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Great Craft Breweries in Japan traveling North to South - talk with Sakamichi (Steep Hill) Brewing Matthew Boynton
Episode 11512th December 2023 • Sustainable Travel Japan • JJWalsh
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Catching up with craft-beer brewmaster & insider Sakamichi Brewing co-founder Matthew Boynton.

Matthew shares his North to South Japan top craft breweries and tap-room top-10 list with us - so many great examples of how these businesses take care of their local communities and environment while running a successful business!

#craftbeer #japan #sustainable #sustainablebusiness #seeksustainablejapan

Sakamichi (Steep Hill) Brewing Links:

Twitter/X: @sakamichi_beer

https://www.sakamichibrewing.com/

Matthew's Podcast: Sakamichi Nights

00:00 Welcome

01:25 Sakamichi Brewing Origin

02:30 Finally Brewing Own

03:05 Authenticity of drinking in an active brewery

04:30 Izakaya across the street collab

06:00 Sounds Sakamichi Nights Podcast

07:15 Animal Hospital Intrigue

08:30 BonEnkai Season

09:00 T-shirt Merch

09:30 Ohio Gozaimasu Breakfast Stout Collab & Artwork

10:50 Choose a beer by the cool label

11:30 Two Rabbits Beer near Lake Biwa

12:40 Udon Brewing Setouchi Beer

13:40 Happoshu License for Craft Beer

15:20 Authorized beer ingredients?

16:30 Invest in a Brewery b4 license

18:40 Packaging Beer in a Different Room

19:50 Refill your Growler

21:00 Seaweed vs Fish Guts Filters

22:45 Matt's Top-10 List of Sustainable Breweries in Japan

23:20 Hop Kotan - Hokkaido

24:30 Need for Hop processing in Japan

29:00 Using Rice Waste in Craft Brewing

29:50 Spent Grains donated to Base Side Farms Tokyo

31:00 Vertere brewery in Okutama

32:30 JJ's messing with the order - sorry!

32:40 Black Tide Brewery in Kesunnuma MIYAGI prefecture

33:50 AJB AngloJapaneseBrewing in Nagano

34:20 Food Waste to Beer series

35:00 ShioKaze BrewLab in Soga city CHIBA

35:40 Recycled Wood in TapRoom Design

36:15 Chris' CrushAble Beers

36:36 Yggdrasil - Hiratsuka, Kanagawa

38:10 WCB West Coast Brewery BEST in Japan

39:50 Silly Puns & Beer Names

40:50 Local Artist Exhibition Space - get in touch!

41:00 Alcohol and Art/Record Sales

42:15 Totopia Nagoya Brewery

43:20 Our mission is NOT size growth

44:00 Take care of staff & feed funds into community

45:20 Why can't we find craft beer at conbini in Japan?

46:00 Cold storage & supply chain issues

46:40 HINO Brewing in Shiga prefecture

47:20 Reusing German Derelict Brewery

49:40 Flavor Diversity

51:00 High-Alcohol beers popularity

52:50 Sake & Beer Fusion trend

54:40 Clear the Board & Sakamichi events

56:00 Craft Beer Events & Collaborations

57:50 Takao Mountain House serves Sakamichi brews

59:00 Thanks for watching & for great comments & questions!

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