Mad Capper Reviews: Hitachino Nest Dai Dai Ale

Posted on June 12, 2015 by The Mad Capper

This week’s brewery is a major player in the Japanese craft beer scene. Originally established in 1823, Kiuchi Brewery got started as a brewer of sake (Japanese rice wine). As collectors of rice as tax for the ruling family at the time, founder Kiuchi Gihei used surplus rice to begin brewing. After World War II […]

Mad Capper Reviews: Kirin Ichiban Shibori Stout

Posted on June 4, 2015 by The Mad Capper

This week, we have another beer from Japan, Kirin Ichiban Shibori Stout. Kirin had its beginnings in 1885, when it took over the assets of another company, Spring Valley Brewery, which had been established by a Norwegian-American in Yokohama, Japan in 1869. The brewery was originally known as Japan Brewery Company, but three years after […]