On Feb 18, 1:03 pm, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On Feb 17, 5:06?am, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> > > One of my complaints about Japanese beers is the lack of good dark
> > > beers. Nijiya (here in SF) is now selling the above-mentioned stout.
> > > Not bad at all (though I'd label it more a "porter".) How available
> > > is it now in Japan, or am I the first to hear of it?
> > Its available in boutique pubs here and there. I often have it when I
> > stumble into popeye
> >http://www.40beersontap.com/
> > That pub usually has a good range of the "new".
> > I reckon its more of a porter, sort of in between the "shimaguni
> > stout" and the "kurofune porter" that BairdBeer produce in Shizuoka.
> > They may be sourcing from same/similar suppliers. If those two are
> > 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?