Need a Japan beer guide? Meet Douglas Gloag, Beer Delegate for Japan!
"Beers of the world, unite!"
The UNOB slogan
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BEER REVIEWS
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Read Doug's review of the best-selling Jap beer, Asahi Super Dry
Now there are two! Former Manchester Beer Delegate, Daniel Burt, has moved to Japan. His first review is of Jokki beer, which defines "average"
ARTICLES AND RANTS
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Douglas gives an initial insight into Japanese beer culture
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Doug shows you an introductory guide on how to buy beer in Japan
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Douglas Gloag joins Ashley Cotter-Cairns in reporting on the London Drinker 2007 Beer Festival in Camden Centre, London
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Doug discusses the various reasons people concoct for Drinking in Japan
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Douglas Gloag explains why so many new Japanese beer brands have been established since the mid-90s
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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! Douglas 'Gargoyle' Gloag warns that the death of your in-laws means nothing in Japan, as they'll return to haunt you during O-bon, the Festival of the Dead
ABOUT THE JAPAN DELEGATE
If you need a Japan beer guide, you've come to the right place.
Not only have we made a running start to one of the most difficult countries on the planet, but we've found a Beer Delegate in an ideal position for us!
Japan
Douglas Gloag (centre) is our Beer Delegate for Japan. If you're wondering what the outfits are about, just say "Yamabushi". It's a monk thing.
Douglas Gloag (centre) is a half-Scot who grew up in England (two doors down from your Secretary-General, by co-incidence). He went to Japan for a three-year teaching course in the early 90s and never found a reason to leave again.
You can bet your bottom Yen that DG has spent many of the intervening years propping up the bar in the Japanese equivalent of your local pub.
He's the perfect UNOB Beer Delegate, being fluent in Japanese, an English native speaker and has intimate knowledge of pubs, booze and the Japanese translation of such useful phrases as "I've been told I've only got 24 hours to live; please let me experience love, one last time."
Since arriving in the far east, he's
become a
bit of a celebrity among the high schools and universities of
Yamagata province, not to mention getting to know the many
types of Jap beer.
Guide your eyes over his great proposal speech!
Doug's proposal speech
I feel 25 years of experience and a never say 'enough!' attitude makes me a perfect choice for Japan's UNOB beer delegate.
I am also one of a handful of world-wide challengers that has out-drunk a Russian, left him on his tatami straw mat to go out to get another pint (to clear the palate!). A hump is to a camel what my belly is to my existence.
My broad knowledge of Japanese beers (in all their shapes and sizes) will certainly add to the beer database at the UNOB.
Thanks, Mr. Gloag! Glad to have you aboard.
Have a hankering for some beery action?
Meanwhile,
fancy yourself as a UNOB Beer Delegate for your
country? Or do you want to assist Douglas with this Japan beer guide?
Great! Go to our Beer Delegates page
for details and an application form.
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