People | 20 QUESTIONS May 1, 2022
Atsushi Murakami: ‘If Tono becomes synonymous with hops in Japan, I’ll be happy’
by Lance Henderstein
Atsushi Murakami has played many roles in his life, including as the creator of the Murakami Seven hop variety.
Food & Drink Mar 16, 2022
Master brewer teaches tradition to rivals and sake brewer heirs
by Rui Azuma
Technologies are all made public sooner or later, perhaps the free flow of information will encourage a better flow of sake.
Food & Drink Nov 9, 2019
Tokyo Aleworks: Keeping its doors open to the community
by Jeremy Wilgus
Tokyo Aleworks offers periodic one-day brewing classes for customers to try their hand at making beer, just one way it opens its doors to young brewers and the local community.
Food & Drink | Cultivating Craft Apr 6, 2019
Perseverance pays off for SanktGallen Brewery
by Jeremy Wilgus
With its innovative craft beers and approach to marketing, SanktGallen Brewery has established itself in Japan's craft beer world not just once, but twice.
Business Oct 6, 2017
Struggling Brussels church hops to it, hopes brew gets believers to belly up to the pews
A Brussels church that was nearly forced to close its doors for lack of parishioners has turned to the Belgian brewing tradition and launched a new beer in order to raise more funds for a now growing congregation. St. Catherine's Church, by the city's increasingly ...
Business / Corporate Dec 29, 2015
Asahi Group Holdings mulls buying U.S. maker of sparkling water to spur growth abroad
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. is considering acquiring U.S. sparkling-water maker Talking Rain Beverage Co. for about ¥50 billion ($415 million) in a bid to tap into a larger market overseas, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. Talking Rain, founded in Seattle in 1987, is ...
Business / Corporate Dec 21, 2015
Kirin forecasts first loss since 1949 after Brazil unit hurt by slump
Kirin Holdings Co.'s efforts to expand overseas have hit a snag, with the beer giant predicting its first annual loss since 1949 after an economic slump in Brazil hurt its operations there. Tokyo-based Kirin forecast a net loss of ¥56 billion for 2015, reversing its ...
National Dec 16, 2015
Flood-hit sake brewer recovers, revives mainstay line with label thanking volunteers who helped
Nomura Jozo, a sake brewery in disaster-hit Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, has produced its mainstay product Tsumugibijin for the first time since it was flooded in September. The brewery was hit by a torrent of water and mud after banks of the Kinugawa River in Joso ...
National | CHUBU CONNECTION Apr 25, 2014
Aichi Prefecture has officially launched sales of Yume-ginga, a type of brewer's rice used to make high-quality sake. After two years of experimenting with its cultivation, 10 hectares of the rice were planted this year, with plans to expand to 100 hectares over the next ...
National Oct 9, 2013
by Sumiyo Yoshikawa
Norimichi Kusumi, 66, can finally heave a sigh of relief having turned over the management of a 180-year-old sake brewery in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, to his son, Yoshitaka, 42, after struggling to protect the business from a series of natural disasters. The fourth son of ...