Japanese Craft Beers
Here are our selections of Japan's best beer brands. You can download the beer labels as pdf files.
Kanazawa Hyakumangoku Beer "Dark Ale"
Kanazawa Hyakumangoku Beer "Dark Ale"
Hops: Challenger
ABV: 5.5%
Brewery Location: Ishikawa Prefecture
Style: Stout
Nose: Black chocolate and coffee
Flavor: Balanced between flavors of bitterness, sourness and sweetness, and suprisingly light.
Food Pairings: Meat dishes and Western dishes
Tasting Notes: Brewed with locally grown "six-row barley" from Ishikawa prefecture.
Very flavorful beer with smoky chocolate & coffee-like aroma, with a deliciously hoppy finish.
Size: 330ml
Brewery: Waku Waku Tezukuri Farm Kawakita Co. Ltd.
Founded: 1998
Profile: Most Japanese beers are primarily brewed using imported barley, however, these Hyakumangoku Beer series, crafted by Waku Waku Tezukuri Farm Kawakita are made by brewers who invest their hearts and souls in growing the best barley themselves to live up to their belief and motto: "beer making starts from barley making."
