Name: Shiga Kogen (志賀高原) E2SB 1 Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co. /Shiga Kogen (Japan) Style: Strong Bitter ABV: 6% Review Year: 2021 Shiga Kogen (志賀高原) E2SB 1 is the take of Tamamura Honten (Japan) on the classic British beer style, the Strong Bitter. Aside from English hops, Fuggle and East Kent Goldings, this beer features the relatively new …
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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: 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: 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 …
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 …
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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Name: ECKHARDT Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co. (Japan), Hair of the Dog Brewing Company (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Belgian Golden Strong Ale) ABV: 12% Review Year: 2020 The Nagano-based brewery, Tamamura Honten joined forces with Portland’s Hair of the Dog for the fifth time to create ECKHARDT, a “Special strong golden ale” brewed …
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