Yokohama Beer Information

Background

Ever since foreigners first settled in Yokohama, it has been a place synonymous with beer. Beer was first brewed in Yamate in 1870, with the first brewery “Spring Valley Beer”, which has recently been brought back via the Kirin beer company. Yokohama Beer was established in 1995 and is the largest craft beer producer in Yokohama. The brewery tries to use as much locally sourced materials as possible.

Beer Reviews

The following are some of the beers we’ve had:

• Yokohama Alt – a 5.5% German style alts brewed using caramel malt and imported yeast;
• Yokohama Bohemian Pilsner – a 5.5% Czech style pilsner brewed using Salz hops and Bohemian yeast;
• Yokohama IPA – an award-winning English style IPA brewed using imported malt and hops from the UK;
• Yokohama Lager – 2011 Japan cup bronze winning beer brewed using New Zealand hops four times.
• Yokohama Pale ale – a 5.0% American pale ale brewed with imported hops from the USA;
• Yokohama Weizen – an award-winning wheat beer brewed using 50% barley and 50% wheat;

Limited & Seasonal Lineup

The following are some of the limited and seasonal beers we’ve had:

• Yokohama Ale – a 5.5% English bitter ale collaboration between Yokohama Brewery and Spring Valley Brewery to celebrate 150th anniversary of the opening of Yokohama port.
• Yokohama Belgian Wheat – a 5% collaborative beer between Yokohama Brewery and Sogo department store.
• Yokohama Criollo Ale – a 5% winter stout that is part of the range of beers from before Gojo-san took over.
• Yokohama Dragon Fruit Ale – a 5% fruit beer that uses dragon fruits grown in the Seya ward of Yokohama.
• Yokohama Noge Beer – a 5% golden ale brewed in celebration of the Noge area of Yokohama.
• Yokohama Peated Black – a 6% smoked beer which uses peated malt NOT peat from Ireland.
• Yokohama Seya no Komugi Beer – a 5.5% wheat ale and is part of their Summer seasonal line up and contains wheat, or komugi, that has been locally sourced from the Seya-ward of Yokohama.
• Yokohama YABAcious IPA – a 6.5% American IPA and part of their entry into the 2017 Japan Brewers’ Cup.
• Yokohama Yuzu Weizen – a 5% fruit beer that uses sourced wheat from Seya ward in Yokohama, water from Doshi village, and also locally sourced yuzu.

Articles

The following are some of the articles we’ve done:

• Umaya no Shokutaku – the brewpub / restaurant for the brewery.

Details

• Address : 231-0013, Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama-shi, Naka-ku, Sumiyoshi 6-68-1
• Phone : 045-640-0271
• Homepage : https://yokohamabeer.com/
• Online store : https://www.yokohamabeer.shop/
• Social Media : Facebook / Instagram

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