{"id":17896,"date":"2015-02-27T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=17896"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:11:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:11:25","slug":"revolution-brewing-tokyo-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/revolution-brewing-tokyo-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"On Tap in Tokyo, Japan: Revolution Brewing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late last year Revolution Brewing began shipping its wares to the craft beer thirsty country of Japan, joining a growing number of American brewers sending their beer to the island.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n
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The bank of tap handles at the Watering Hole, a craft beer pub in Tokyo.<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2013 craft brewers in the U-S exported 282,000 barrels of beer globally — a 49% increase<\/a> from the previous year. And while the craft beer movement has been slow to catch on in Japan there’s certainly a growing thirst for hoppy beer brewed by the likes of Green Flash and Ballast Point.<\/p>\n

Click through some of the most popular beer bars in Tokyo, according to Beer Advocate<\/a>, and you’ll find — once translated — a slew of American IPA’s on tap lists alongside stalwart Belgian’s and locally brewed craft beer.<\/p>\n

On at least one of those lists you’ll also find Revolution Brewing.<\/p>\n

A reader gave us a heads up to the fact that Revolution was exporting to Japan and, sure enough, a craft beer pub in Tokyo — the Watering Hole<\/a> (taps pictured above) — touted Revolution’s arrival on their Facebook page<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n

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Translated by Google: “It is in Chicago Brewery, REVOLUTION Brewing is finally landing in Japan!”<\/p><\/div>\n

Revolution co-owner Josh Deth was coy about the Tokyo rollout telling Guys Drinking Beer<\/em> they send a palate<\/del> pallet or two of, “a little bit of this and a little bit of that,” every couple of months.\u00a0 Deth says there are no immediate plans to grow in Japan — or anywhere else globally — but did underscore the desire for more American craft beer in the market.<\/p>\n

“The demand is through the roof and consumers are paying a lot for quality beer over there,” said Deth.<\/p>\n

For those wondering how to spell Revolution Brewing Anti-Hero in Japanese, Google Translate says it’s \u9769\u547d\u91b8\u9020\u30a2\u30f3\u30c1\u30d2\u30fc\u30ed\u30fc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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