Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on August 2012

Forget the last of the summer wine with a veritable epidemic of beer festivals to douse your late summer fires. Oktoberfest in Shiba Koen is one of various bearing that name, and will be serving up frothing German pints from Aug 17-26. The punchily named Celebrate the Goddess of Brewing offers 100 award-winning beers as your divine muse in the frilly surroundings of Yebisu Garden Hall on Aug 25. Belgian Beer Weekend sloshes around Roppongi Hills from Sep 5-9 with beers and bands from guess where, and Yokohama BeerFes rounds off the belching season Sep 15-17 with craft beers showering in from all over the world.