Japanese Craft Beers
Here are our selections of Japan's best beer brands. You can download the beer labels as pdf files.
Iwatekura Sansho Ale
Iwatekura Sansho Ale
Hops: Perle
ABV: 5.0%
Brewery Location: Iwate Prefecture
Style: Sansho Pepper Ale
Nose: Citrus, Pepper
Flavor: Pale Ale that is a little spicy and a little bitter
Food Pairings: Sushi, Carpaccio, Unagi
Tasting Notes: Sansho - a highly regarded Japanese peppercorn that is a core ingredient of "shichimi" - is used in the brewing of this very unique Japanese Ale.
Awards: 2012 International Beer Competition Silver Award
2013 International Beer Competition Gold Award
Size: 330ml
Brewery: Iwatekura
Founded: 1918
Profile: Seki no Ichi Brewery was a small sake brewery located in Southern Ichinose City, Iwate Prefecture. Now they have a restaurant, and in 1995 they renovated an old rice storage facility into the "Iwate Kura Beer" brewery. They make unique, undeniably Japanese beers.
