I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a beer snob. When we learned about the Japan Brewers Cup 2017, I wasn’t quite sure it would be all that.
Until I realized there was an IPA category. Yes! Dina and her husband accompanied Dave and I and together we took the train to Yokohama. The event was held at Ōsanbashi Pier. Here was our route.
The Brewers Cup was much less crowded, with more breweries and more English than I expected. The beer variety was very impressive.
We started with a sampler.
Kanpie!
Interestingly, Founders All Day Session IPA was #2 in the World Cup.
The number one IPA is pictured here – they wouldn’wouldn’t let me take a picture of their sign. It was awkward. So, I took from a far.
There were beers to the left of us and beers to the right…
It was pretty fun, until Japanese pop music started. And we needed to go. To save our eardrums…