Thrash Zone Yokohama
In the quieter side of Yokohama, on the other side of the highway from the department stores and their basements of food, and a five to ten minute walk north from Yokohama station, lies what to me was the best beer...
Tagged: imperial IPA
E and A’s Craft Wedding
A month ago to this day, the author attended a wedding with a decidedly unique and personalized “craft” theme. (Well, enough with the pretenses of anonymity. Most of the people who bother to read this blog and are still around...
On Arrogant Bastards and Never Selling Out
While I haven’t been writing over the past couple of months because I had quite a lot going on in my personal life, the Philippine craft beer scene has been expanding by leaps and bounds. Several new players popped up...
The Black Pig, Alabang (and Holgate Brewhouse’s Ales)
A weekend in Alabang meant that I could not but visit Black Pig. Thus, under the self-serving pretense of a post-Valentine’s Day date, I dragged my beautiful significant other, A., to this charcuterie restaurant-bar that was known not only for...
My Best Beer Discoveries of 2013
I realize that I hadn’t been writing as much lately (What an understatement!), and will try to atone for it in 2014. As I head on the road to writing more frequently again, I begin with a short rundown of...
Sierra Nevada Hoptimum
Sierra Nevada’s Hoptimum Whole Cone Imperial IPA is a solid brew from one of the breweries responsible for making craft beer what it is today. I was fortunate enough to have been given a bottle by fellow beer enthusiast and...
BrewDog is Finally in the Philippines
Scottish craft beer powerhouse BrewDog is now in the Philippines, thanks to Global Beer Exchange. I had my first taste of its Punk IPA a couple of years ago and it blew my mind. Since then, I’d been itching to...
Beer Buffet at Niche Beerville
They say that in heaven, there is no beer, which is why we drink it here. Here, more specifically Bangkok, has its own beer heaven though, in the form of Niche Beerville. It’s a large restaurant compound on the Ram...
St. Patrick’s Day at Brew Beers and Ciders, Bangkok
Our first night in Bangkok happened to coincide with St. Patrick’s Day. Thus, after a long, hefty meal of world class street food at Sukhumvit Soi 38 in the Thong Lor district, we decided to head over to the nearby...
Russian River IPA Night at The Bottle Shop
Thursday, the fourteenth of March was a special occasion at the Global Beer Exchange Bottle Shop. More than thirty bottles each of a pair of notoriously elusive India Pale Ales from Russian River Brewery were made available to those who...
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