The Grafton Beer Pub & Restaurant in Nishi-Gotanda adds REPUBREW Hon-Nama to a 15-tap lineup
The Grafton Beer Pub & Restaurant in Nishi-Gotanda posted a practical house guide along with its latest tap update. REPUBREW’s Hon-Nama Hoppy Lager is on, and the board spans 15 taps including Guinness, Heineken, Hoegaarden, and Uchu Brewing.
Hop BroA post out of Nishi-Gotanda caught my eye. The Grafton Beer Pub & Restaurant just shared a 15-tap lineup plus a fresh keg of REPUBREW's Honnama Hoppy Lager.
MugiWait, a beer post with bathroom directions included? That's absurdly practical, and fifteen taps is already making my brain buffer.
Hop BroThat's the charm. They explain the restrooms are past the partition near the center, one each, which is genuinely first-timer friendly when you don't know the room yet.
MugiAnd REPUBREW's Honnama Hoppy Lager sounds made for a brutal summer day. I can practically hear the first gulp.
Hop BroPretty much. It uses lager yeast fermentation for a clean, easy-drinking base, then adds hop character so the beer stays crisp but interesting.
MugiHold on, lager yeast fermentation sounds like you turned this into chemistry class. What does that mean for my mouth?
Hop BroSimple version: colder, slower fermentation often gives a snappy finish, so you get a smooth gulp with hop aroma on top instead of something heavy.
MugiOkay, that I get. So hop character doesn't mean hops have eyebrows, just clear aroma and bite.
Hop BroExactly, and the board is stacked: Guinness, Heineken, Hoegaarden, St. Gallen's YOKOHAMA XPA, Uchu Brewing's Three Sisters, plus Magners and Hogan's cider for the full 15 taps.
MugiThat's a ridiculous spread. From Guinness to Uchu is such a wide swing I'd freeze in front of the taps like it's an exam.
MugiAnd the food is dangerous in the best way. Oysters, chilled oden, steak and kidney pie, even mapo eggplant curry? That's an East-meets-West snack lineup.
Hop BroSame here. It has that British pub backbone, and it feels perfect for a slow pint in Gotanda with Honnama Hoppy Lager as the first order.
The Grafton Beer Pub & Restaurant, a basement beer pub in Nishi-Gotanda, shared a post that works both as a venue guide and a tap-list update. The restroom is reached through a door between the central partitions, with one room for men and one for women. It is the kind of straightforward information that makes a first visit easier.
The guest draft for the day is REPUBREW’s `Hon-Nama Hoppy Lager`, described in the post as a beer you want to drink freely on a scorching day. It reads as a clean, easygoing lager with a hop-forward edge.
The beer side of the `Today’s Craft Beer & Cider on Taps` board includes 13 items:
- Guinness
- Heineken
- Hoegaarden
- Sankt Gallen YOKOHAMA XPA Real Ale
- Ikari Brewery Irish Red
- Ikari Brewery Scottish Brown Real Ale
- COEDO Brewery Marihana
- St Austell Tribute Pale Ale
- O'Hara's 51st State IPA
- Uchu Brewing Three Sisters
- Kanpai! Brewing × Oasobier Kikuzaka Brown Ale (Real Ale)
- U.B.P Brewery Counter Attack
- REPUBREW Hon-Nama
Two ciders are on tap as well: Magners Cider and Hogan's Original Draught Cider. Food specials range from Onagawa oysters and chilled daikon oden to carpaccio, steak and kidney pie, bonito salad, salmon-and-kale rigatoni, and mapo eggplant curry. The result is a pub board that balances familiar imports, Japanese craft, and food that makes the room feel like a place to linger rather than just stop in for one pint.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the venue’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroA post out of Nishi-Gotanda caught my eye. The Grafton Beer Pub & Restaurant just shared a 15-tap lineup plus a fresh keg of REPUBREW's Honnama Hoppy Lager.
MugiWait, a beer post with bathroom directions included? That's absurdly practical, and fifteen taps is already making my brain buffer.
Hop BroThat's the charm. They explain the restrooms are past the partition near the center, one each, which is genuinely first-timer friendly when you don't know the room yet.
MugiAnd REPUBREW's Honnama Hoppy Lager sounds made for a brutal summer day. I can practically hear the first gulp.
Hop BroPretty much. It uses lager yeast fermentation for a clean, easy-drinking base, then adds hop character so the beer stays crisp but interesting.
MugiHold on, lager yeast fermentation sounds like you turned this into chemistry class. What does that mean for my mouth?
Hop BroSimple version: colder, slower fermentation often gives a snappy finish, so you get a smooth gulp with hop aroma on top instead of something heavy.
MugiOkay, that I get. So hop character doesn't mean hops have eyebrows, just clear aroma and bite.
Hop BroExactly, and the board is stacked: Guinness, Heineken, Hoegaarden, St. Gallen's YOKOHAMA XPA, Uchu Brewing's Three Sisters, plus Magners and Hogan's cider for the full 15 taps.
MugiThat's a ridiculous spread. From Guinness to Uchu is such a wide swing I'd freeze in front of the taps like it's an exam.
MugiAnd the food is dangerous in the best way. Oysters, chilled oden, steak and kidney pie, even mapo eggplant curry? That's an East-meets-West snack lineup.
Hop BroSame here. It has that British pub backbone, and it feels perfect for a slow pint in Gotanda with Honnama Hoppy Lager as the first order.
