2022 Most Memorable Beer List----by NEIL (Tokyo)

2022 is already in the past---as a tradition of this blog there will be a list looking back the past year by geek friends & myself on some the memorable ones(and probably some mead too)--a sort of conclusion to a year of beer finding.

一年很快过去--进入新一年--依照惯例会邀请海外其他城市啤迷朋友聊聊过去一年喝到留下较深刻印象的啤酒（也可能会有蜜酒）--这次先开单的依旧是来自东京的英国啤迷朋友NEIL--他也是写了好多年东京以及周边地区日本在地啤酒圈的部落客--有兴趣的朋友可以到他的网站看看关注。

#pic as provided by NEIL :)

First off the block is a list from Neil---a beer geek friend & japanese beer scene writer from UK based in Tokyo--those interested to find out more about beer scene in Tokyo and beyond can check out Neil's site here :-https://tokyobeerdrinker.com/

Here's the list by Neil( English obvious by Neil--Chinese by me)--all beer pics from internet search.

2022 has been another year where for the most part I haven’t been able to travel outside of Japan. Borders have opened and travel has become possible again, but as far as I’m concerned, just because something is possible, it doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. I still like to drink local if possible, so once again most of my choices are Japanese beers. I’ve put them in groups that I feel make sense, so hopefully you will too. In 2022 Tokyo Beer Drinker went from being a blog to a proper website and consequently I slightly stepped up the activity a bit and went to some new places. I also made a new year’s resolution to have a Japanese craft beer in every ward of Tokyo which resulted in some interesting finds, one of which has made it onto this list.

2022是没能到处去旅行的一年，虽然日本开放了国境，但个人来说还是没有选择出去而是留在日本喝在地酿造啤酒，去年“东京啤酒人”也从部落客转变为网站https://tokyobeerdrinker.com/，这也让NEIL更有动力想喝遍东京每个区，去年酒单中就有新发现的。

Kyoto Brewing - Pilgrim’s Respite series (Sosei, Kodama, Barrel Aged, Beginning, Katsumei)

It’s been a bit of weird year for Kyoto Brewing. I haven’t been blown away by many of their beers and most of the beers in one of their series were pretty average for me. However, they still are making great saisons and I really enjoyed all of the variations in their Pilgrim’s Respite series which were really great. I think as you go through my list you’ll see that there are quite a few saisons. It’s certainly one of the first things I look for on a beer menu.

京都酿造--古道をゆく 甦生-木霊-木樽熟成-始動-活命
过去一年有点奇怪，这家酿坊许多作品并没有让人感觉深刻，很多时候甚至感觉平庸，还好古道系列的农场风格啤酒都很不错，这是个人口味选择，其实每次到一个酒吧最先寻找的就是SAISON，所以这次酒单免不了会有好一些这一类型风格啤酒。

Brewccoly - Pastoral Saison, Bottom Plower, Shades Of Brown, Tsumoru, Sunday’s Sigh

The Akita based brewery Brewccoly’s beer started coming to Tokyo a bit more often in 2022 which was great for me. Much like with Kyoto, I’m not so sure about their other beers, but I really like their saisons. I guess I just really like saisons.

秋田县男鹿市的这家小酿坊作品自去年开始比较常能在东京找到，就像上述的京都酿坊那样，个人并不是很确定这家的其他作品水平，不过对上述的几款农场风格啤酒就很喜欢，看来也可能就纯粹是因为个人喜好关系。

Zakkoku - Barrel Of Saison

I realise this is getting a bit tedious. Another brewery, another saison. Zakkoku make some really nice beers and their tap takeover at Gremlin was a great event. The beer they made for that event ‘Gremlin Lager’ was also really good, but the highlight of the day and the highlight of my Zakkoku year was Barrel Of Saison, which unsurprisingly was a barrel aged saison.

来自崎玉县的麦雑穀工房为东京的“精灵”酒吧活动酿造了以酒吧名称为酒名的皮尔淡啤，不过当天最让NEIL喜欢的还是农场风格啤酒。

Passific - Sooy

I’m usually slightly suspicious of new breweries with lots of hype and apparently lots of money and the first few Passific beers I had were nice but not mind-blowing. When I went to their tap takeover at Craftrock in Tokyo, (mainly to tick off the Chuo ward of Tokyo for my resolution but also to give Passific a real try), I really loved Sooy. It’s a saison, (surprise surprise), with lemongrass and rice, which to be honest didn’t sound like it would be amazing, but was. I was delighted to find it at Derailleur’s beer truck when I was at an away game at Cerezo Osaka. It was also ridiculously cheap for some reason, so I had quite a few, and that was a good thing because the game was awful.

来自神奈川的这家酿坊是近期备受瞩目的后起之秀，而NEIL对快速冒起备受关注的新酿坊会保持一定怀疑态度--直到去了东京都内一家酒吧的活动上喝到这款使用香茅和米的农场风格啤酒後另眼相看，之后去大阪支持客场作战的球队时也喝到同款啤酒，感觉更好一些（因为当时球赛输掉了）。

Let’s Beer Works - Into The Mix

The final saison in this list and another place that had been on my list of places to visit for a while but which I only got round to going to for my new year’s resolution, (Kita-ku). Into The Mix was the first beer I tried there and was an amazing start. Sadly it was all downhill from there, which sounds like the other beers weren’t good, but they were. Their fruited sour IPAs were also very nice. It’s not exactly an easy place to get to and their opening hours are very limited so it’s not somewhere I’d suggest everyone should visit, but I’d definitely recommend looking out for their beers.

位于東京都北区戸島コーポ，位置来说不是很便利易去的酒吧，而且营业时间也不是很固定，NEIL本着想喝遍全东京都的本意找到了这家，一开始就喝了这款农场风格啤酒，遗憾的是好像之后喝到的就开始走下坡了，听起来好像是说酒都不行，但其实也不是，记得有一款果酸印度淡啤很不错。因为位置问题或许不建议一定到访但有机会是要找这家的酒喝一些。

Hop Kotan - Oudou Shinkou, Wagamama Bouzu, Kuro Ni Someru

Hop Kotan has always been a brewery that I slightly overlooked. In 2021 we couldn’t go to the away game in Sapporo due to them not allowing away fans, so 2022 was the first visit we’ve made there since the Hop Kotan Sapporo taproom opened. It was a real highlight and was so good that we went both the day before the game and went back after the game too. Great beer, great food and great prices. Oudou Shinkou was a great Dortmunder, Wagamama Bouzo a great double IPA and Kuro Ni Someru a great Belgian Zwart, which I am not sure is a style, and maybe just means black in Flemish, but was basically something like the old Zwet.be that Drie Fonteinen used to make. All lovely stuff!

忽布古丹酿造是北海道的酿坊, 2021年因为不能客场观赛所以一直等到去年去北海道观看球赛时才终于到访札幌市区新开的酿坊品饮室, 无论是啤酒还是食物或是价格都很令人满意. 所以比
赛前去了, 看完球赛之后还去.

印象深刻的三款啤酒中, "王道進行"是德国多特蒙德浅啤, "我儘坊主"是双倍印度淡啤, “黒に染めろ”则是依据比利时旧式草本啤酒酿造作品，让人想起三泉酿坊（Drie Fonteinen）旧时作品。

Folkways - #64

This is another small Tokyo brewery in an out of the way location with limited opening hours. I didn’t visit it as part of my new year’s resolution but I did go there for only the second time this year. It’s quite close to the modern art museum so I always pair the two. All of their beers are numbered rather than named, so it’s a bit difficult to remember which ones are the best, but I guess that’s what Untappd is for. And I guess they probably don’t make the same beer twice either, but every time I’ve been there, all of them have been good. In case you were wondering, #64 was a blueberry sour. It was very nice.

東京都江东区平野的小酿坊/品饮室(清澄白河附近), 营业时间有限, 所以只是去了第二次, 啤酒都是以号码为代表, 没有酒名, 而且感觉啤酒都只是一次过酿造不重复, 喝过的作品都很不错, 好奇的话, #64是蓝莓酸啤, 非常好喝.

Minoh - Baton No. 002

Minoh have started a series of special beers under the Baton name. I think they are all foeder beers. No. 002 was a foeder pils and was delicious. It was also extremely lively, and both times I had it from a big bottle a lot of it fizzed out everywhere. I probably should have remembered and anticipated that the second time. Looking forward to trying some more of this series.

大阪箕面酿坊开始了一系列Baton为名的大型木桶过桶啤酒作品，002号是好喝的桶陈浅啤，喝了两次瓶装的作品，每次开瓶都因为酒体非常活跃丰沛而溢出，这系列让人期待可品味更多不同作品。

Godspeed - Sklepník V Oceli, Bůh Originální Ležák

The first non-Japanese beers on this list but there is a Japan connection as the brewer was brewing in Japan before starting Godspeed. Both of these beers were delicious and both were Czech Pils. It’s a shame that he’s not still in Japan making these beers and then I’d be able to drink litres of them. Even at import prices in little cans, they’re still well worth it though. Lovely stuff!

酒单中第一个不是日本在地酿造的啤酒，不过还是有日本联系因为主创酿酒师在成立这家酿坊前曾经在日本酿酒。以上两款都是美味易喝的捷克浅啤，可惜不是在地酿造不然可以一公升一公升的喝，虽那么说，以进口小罐装来说性价比还是很值得的。

Siren - Oringin Story, Wandering Lines

As I write this, I’m sitting at my parents’ place in the UK drinking Siren beers from my Siren advent calendar, visiting a different country for the first time in almost three years. The beer advent calendar thing is a lot of fun and there have been some real highlights in there. These two were the best so far. Oringin Story was a special version of their imperial stout Origin Story but with added orange zest. It was lovely! And then Wandering Lines was a Kellerbier which it seems I really like, as I think I included Baeren’s Keller last year, which was again delicious this year but I didn’t want to repeat myself.

喝着酒的时候NEIL人在英国父母家，这是三年来第一次回家，跟着酿坊的圣诞倒数日历喝不同酒是蛮有趣的，这两款是最出色的作品，Oringin Story是在原版黑啤中加入橙皮的变奏版，Wandering Lines是德式原味拉格。

Kernel - Vatted Porter 1864, Pils Lorien, IPL Galaxy

I arrived back in the UK and my Kernel delivery arrived the next day. I’ve only finished about a quarter of them so far but it seems that they’re still making great beers. The Vatted Porter is another one of those dark roasty beers with some sourness that I like so much. The Pils Lorien was the first lager I’d had from them and was great. The IPL Galaxy was the second lager I had from them and was also great. I really hope I can get to their taproom some time soon.

回到英国隔天就收到来自KERNEL的酒，虽然只是喝了大概酒箱的四分之一，感觉还是当之无愧的英国顶尖酿坊，The Vatted Porter是带有酸味的烤麦香黑色作品，The Pils Lorien是个人喝到的第一款浅啤，非常好，然后 IPL Galaxy 也是好喝的浅啤作品，希望可以尽快到访他们的酿坊品饮室。