今天的日本正经历着一个所谓“地产啤酒”的繁荣时期,即啤酒酿造并非依赖于少数大酿酒商,而是出自小规模经营者,类似其他国家的“微型酿酒厂”。它们或许被视为是对具有悠久传统的日本米酒的啤酒业翻版。这一繁荣的契机基于1994年4月1日一项酒类税法修订案生效。在修订税法之前,欲获得啤酒酿造许可证者必须保证每年至少2000千升的产 Today’s Japan is experiencing a period of booming so-called “real estate beer”, that is, beer brewing is not dependent on a few big brewers, but from small-scale operators, similar to other countries’ “micro breweries”. They may be seen as a replica of the beer industry with a long tradition of Japanese rice wine. The opportunity for this boom was based on the amendment of an alcohol tax law on April 1, 1994. Before revising the tax code, anyone who wants to obtain a beer brewing license must guarantee at least 2,000 kilos per year