http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu Balance + Complexity ＝ Character Tue, 08 May 2012 21:00:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Howdy, Chris here. I don't really have much to say today other than Damn, I miss sausages! I'm in the States now, drinking a lot of excellent craft beer, like these. [caption id="attachment_2486" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Thirteen Michigan Craft Beers for ~$20"][/caption] But when a very good beer is paired with an excellent sausage, ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2409 Howdy, Chris here. April was the start of Baird Brewing's thirteenth brew year, and we started off with . . . a non-brew day. Imagine that. The month was dominated by big-batch brewing, mainly because of a big order from our US importer, The Shelton Brothers. But we did manage to ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2471 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! [caption id="attachment_2438" align="aligncenter" width="481" caption="Obligatory Hop Photo"][/caption] May is Hop Madness Month, with 15 specially brewed hopped-up beers scheduled for release. ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2413 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 ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2416 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. ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2398 Howdy, Chris here. What’s going on in the US craft beer world! First we hear that Sierra Nevada is opening a new brewery in North Carolina. Soon after that, New Belgium announced their own new brewery project in the same area. And now comes word that Lagunitas will build a second ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2390 Howdy, Chris here. At Baird Brewing, we love when our friends and colleagues venture out and successfully establish a new pub or brewery — or even a new life — for themselves. In the past few months, there have been a few of these success stories that I’d like to share ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2355 Howdy, Chris here. Another month, another record in our brewery: in 31 days, we did 33 brews, our busiest month so far. Two export orders went out in March (Australia and Canada), and we started brewing for yet another order from the Shelton Brothers in the US — ten pallets this ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2377 Howdy, Chris here. A friend here in Japan was recently reported to the police by one of his neighbors for “suspicious smells” emanating from his apartment. The police, being obligated to investigate, sent a young patrolman to his place to check it out. The source of the noxious odors was quickly ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2313 Howdy, Chris here. Last weekend, March 17 & 18, Shigakogen Brewery organized a beer festival, the first ever Snow Monkey Beer Live. Now, I know what you’re thinking — yawn, yet another beer festival, probably poorly organized (especially in the first year), with an uninspiring array of beers, too many people ... http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/archives/2332