Shiogama's Brewfest A Hit

Despite the threat of rain and the mud left from the previous evening's rain, a large number of people enjoyed the mini Oktoberfest available in Shiogama, Miyagi earlier this month. 

Small breweries from Miyagi seem to be the most represented but there was also very notably an interesting Fukushima brewery at the festival as well.

Argon Brewery is in Shiogama, just a few blocks away from the site of the festival and Black Tide, further up the coast in Kessenuma has been a favorite stop over of mine on family road trips for years. I was most surprised by the peach beer from the Fukushima based yellow bannered brewery and the Bulldog brewery from Akiu, in Miyagi but also with a base in Wisconsin, USA.

There was music, fun, food and a lot of beer.