Dogo Beer Bakushukan

Frommer's Review

If you agree that "One gulp of beer taken just after a bath is the time when you feel most refreshed," as proclaimed in this microbrewery's pamphlet, then after bathing at Dogo Onsen Honkan head straight across the street for some sake or beer. (The parent company has been a sake producer for more than a century; they opened a brewery in 1996 following deregulation, which had long assured a beer monopoly by the major players.) An upbeat establishment with an eclectic decor mixing the traditional (bamboo ceilings) and the modern (artwork), it offers German-style beers (pils, ale, and stout), along with typical Japanese pub grub, including boiled soybeans (edamame), yakitori, sashimi, and fried chicken, but it's most famous for its deep-fried fish paste (jyakoten).

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