Japanese Craft Beers
Here are our selections of Japan's best beer brands. You can download the beer labels as pdf files.
Kyoto Kura no Kaori Ale
Kyoto Kura no Kaori Ale
Hops: Saaz, Hersbrucker
ABV: 4.0%
Brewery Location: Kyoto Prefecture
Style: Ale
Nose: Floral aroma like sake.
Flavor: Rich with faint hoppy aftertaste.
Food Pairings: Croquette, Gratin, Fried Chicken
Tasting Notes: An original Kizakura specialty beer, "Flavor of Sake Brewery" is a completely unique brew which utilizes sake yeast to give it a slightly floral aroma and a Ginjo-sake-like flavor.
Size: 330ml
Brewery: Kizakura Co. Ltd.
Founded: 1995 (Beer) 1925 (Kizakura Sake)
Profile: One of the first craft beer brewers in Japan is Kizakura Co, a Kyoto-based brewery that's one of Japan's top sake producers. Kizakura started making beer back in 1995, using the same clear, pure water they've been using to make their sake.
