On Feb 19, 2:25 pm, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On Feb 18, 1:03?pm, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> > > > also in SF you might enjoy comparing them with Echigo.
> > > > The major mass-breweries are trying to market stouts. I have trouble
> > > > obtaining Beamish or Murphy's in kegs, but Guinness is just about
> > > > everywhere now so Kirin etc are trying to get in on the action. The
> > > > Kirin "stout" is nowhere near the local boutique breweries in terms of
> > > > taste though.
>
> > > I've had the Kirin "Cream Stout". Again, not bad, but again, more a
> > > cream porter. If they're making something else, good for them.
>
> > > I did have a stout from a brewery in Ehime, though, that seemed pretty
> > > close to a decent stout. Forget the name, though...
>
> > > Oh, and "Coral House" from Yokohama makes a pretty good dunkel-type
> > > beer.
>
> > > Anyplace in Japan you can get any of these on tap?
> > Other than at Popeye, I've no idea. If you contact the brewery though
> > they usually will fall over backwards to tell you where they
> > distribute. I've seen references to Coral House, but haven't imbibed
> > their stuff. Do they have a website?
>
> Hmm, according to "Beer Me", they closed. I'll let you know if I find
> anything else.

Obviously their Dunkel type wasn't so good then :-)

Didn't we go through all this last year in the The Beer Thread? I've
got a sense of de ja vue coming on like a foaming pint.