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SakeJan 28, 2025Cup Sake Launched the Day the Tokyo Olympics OpenedOne go, a pull tab, and a sixty-year reputation for being cheap. Premium breweries have spent the last decade taking the format back.BeerJan 15, 2025Echigo Beer: The Brewery That Only Exists Because of a Law ChangeUntil 1994 you had to brew two million litres a year to be allowed to brew at all. The number dropped to sixty thousand, and Echigo was through the door immediately.
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