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Uchu Brewing (うちゅうブルーイング ) “Antares (#295/296)” DDH Triple IPA

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Name: Antares (#295/296) Brewer: Uchu Brewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 10% Review Year: 2021 Antares is a double dry-hopped (DDH) Triple IPA brewed by one of Japan’s most sought-after craft breweries, Uchu Brewing. This superbly juicy and hazy Triple IPA was brewed with Citra, Citra Incognito, …

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Tamamura Honten “Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Saison Noir #002 (木樽熟成 山伏)” Red Wine Barrel-Aged Dark Sour Saison

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Name: Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Saison Noir #002 Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co./ Shiga Kogen (Japan) Style: Wild Specialty Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 8.5% Review Year: 2020 The Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Saison Noir #002 by Tamamura Honten (Nagano) was brewed with sake rice, aged in Obuse red wine barrels for three years, and then fermented in the bottle for …

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LERVIG x Tamamura Honten “Yuzu Ragā” Yuzu Lager

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Name: Yuzu Ragā Brewer: Lervig (Norway), Shiga Kogen/ Tamamura Honten Co. (Japan) Style: Fruit Beer (Base Style: International Pale Lager) ABV: 5.5% Review Year: 2020 We revisit our encounter earlier this year with Yuzu Ragā, a collaboration beer between Lervig of Norway and Tamamura Honten Co. of Japan. Inspired by dry Japanese “pilsners,” this beer builds …

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Tamamura Honten x Trunk Coffee “Shiga Kogen Imperial Coffee Porter (2020) FINCA LOS CONGOS ‘Pacamara’ Nicaragua”

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Name: Shiga Kogen Imperial Coffee Porter (2020) FINCA LOS CONGOS “Pacamara” Nicaragua Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co., Trunk Coffee (Japan) Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (Base Style: Baltic Porter) ABV: 8% Review Year: 2020 Nagano meets Nagoya for this Shiga Kogen Imperial Coffee Porter brewed by Tamamura Honten Co. This Baltic or Imperial Porter was created …

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Tamamura Honten “THE FAR EAST (2020)” Barrel-Aged Imperial House IPA

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Name: THE FAR EAST (2020) Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co. (Japan) Style: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: American Strong Ale) ABV: 15% Review Year: 2020 THE FAR EAST is an “Imperial House IPA” (15% ABV) of the Nagano-based Tamamura Honten Co. aged in barrels that housed formerly Ichiro’s Malt Chichibu The Floor Malted. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is …

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