Home brewing in Japan

[bruhahops]

Awesome Brendan. I'll keep you posted on when we head down!

 

[mpearce]

Fermenting two gallons of apfelwein now.

How much are you spending for a 1 liter pack? I know there are no Costcos in Tokushima, but if you're ever in Amagasaki, they sell two one gallon packs for ~¥1,000.

Well I know what I will be making sometime next year.

 

[surume]

Yokohama Brewery offering free tastings of their pale ale at SOGO. The guy from Yokohama Brewery who is giving the tasting is also one of their brewers, there was a Fukada-san and another guy. Never thought I'd be able to talk about brewing while pretending to be working

 

[tektonjp]

Hi guys! I'm at Incheon Airport in Seoul and heading to Tokyo tonight.

Bringing a couple pounds of hops to giveaway on behalf of bruhahops.com.

If your going to be around Tokyo or Yokohama, send me a message. Maybe we can meet at Baird, Devilcraft or something along those lines.

I'll be around until January 5th. No promise how long the hops will last.

Look forward to meeting some of you guys.

Ian
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Tokyo? Nah, kyoto rocks. You need to come to Kansai with those hops!

 

[JiBiru8]

Ian, where are you staying in Tokyo?

 

[mpearce]

Okay I have to admit I love watching my airlock bubble away. I have a porter that has been bubbling for four days now. Just so enjoyable watching it go. Thinking of opening a beer and pulling up a chair.

 

[surume]

Happy new year guys.

 

[WhoZiT]

Okay I have to admit I love watching my airlock bubble away. I have a porter that has been bubbling for four days now. Just so enjoyable watching it go. Thinking of opening a beer and pulling up a chair.

You should brew! Watch it during your lag time...

Think about 3-4 bubbling away...

 

[WhoZiT]

Happy New Year!

 

[bruhahops]

@JiBiru8

I'm staying in Ota, but spending most of my days toolin around the city. I think we'll be in Harajuku tomorrow. Send me an email if you want a few oz. and we can link up.

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Wish I could do more traveling around the county. Hopefully next time around!

 

[OppamaBrendan]

Hope you all had a good new years! We walked out to Nojima island (3 bridges connect it) and watched the fireworks. After, visited the temple/shrine there where they had a mikoshi, bonfire, free sake and amazake, oshizuko with mochi, and yakitori. Hung out and chatted with the old Ojisans until 2 in the morning, they were still offering us free beer and sake even then. Ojisans love a festival!

 

[JiBiru8]

Happy New Year guys!

 

[Ogri]

Happy new year to all. Here's hoping for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2013

 

[bruhahops]

@oppamabrenden - Thanks for showing us around Yokohama last night! Had a great time and enjoyed some awesome beers!

 

[OppamaBrendan]

It was a good night, glad we managed to sneak 4 bars in there and lucked out running into homebrewing chuwy too!

 

[tektonjp]

Hi Guys! Happy New Year!
I putting together a specialty grain buy in the Kansai area, but others a re welcome to join in. Prices should be pretty good. I imagine it will end up about 250 or so yen a kilo, not including shipping to your place. Definitely cheaper than online. Keep in mind that specialty malts will keep a good long time.

C15
C40
Chocolate Malt
C150 (checking on this availability, AB does not have this in stock)
Vienna (one bag is already split and spoken for, but if enough guys want in...)

Kilogram increments.

Scott

 

[ShizuokaBrad]

Happy new year everyone. I just got back from an extended snow vacation and haven't brewed anything in a few weeks... looking at next weekend to do a Scotch Ale.
Hope everyone is having a good year so far!

 

[surume]

I now have 10 litre polyethylene bottles for fermenting in.

 

[12ozrebel]

Hello all,
I was just surfing around HBTF and stumbled upon this. Glad to see some other home brewers in Japan. I keg my beer and was curious if any of you have a place where you go to get your CO2 bottles refilled?
Thanks, 12ozrebel

 

[WhoZiT]

Local liquor shop... 5000 yen one time deposit and just swap the tanks when you need a refill. I think I get 5kg for 2500 yen. I don't know if this is cheap or not. I like to give the guy business, even though I'm guessing he doesn't make much from gas.

 

[mpearce]

Just brewed my fourth brew, a nice looking English IPA. Its a More Beer extract kit. Looks great and smells great. In a week I will put in the oak chips. Waiting to try my porter I have been bottle conditioning. It will be ready next week.

 

[12ozrebel]

Thanks for the info on where to get CO2. Well, with the snow we received yesterday I got out of work early and was able to keg my IPA and I brewed a Northwest Passage Ale. Ready for more snow!

 

[JiBiru8]

So jealous of the guys who can keg in Japan.

I made an igloo yesterday with all the snow!

 

[WhoZiT]

I made an igloo yesterday with all the snow!

I think you might be on to something... The first person to ever brew in an igloo... (and I'm not talkin' coolers, here)

 

[tektonjp]

So jealous of the guys who can keg in Japan.

I made an igloo yesterday with all the snow!

If you watch Yahoo auctions, you can sometimes pick up a single tap beer server for pretty cheap. You don't have to go the Corny keg route.

 

[WhoZiT]

If you watch Yahoo auctions, you can sometimes pick up a single tap beer server for pretty cheap. You don't have to go the Corny keg route.

And a double tap isn't much more!

Mine came with Kirin heads. I don't use them and planned on selling them, but instead use the adapters that were attached to them.

 

[JiBiru8]

And a double tap isn't much more!

Mine came with Kirin heads. I don't use them and planned on selling them, but instead use the adapters that were attached to them.

Do you mind posting pics of your setup?

And anyone else who kegs, I'm very interested in what you have going on!

 

[WhoZiT]

Do you mind posting pics of your setup?

And anyone else who kegs, I'm very interested in what you have going on!

I don't mind. Give me a few days and I'll post something to the Japan group. Someone else might beat me to it, though...

 

[JiBiru8]

I don't mind. Give me a few days and I'll post something to the Japan group. Someone else might beat me to it, though...

Awesome, thanks. Looking forward to it. I bottled a batch this morning, and even with my wife helping, it's not the most fun thing to do.

 

[12ozrebel]

Ah yes, bottling is a pain in the butt, my dog always wants to drop her ball and bowl over a few whenever we would bottle. Any of you guys been to Cafe Hopman in Chigasaki? We are supposed to meet some friends there on Monday but after looking at the prices Im not so sure, I'd much rather go to Yokohama and hit all the Tap rooms around there and not go broke drinking beer.
12oz