Beer Circus

Great name and good beer. If you are in Nagoya and enjoy some good microbrews, you have to hit up Beer Circus. Beer Circus is one of the only places to drink Land Beer's Kinshachi Beer on tap, and it is the brewery's restaurant. Located extremely close to the Fuishimi subway stop and a short walk from both Sakae and Nagoya stations, Beer Circus is accessible and inviting.
Beer Circus has several of the Kinshachi beers on tap, and the rest you can buy by the bottle. I ordered a sampler set and a glass of their new limited edition American style Weizen. The sampler set consisted of a pilsner, an IPA, and and Alt. The pilsner and IPA were excellent, and the alt was just ordinary. The American style weizen was also very good, and reminded me of a Widmer from back home. I highly reccomend you trying them all! The Green Tea Lager and Okazaki Miso Lager were also available, but the Green Tea Lager sucks and you can buy the Okazaki Miso Lager across the street for 180 yen cheaper! (I bought one after we left!)
We didn't try any of the food, but the menu was the standard Japanese brewery fare: Sausages, pizza, and the like. I have heard that the cheese fondue is excellent, but we were saving our stomachs for Korean food. There is an excellent Korean place in Sakae named Kore-an (the an being in kanji) and it is excellent. After tasting the Kinshachi beers we ate some excellent Korean food (marinated raw steak!!) and drank some tasty Bek Se Ju.
Beer Circus is a MUST for anyone touring the Nagoya area and looking for beers. Loreley Beer can be skipped, but don't miss Beer Circus. It's in the middle of Sakae, and that means there is tons to do before and after you finish. Some of the other brewpubs we have visited are far removed from everything else, and make visiting difficult. Not this one!!

Grab a sampler at Beer Circus and enjoy the holidays. You won't be disappointed!