
A nation’s collective hopes were dashed last Wednesday, 3 September 2014 when the Philippine National Mens Basketball Team (given the nickname Gilas Pilipinas) lost to Puerto Rico by two points after establishing what was thought to be a commanding twelve-point...
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