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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
WEEK 241--Essentials to Beer Fest Enjoyment
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
WEEK 240--make craft beer easier to understand
新人们要保持开放接受心态,重新审视之前受到的大厂啤酒营销策略/广告宣传影响。
1.Too
many middle-aged men are trying to give their opinions, like what we are doing
now. Does not only apply to Asia
2.Excessive
use of local ingredients without mastering the basic beer style.
3.Using TIPA or Imperial Stout in a drinking game.
Monday, September 1, 2025
WEEK 239--Sour Beer made simple
2) What the beer styles available?
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
WEEK 238--IPA Gone Fruit Juice Like---Yes or No
实际上单只观察酒体颜色等外观元素就能清楚看出两者之间区别,传统印度淡啤无论颜色或酒体厚薄度都更接近一般认知中的啤酒颜色,无论比较薄身或厚实都是看得透的深浅金黄色。而类果汁印度淡啤外观则是很多时候看起来比较像现打果汁或水果奶昔,无论酒体或颜色都显得更加浓郁混沌,可以说一定程度上颠覆了对啤酒外观的一般印象。
虽然两者之间无论酒体颜色厚薄程度以至风味口感表现都大相径庭,不过有一点是一致的,那就是传统印度淡啤和类果汁印度淡啤都是通过使用不同啤酒花特质风味以及有区别的酿造手法方式创造出差异,所以觉得类果汁印度淡啤是不是加入水果所以才那么充满果汁感的看法只是错觉。
The rise of NEIPA/Hazy IPA was sweeping some years ago--to say that it has somehow became the main stream IPA choice for many is not far from truth though those who started with traditional IPA might beg to differ.
有趣的是,不少美国酿酒师意见认为类果汁印度淡啤起源自早期的Heady
Topper,虽然无论酒体颜色或厚度浑浊度都不是现今不少类果汁印度淡啤作品的模样,但在当时被认为是风味表现非常有别于传统印度淡啤,是更能表现啤酒花柑橘和热带水果鲜香甘苦风味的作品,实际上至今也被公认为认识印度淡啤顶级作品风味表现必喝典范作品之一。
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
WEEK 237--casual chat with Neil--Tokyo craft beer over the years( Part2/2)
To be honest, it’s not something I pay a lot of attention to. I am a big Belgian beer fan, but I don’t drink that much Belgian beer in Japan as somehow it jut doesn’t feel as much fun. Of course, sometimes it’s a nice luxury, particularly if my football team has just smashed a local rival and we have an Orval to celebrate. The import scene is dominated by US beer and there are some great places to drink imports in Japan but I don’t go to them so often. I think a lot of people get caught up in the mindset that because it’s imported it must mean it’s delicious. In the course of my time living here there have been plenty of British breweries that have been imported that I would never have drunk in the UK. I think given that there is a lot of competition for imports now, the care people take when importing has improved. Long gone are the days when one unnamed importer’s motto was ‘I want this beer to be the most expensive beer in Japan’ and didn’t bother about bringing it over in a refrigerated container. The only concern was selling it at a high price. Perhaps not a shock they don’t import anymore!
7)有期待什么外国酿坊作品能出现在日本市场的?
感觉现在市场上进口啤酒已呈饱和状态,价格也开始变成一个难题,
There are a few breweries who people love who seem to pretty much just make hazy IPAs and sell them for ridiculous prices. I won’t mention their names as they don’t need any more publicity and I’m sure most people know who I’m talking about anyway. But needless to say, as far as I’m concerned, don’t believe the hype!
8)对不熟悉日本市场新朋友有推荐的在地酿坊吗?
主要看想要找什么类型风格作品,志贺高原(Shiga Kogen/长野)和箕面(Minoh/大阪)
日本酿坊中有几家是似乎都只在做类果汁印度淡啤 (Hazy IPA) 的,很受市场追捧,不过个人感觉有过誉和价位过高之嫌。
9)craft beer是平易近人还是需要做些功课才能接近?
如果喝啤酒需要先做功课的话那会有点让人伤感,直接开喝就是了,
10)对刚接触craft beer新人有什么要说的?
尽量多尝试不同类型风格後就能找到合适自己口味的啤酒,
11) 对那些觉得craft beer和大厂啤酒没区别的人有什么说?
这看法肯定是错的,因为craft beer要贵得多!
个人觉得craft beer名称/定义是很重要的,
12) craft beer is still a business hence it's inevitable bars or bottle shop might ceased to exist, is there any particular ones which you are fond of (or otherwise)which no longer there?
12)craft beer也是一门生意,酿坊或酒吧会有来去,
刚看过8页已闭店的酒吧/品饮室,并没有特别让人觉得遗憾的,