Kyoto Brewing Company Taproom ★ 4.4
The original Kyoto craft brewery in Minami-ku, opened 2014 by three foreign founders. Belgian ales, rice lagers and a glass list rotating weekly.
Taprooms, brewpubs and the local beer scene in Kyoto worth taking a tram to.
Where to drink local
Kyoto Beer Lab Brewery ★ 4.4
A canal-side craft brewery and tap room on the Takasegawa in Kyoto. Eight on-site taps and a beer-and-pizza programme; the city's most-visited counter.
Gekkeikan Okura Sake Brewery Museum ★ 4.3
Gekkeikan's working museum and tasting bar in Fushimi, Kyoto, brewing sake since 1637. Walk the old warehouse, taste current ginjo and seasonal nama-zake.
Kizakura Kappa Country ★ 4.2
Kizakura's sake brewery and craft-beer brewpub in Fushimi, Kyoto. Tasting flight of nama-zake, the in-house craft pilsner and a sushi-and-soba restaurant.
Tsukinokatsura Sake Brewery ★ 4.1
The Fushimi brewery that pioneered modern nigori cloudy sake in 1964 in Kyoto. Walk-in tastings of three labels and the original aged nigori on the shelf.
Yamamoto Honke ★ 4.0
A small Fushimi sake house in Kyoto producing only junmai-grade bottles under the Shintenchi label. Tasting bar with a half-dozen pours and producer shop.
Tomio Sake Brewery ★ 4.1
Kitagawa Honke's flagship Tomio brewery on the Fushimi sake street in Kyoto. Ginjo and aged-sake tasting bar and one of the city's top junmai daiginjo lots.