Howdy, Chris here.
The brewery has been busy the past several weeks — longer than that, actually, but the past few weeks have been especially tiring. Maybe it’s the cold weather that’s been moving in steadily, I’m not sure. Mt Fuji had a nice dusting of snow at the beginning of November, and by the middle [...]

Howdy, Chris here.
Anyone who has worked in a pub that serves only craft beer knows it can be frustrating. I tell this somewhat-exaggerated story about what happened last summer at the Taproom here in Numazu:
At our pub last week, some couples came in — Japanese guys with their Chinese girlfriends. They saw our bartender [...]

Howdy, Chris here.
A friend passed along a beer-related Rube Goldberg Machine that’s just so fantastic that I had to pass it on. For those who don’t know (anyone?):
A Rube Goldberg machine is a deliberately over-engineered machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction. The expression is named after [...]