Big John Beer Sapporo is a brewery in Susukino, Sapporo.
A Susukino IPA-led tap-room with 12 rotating taps. Hokkaido craft brewers dominate the list alongside Sapporo's local hop-forward house labels.
Tip: Friday IPA cellar nights bring out the rarer Hokkaido brews; cash preferred.
Address: Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0063, Japan
Directly run by the North Island brewery on the outskirts of Sapporo, with six house craft beers. The brewer joins the bar Fridays for guest pour shifts.
Tip: Friday is the brewer's own staff night; the four-tap sampler runs 1,800 yen.
A craft beer stand inside Sapporo Station underground concourse, pouring eight Hokkaido craft taps to the commuter and pre-train crowd in the evening.
Tip: Walk-up only; the standing counter is sized for 15-minute pre-train pints.
The Kaitakushi-kan beer hall inside the Sapporo Beer Garden complex. Pours the historic Kaitakushi label alongside jingisukan and the brewery's flagships.
Tip: The Kaitakushi label is the museum-only pour; available only at this hall and the brewery in Eniwa.
A Hokkaido fruit-led craft brewery's tap-room near Odori. Six house taps with seasonal Hokkaido fruit beers (haskap, blueberry) and a small bar snack menu.
Tip: Closed Mon-Tue; the haskap saison is the menu's quiet hero.
The Sapporo Brewery's brick complex from 1890 now houses the Beer Museum and Beer Garden. Tastings of Sapporo Classic and limited Hokkaido-only labels.
Tip: Museum free, the paid tasting tour with three pours is around 1,000 yen.
Directly run by the North Island brewery on the outskirts of Sapporo, with six house craft beers. The brewer joins the bar Fridays for guest pour shifts.
Tip: Friday is the brewer's own staff night; the four-tap sampler runs 1,800 yen.
Moon and Sun opened 2014 as Sapporo's downtown brewpub with in-store brewing equipment. House beers from 100-percent Hokkaido hops, seasonal fruit one-offs.
Tip: Order a tasting flight to test the rotating lineup; pizzas pair well.
