As someone who doesn't know a whole lot about craft beer, visiting the Baird Brewing Company's brewery in Izu was an enlightening experience. I finally found out what hops are!

If you want to learn a bit more about Baird Brewery, take a look at my Medium post here:   / american-craft-beer-in-japan-doesnt-mean-i...  

Huge thanks to Baird Beer, and particularly John, for letting me visit: https://bairdbeer.com/
Make sure to visit one of their incredibly welcoming taprooms dotted around Japan.

Thanks to Tomohito Noda for the majority of the on-site filming.

Thanks to the folks at videezy for some of the stock B-roll footage: https://www.videezy.com/

Skip to your favourite bits:
0:00 Intro
1:28 Intro to John
2:20 Storage
3:56 What's a hop?!
6:55 The Hot Side
10:01 The Cold Side
11:10 Dry hopping
12:58 Design and packaging