Howdy, Chris here.
I mentioned in a recent blog about the explosion of the US craft beer market. Well here at Baird Brewing we’re having our own explosion — an explosion of HOPS!
May is Hop Madness Month, with 15 specially brewed hopped-up beers scheduled for release. Some of these will be available at our Taprooms only, but [...]

Howdy, Chris here.
Today with help from friends Ajen B and Akira F, I’ll write a bit about the Kansai beer scene, specifically the opening of Minoh Beer’s fourth Kansai Taproom, Beer Belly Tenma. (Read about the other three, in Japanese, here.)
First, the important stuff: Beer Belly Tenma has 10 taps and 4 beer engines all serving [...]

Howdy, Chris here.
Some of you may remember earlier this year we released a handpump beer, Chris’s Garden Hop Ale, featuring homegrown hops from Numazu Fishmarket Taproom Beer Manager Chris’s home garden. Well, Chris is chomping at the bit to get some more hops going, but his garden space is limited. So when friends in Kobe [...]