Name: Shooting Star (#258) Brewer: Uchu Brewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: Alternative Grain Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 7% Review Year: 2021 Shooting Star (batch 258) is a Wheat IPA brewed by Uchu Brewing from Hokuto City. Aside from wheat, this hazy beer was created with Centennial, Citra, and Talus hops. Uchu Brewing is a space-themed …
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Name: Seed of Life (#323) Brewer: Uchu Brewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: American IPA ABV: 7% Review Year: 2021 Seed of Life (batch 323) is a Double Dry-Hopped (DDH) IPA by Uchu Brewing and features the hop trio, Nelson Sauvin, Galaxy, and Strata. Uchu Brewing is a space-themed craft brewery in Hokuto City, Yamanashi, and was founded by …
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Name:HD93129A (#324) Brewer: Uchu Brewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 8.5% Review Year: 2021 Named after the triple star system in the Carina Nebula, HD93129A is a “Double Dry-Hopped (DDH) Double IPA” by Uchu Brewing in collaboration with Yakima Chief Hops (YCH). This collaboration brew features Cryo Pop, a relatively new innovative product from YCH, …
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Name: Shiga Kogen Nigori Sake IPA Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co. /Engi / Shiga Kogen (Japan) Style: Alternative Grain Beer (Base Style: New England IPA) ABV: 9% Review Year: 2021 The Nigori Sake IPA was born out of a collaboration between two brands under the Tamamura Honten Co. umbrella: Engi (sake) and Shiga Kogen (craft beer). …
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Name: Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Blonde #001 Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co./ Shiga Kogen (Japan) Style: Wild Specialty Beer (Base Style: Blonde Ale) ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2021 Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Blonde #001 (木樽熟成 山伏) by Tamamura Honten Co. (Nagano, Japan) is a sour blonde ale brewed with unmalted wheat, barley, and wheat malt. This sour beer was then aged …
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Name: Ninja (#327) Brewer: Uchu Brewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: Specialty IPA: Black IPA ABV: 8% Review Year: 2021 Ninja is the first “Imperial Black IPA” brewed by Uchu Brewing from Hokuto City, Japan. Batch 327 features the hop varieties Simcoe and Mosaic. Uchu Brewing is a space-themed craft brewery in Hokuto City, Yamanashi, and was founded by Masahiro …
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Name: Samurai (#322) Brewer: Uchu Brewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: Cold IPA ABV: 7% Review Year: 2021 Samurai (#322) is the first interpretation by Uchu Brewing master brewer Masahiro Kusunose of an emerging beer style dubbed the “Cold IPA.” Aside from rice and corn as adjuncts, Samurai was also brewed with malts, Simcoe and Nelson Sauvin …
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Name: Milky Way (#308) Brewer: Uchu Brewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: Experimental Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 7% Review Year: 2021 Milky Way is a hazy IPA brewed with lactose by Uchu Brewing from Hokuto City, Japan. For batch no. 308, the brewers of Uchu have selected Nelson Sauvin (New Zealand) as the …
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Name: Dark Matter (#311) Brewer: UchuBrewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 6.5% Review Year: 2021 Dark Matter (#311) is a double dry-hopped IPA brewed by Uchu Brewing from Hokuto City, Japan. An ode to the invisible matter that fills the universe, this beer revolves around two popular hop varieties, Citra and Galaxy. Uchu Brewing …
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Name: Irodori Saison Ver.10 Brewers: Zakkoku Koubou (麦雑穀工房) Style: Fruit Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 5.5% Review Year: 2021 The Iridori Saison is the tenth beer in the “Brewing From the Field” series of Zakkoku Koubou (麦雑穀工房), a microbrewery on a farm in Ogawa, Saitama surrounded by the Sotochichibu Mountains. This Saison was brewed with locally sourced …
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