Search for Head Brewer begins anew
A few months ago, a post was uploaded onto our blog announcing that our head brewer and co-founder, Chris Hainge, was going to be leaving KBC at th...
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Restoring a Little Bit of Balance
A few months back, we shared a little about Higashiru, our Locality Series release created to help create some awareness, and to support the Ohigas...
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Beers For Our Backyard
One of the questions we get asked most often is why we decided to start up a brewery in Kyoto. While we now have plenty of people working at Kyoto...
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KBC's Next Steps in Carving Out Its Place
This is our 4th and final blog in the series marking out the craft beer industry's challenges in Japan, what we believe needs to happen for the sma...
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OUR NEXT CHAPTER, AND OUR NEXT EXPLORATORY STEPS
2 weeks ago, we shared the second blog in our series outlining Japan’s challenges in getting the general public aware of craft beer, and ensuri...
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Important Announcement from Chris Hainge, Director of Brewing Operations
It is with a heavy heart that we share today an announcement from our head brewer, Chris Hainge, sharing that he has decided that he will...
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Maintaining a Future and an Identity in Japan's Craft Beer Landscape
Recently we wrote the first in a series of blogs about the dilemma we feel craft beer in Japan is facing, and what we are planning to do about it.(...
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The Dilemmas for Craft Beer in Japan, and Kyoto Brewing
When we started our brewery, it felt like craft beer was on an upward trajectory worldwide, and it was hard to imagine anything but a bright future...
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Growlers: balancing two important values
When we started our brewery, almost no one in Japan knew what a growler was, never mind where to get one. A handful of places had picked up about ...
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LOCALITY SERIES- HIGASHI HONGANJI PROJECT BEER "HIGASHIRU" 2
In our last post (read here), we shared the back story behind our latest Locality Series beer, Higashiru. Our Locality Series focuses on a partners...
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"Paradise": a dedication to our friend Fujii-san, and a hope for the future
We recently wrote a post about our donation to the “Kodomo Shokudo”, where we sent the proceeds of our Yosano beer (see post). Today we want to sh...
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Locality Series- Higashi Honganji Project beer "Higashiru" 1
Our Locality Series is one where we don't make a large number of products, but we like to think that each has a significant relevance, being our se...
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ご地愛シリーズ「与謝野が実る」分の寄付をお渡しできました！ーハピネス子ども食堂さん－
Our Locality Series is one way we look to give back to Kyoto, the community that has supported us from our foundation. A portion of the proceeds...
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