Coedo Brewery Information

Background

Like other Japanese microbreweries, Coedo Brewery took advantage of the law change and started brewing beers in 1996, initially using the wheat from their local area. Unable to find a malting company nearby, they began to use locally sourced sweet potatoes instead. They also invited a German braumeister to stay and teach the Coedo staff his techniques over a 5 year period. In 2006, rather than using the classification of ‘Ji-beer’ (‘local beer’), often used to entice tourists to buy beer, Coedo began to use ‘craft beer’ instead. Their main line up consists of:

Beer Reviews

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

• Coedo Beniaka – A 7% Imperial style sweet potato amber, brewed using Kawagoe’s traditional red sweet potato.
• Coedo Kyara – A 5.5% Indian pale lager brewed from six different malts;
• Coedo Marihana – A 4.5% session IPA that uses Cascade, Amarillo, Simcoe, and Mosaic hops.
• Coedo Ruri – A 5% German pilsner that takes its name from “Ruri-Ruri” with its crystal clear characteristics.
• Coedo Shikkoku – A 5% German schwarzbier brewed from eight different malts, including two dark malts
• Coedo Shiro – A 5.5% German hefeweizen brewed named for its supposed fruity and creamy taste.

Limited & Seasonal Lineup

The following are part of Coedo’s seasonal, limited edition, and draft range:

• Coedo / Coronado / Ichiro’s Coedonado Barrel Aged – an American style black ale;
• Coedo Chocolate Dunkel – A 5.5% Dunkel uses cacao nibs to increase the chocolate aspect of the beer and uses imported Aurora, Merkur, and Saphir hops.
• Coedo Gattsu Pozu – a 10% double IPA, produced as a collaboration between Coedo, based in Saitama, Japan and Fieldworks Brewing Company.
• Coedo Imperial IPA – a double IPA.
• Coedo Kosancha Saison – A 5% saison brewed using locally sourced Sayama tea leaves.
• Coedo Matsuri Ale – A 5% Japanese pale ale contains rice sourced from the Iwate region of Japan and uses Sapphir and Tettnanger.
• Coedo Regista IPA – 6% American IPA brewed with Simcoe, Mosaic, and Motueka hops.
• Coedo Strawberry Wheat – A 5% wheat ale brewed using strawberries from Higashimatsuyama City.
• Coedo Sumatera – A 6% lager beer brewed with Horiguchi Coffee providing the coffee beans.
• Coedo Tsuyu Saison – An 8.5% strong saison brewed with American Jarrylo and New Zealand Motueka hops and infused with Ume plum and red perilla leaf.

Articles

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

• Interview with Asagiri-san, president of Coedo
• Coedo Brewery Tour
• Coedo Beniaka Renewal Event
• Coedo Restaurant in Kawagoe, Saitama
• Coedo Kiosk in Kawagoe, Saitama

Details

• Address : 385-10 Kamitome, Miyoshi-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama, Japan 354-0045
• Phone : 049-259-7735
• Homepage : https://coedobrewery.com/
• Online store : https://coedobrewery.com/collections/
• Social Media : Facebook / Instagram

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