Beer in Japan

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This page reflects GBI's available brewery and competition records. It is not a complete inventory of this country's beer culture, beers or breweries.

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A weekly selection of up to one beer per family, including Gold, Silver and Bronze winners. An invitation to discover, rather than a ranking of the best beers.

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Compare beers by bitterness, sweetness and acidity. Sensory values are estimated from typical beer-style profiles unless beer-specific data is available. The scale runs from 0 (absent) to 4 (very pronounced).

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Breweries in Japan

20Breweries
31Registered beers
34Awards
13Gold medals

Registered beers include inactive beers. Country Match excludes explicitly inactive beers but includes unknown status. Awards may be historical; year and competition filters affect only award and medal totals.

SPRING VALLEY BREWERY - 5 0 6 2 2 2
Nara Brewing Co. - 2 0 2 2 0 0
CRAFT BEER BASE - 2 0 3 1 1 1
Minoh Brewery - 2 0 3 1 1 1
Yokohama Bay Brewing Co. - 2 0 2 1 1 0
Bighand Bros. Brewery - 2 0 2 1 0 1
UCHU Brewing - 2 0 2 1 0 1
Be Easy Brewing - 1 0 1 1 0 0
Craftrock Brewing - 1 0 1 1 0 0
Open Air Brewing - 1 0 1 1 0 0
West Coast Brewing - 1 0 1 1 0 0
Anglo Japanese Brewing Co. - 1 0 1 0 1 0
DevilCraft - 1 0 1 0 1 0
Far Yeast Brewing Company - 1 0 1 0 1 0
Heiwa Shuzou Co. - 1 0 1 0 1 0
Ryugawa Hokkaido Glutinous Rice Beer Co., Ltd. - 1 0 1 0 1 0
COEDO BREWERY - 2 0 2 0 0 2
Daisen G Beer - Kumezakura Brewery Co. - 1 0 1 0 0 1
Repubrew - 1 0 1 0 0 1
Yamorido - 1 0 1 0 0 1
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