Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew (and sometimes guests) pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

Clare Thomas Allen is a New Yorker and beer blogger with a heart of gold, and a liver of steel. Last week she visited Japan for the first time, and we were lucky enough to find a few minutes in her schedule to sit down and have a chat about beer beginnings, making craft accessible to all, and the tricky question of whether to wear brewery merch when you visit the brewery. Together we drank some of the appropriately named "One Night in Tokyo" - a virtual collaboration between Sakamichi and Virginia Beer Co. 

Check out more from Clare on Twitter (https://twitter.com/clarethomallen), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/americanblondeale), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@american.blonde.ale), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@americanblondeale), and her blog (https://www.makeeverydayhoppy.com/)

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew (and sometimes guests) pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

Two guests joined us this week! Returning to claim his crown as guestingest guest is Mac from Maction Planet / Kampai Planet, and joining him Sam B. of Baird Beer. Together we drank some Carpenter's Mikan Ale, also from Barid, and talked content creation! 

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew (and sometimes guests) pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

This week we welcomed back Oni Koen - the beer we make in collaboration with our friends at Devil Craft. We also discuss why collaborations matter, 90s hip-hop, and Matthew's hop explosion experience. 

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew (and sometimes guests) pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

Another of our original beers this week - Big Ticket IPA. It's an American IPA and just the second beer we brewed on our system here in Tachikawa. But which hops did we use!? Find out along with this week's guest, Beard Matt. 

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew (and sometimes guests) pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

Welcome to 2023! This week we looked back at some of the beers we enjoyed in 2022 and looked forward to the beers that we will be making in 2023, starting with First Batch Pale Ale - the first ever beer that we brewed on our system. 

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew (and sometimes guests) pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

This week Matthew welcomed Dan back from the big house, and together they drank some of our latest collaboration with Shiokaze - Three Amigos Dry Irish Stout. We also talked a little about the first brews that we've done in our brewery, refining the perfect hash brown, and an 80s hair odyssey. 

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew (and sometimes guests) pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

Dan was out this week so stepping in to his shoes was Dominic Early, one of Tokyo's hardest working comedians. Together we drank some of our newest collaboration release - Sweater Weather, an American Wheat that we made together with Shiokaze BrewLab. 

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew (and sometimes guests) pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

Time to settle it - Pizza or Tacos!? Mike from Devil Craft and Rene from Chelas discuss this age old question.

Also featured:

- Our new beer! Dialectic: Morello Cherry

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew (and sometimes guests) pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

This week we celebrated the return of a seasonal favourite - Tama's Chocolate Orange Porter. We also answered some excellent listener questions, examined an etymological conundrum, and discovered a dark secret from Dan's spiced ham past. 

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Sakamichi Brewing is in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each week Daniel and Matthew (and sometimes guests) pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

This week we checked in with our recap podcast - Behind the Beers with Lloyd Doyle and Chad Fistcorn - before checking in with some delicious Dia Del Lupulo, an Agave Wood Aged IPA from Open Air. Is Agave Wood wood from an agave plant, or wood from a tequila barrel? Who can say. A short episode this week as we were open late for Labour Thanksgiving Day. Workers of the World Unite! 

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