date:Sep 24, 2012
to legalize homebrewing, but that has yet to happen. In 1993 or 94 the brewery laws changed. It is currently legal to open a small brewery, but the minimum (this is not a typo) amount that must be brewed annually is 60 kiloliters (thats 600 hectoliters or about 512 U.S. barrels). While that may be seem small by most standards, this has presented a challenge in the early stages of Japanese craft beer, at a time when the awareness of specialty beers is still being cultivated.
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