CRAFT PORT FUNABASHI is a beer pub on the second floor along Honcho-dori, within walking distance of Keisei Funabashi Station. Its appeal is the chance to relax and enjoy a glass poured from the tap in a calm atmosphere.

This post featured a "new tap tasting." The lineup is impressively broad, spanning Belgian White, Weizen, Saison, Fruit Beer, Sour Ale, Bitter, Pale Ale, India Pale Lager, India Pale Ale, Amber Ale, Stout, and even Sake Yeast Beer. It is a selection that lets you choose anything from something light to a full-bodied dark style on a Sunday night.

The tap list included Brasserie Knot "FLOWER" and "WIND," Mojiko Beer "Weizen," Shiga Kogen Beer "Baby Blonde Miyama," Noroshi Brewing "Noroshi DH RYE Saison," Y. MARKET BREWING "PSYCHEDELIC ROCK KRIEK" and "MASTERPIECE EXCEED," KaruizawaQ "Meguri" and "Under the Lights," Minami Shinshu Beer "Apple Hop: Three Apple Siblings," Passific Brewing "Fryeing Organs," "Citrush," and "Bonfire," GORA BREWERY "THE STACK," Daisen G Beer "Ginyu Bakuto," Minoh Beer "MUGICHA Bitter," "Blooming IPA," and "Session Black IPA," Faló Brewing "Ice" and "CHONK," Noboribetsu Beer Oni Densetsu "Kinki Pale Ale Crushingle Ver.," "Kinki Pale Ale SP Real Ver.," and "YUYA BOYS IPL - Jamboree SP ver.," Ise Kadoya Beer "Another Cut," Swan Lake Beer "Amber Swan Ale," Kyoto Brewing "Ichii Senshin," and Nara Brewing "UNDERWATER."

There are many labels here with a clearly defined craft-beer personality, and the selection makes it easy to match food as well, from citrusy IPAs to lively fruit and sour beers, and on to bitters and stouts with a rich malt character. For a night when you want to take your time and compare beers in Funabashi, this is a place worth keeping in mind.