Wayne Gabel

November 1, 2000 | Travel Features

Japan’s Independent Breweries

In a country where you can buy beer from vending machines, it’s seldom difficult to find a cold brew when you want one. And if you’re content with well-made, but fairly uniform mass-market lagers, you’ll have no trouble quenching your ...

November 1, 2000 | Travel Features

In Search of Jibiiru

For the English-speaking tourist, trying to track down microbrews in Japan can produce headaches worse than any hangover has ever caused. The obvious language barrier is compounded by the sometimes confusing system of assigning addresses in a country where most ...