JAPANESE BEER TOUR FRI-SUN *July 16-18

Japanese Beer Tour

1) Hitachino White Ale

Witbier ……5.0% ABV; Kiuchi Brewery; Ibaraki-ken Naka-gun, Japan

Refreshing mildly hopped Belgian styled beer with a complex flavor of coriander, orange peel, nutmeg. White Ale has won gold medals at several beer competition in U.K. and U.S. This is one of HITACHINO’s top-selling beers both in Japan and U.S.

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2) Hitachino Red Rice Ale

Belgian Strong Pale Ale .7.0% ABV; Kiuchi Brewery; Ibaraki-ken Naka-gun, Japan

Brewed with actual red rice and flaked barley. Complex sake like flavors with sweet notes. Hints of strawberries in the nose and palate. An intriguing mix of sake, malt , and bitter notes in the finish.

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3) Ise Kadoya Genmai (Brown Rice) Ale

English Pale Ale ……5.1% ABV;  Beer Warehouse; Mie-Ken Ise-shi, Japan

Based on the award-winnning Pale Ale recipe, Ise Kadoya took added “arare”—roasted brown rice to create a truly innovative and thoroughly Japanese-style beer. The resulting “genmai” flavored ale gives a refreshingly crisp hoppy flavor and a bitter finish.

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4) Ise Kadoya Brown Ale

American Brown Ale ……5.0% ABV; Beer Warehouse; Mie-Ken Ise-shi, Japan

Wonderfully layered, Brown Ale has a delightfully broad range of aromas and flavors that compared with Pale Ale, is slightly more complex and richer. This complex yet smooth ale utilizes four different kinds of hops.

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5) Baird Beer Shizuoka Natsumikan (Summer) Ale

Fruit Ale ……6.0% ABV; Baird Brewing Co., Shizuoka-ken Namazu-shi, Japan

Brewed with fresh Shizuoka summer mikans (natsumikans) and citrusy American hops, this seasonal ale is aromatic, effervescent, dryly acidic and unabashedly refreshing.

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$15 to taste all 5 beers