South Horizon Brewing : Background
South Horizon Brewing is a brewery located in the port city of Kochi, in the southern part of Shikoku Island – one of the four main islands that make up Japan. The brewery began operations in July 2023 and the brewery, which got its brewing license in December of the same year, is found in the Kochi Shinko Highland Green Area, where many large cruise ships from overseas stop.
The main idea behind South Horizon Brewing is to create a sustainable future by upcycling beer. Their model involves processing the malt lees generated during brewing into fertilizer for growing rice grown in Kochi Prefecture. The harvested rice as a secondary ingredient in beer. In addition, they plan to use the hop vines generated when harvesting hops into paper (hop paper) and use them for shipping cardboard, business cards, coasters, etc. for beer.
Another reason why they opened in Kochi is that the prefecture is one of the biggest consumers of beer in Japan. Yet it also has one of the lowest concentrations of breweries.
South Horizon Brewing : Beer Reviews
The following are some of the beers we’ve had from them:
- South Horizon All Aboard – a 7% West Coast IPA with Ekuanot Cryo, Citra, Azacca, Nelson Sauvin, and El Dorado hops.
- South Horizon Blank Log Book – a 10.5% imperial stout with a pastry twist with brown sugar, vanilla, and lactose.
- South Horizon Fun Guy Fungi – an 8% farmhouse ale with a saison base and shiitake mushrooms and rice koji.
- South Horizon Junos Pandemic – a 3.5% fruit beer with a gose base that uses locally sourced yuzu and salt.
- South Horizon Nap on Deck – a 5.5% American pale ale with grapefruit, Citra and Idaho 7 hops.
- South Horizon Pacifica Common – a 5.5% California common that takes inspiration from Anchor Steam and uses New Zealand Pacifica hops.
Details
- Address : 〒781-0112 Kochi, Niida, 4712-5 Shinkō kōdai
- Phone : 050-5536-0309
- Homepage : https://south-horizon.jp/
- Online store : https://south-horizon.jp/collections/beer
- Social Media : Instagram
