Name: Birth IPA (#305) Brewer: UchuBrewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA ABV: 6% Review Year: 2021 Birth IPA is a hazy and juicy IPA from Uchu Brewing from Hokuto City, Japan that features Galaxy and Simcoe hops. This is the seventh beer in the “Space Creation” series of the brewery and is an expression of …
Name: Recreational Bitter Brewers: Zakkoku Koubou (麦雑穀工房) Style: Best Bitter ABV: 4.5% Review Year: 2021 Recreational Bitter is the first “English Bitter” from Zakkoku Koubou (麦雑穀工房), a microbrewery on a farm in the town of Ogawa (Saitama) surrounded by the Sotochichibu Mountains. The brewery is known to source local ingredients for its beers. Before being known …
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Name: Land (#278) Brewer: UchuBrewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: Experimental Beer (Base Style: Specialty IPA: New England IPA) ABV: 8% Review Year: 2021 Land is a “Hazy Double IPA” brewed by Uchu Brewing from Hokuto City, Japan. This beer was brewed with oats, the New Zealand hop variety, Nelson Sauvin, and a touch of lactose. Uchu Brewing is a …
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Name: Sun (#282) Brewer: UchuBrewing うちゅうブルーイング (Japan) Style: American IPA ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2021 A tribute to the closest star to our homeworld, Sun is an American IPA brewed by one of Japan’s most exciting craft breweries, Uchu Brewing. This beer features the Strata hop variety among others. Uchu Brewing is a space-themed craft brewery in Hokuto …
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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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 …
Name: Colombia Alipio Zuniga Origin: Finca La Esperanza, La Palma, Acevedo, Huila, Colombia Variety: Pink Bourbon Processing: Anaerobic Washed Roaster: Kurasu Kyoto Specialty Coffee (Kyoto, Japan) Roast: Light Brewing Method: v60 A Pink Bourbon variety, the Colombia Alipio Zuniga is a proud product of the La Esperanza farm in Colombia cultivated by John Jairo Serna and his team. …
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Name: Ethiopia Gesha Village Chaka Origin: Bench-Maji, Gesha Village, Ethiopia Variety: Gesha Processing: Natural Roaster: Kurasu Kyoto Specialty Coffee (Kyoto, Japan) Roast: Light Brewing Method: v60 Cultivated on the Gesha Village, which is a 471-hectare coffee farm in Ethiopia, the Ethiopia Gesha Village Chaka roasted by Kurasu Kyoto Specialty Coffee is a reminder that coffee is a fruit. …
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Name: Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Cedar Kogen Brewers: Tamamura Honten Co./ Shiga Kogen (Japan), Jester King Brewery, Oxbow Brewing Company (United States) Style: Wild Specialty Beer (Base Style: Saison) ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2020 The Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Cedar Kogen is a special three-way collaboration among Tamamura Honten (Nagano), Jester King (Texas), and Oxbow Brewing Company (Maine). This “farmhouse …
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 …