2023 is already in the past, as usual with this blog there shall be a few list from invited beer geek friends & myself just to remember what were some of the more memorable ones from last year.
一年很快过去，照例会有来自啤迷朋友以及本人的去年最有印象酒单，今年只有来自东京和香港的啤迷朋友酒单，先由东京的英国啤迷朋友NEIL酒单打头阵。
This year there will be 2 list from geek friends plus my own--to kick start with the list--here's a list from my Tokyo Beer Drinker website friend Neil--English by the man himself--Chinese transcript by me.
Hop
Kotan - Hure
Green
Neighbors - Japanese Apricot - Prototype
#GNO15
Cycad
- Potaro Salted Caramel
Once
again, I spent most of the year in Japan. Although we’re back to normal when it
comes to being able to travel, the pandemic and other world events have meant
that the prices of plane tickets in Japan are now about twice as much as they were
a few years ago. Therefore, I’m not traveling out of Japan as much.
Japanese
highlights this year included Hop Kotan’s Hure, a fruited sour made with grapes
lees. It was lovely, as was the white wine version they also made, but the red
was just a bit more lovely.
Green Neighbors is a new cidery based in Tohoku
near Morioka and they are making some very nice ciders with a variety of
fruits. I really enjoyed their cider made with Japanese Apricot, (ume,
sometimes called plum, I have no idea what it actually should be called to be
honest), but out of the twenty or so different ciders I’ve had by them, there
are only a few that I would say aren’t delicious. So they’re definitely worth
checking out.
Finally, my favourite bar now has a brewery called Cycad. Most of
their beers are New England IPAs, which really doesn’t work for me, but their
salted caramel porter was really nice and had loads of flavour for the
relatively low strength. Potaro is a series of different kinds of porters.
There’s been a new one released with salted vanilla which I haven’t tried yet
and I’m looking forward to seeing what else they are going to salt and put in a
porter in the future.
日本在地啤酒
去年NEIL大部分时间都身在日本，因为疫情导致的机票价格飙升所以去年除了年初和年底回去英国过节基本没出去。
去年有印象的酒如下：
忽布古丹酿造Hure是一款果酸啤酒，使用葡萄酒渣，有白葡萄酒版本，也有红的，相较之下NEIL个人比较喜欢红葡萄酒版本。
来自东北岩手县的苹果酒酿坊“緑の隣人”是后起之秀，使用不同水果酿造，NEIL试过大概20款不同作品，其中以梅子入酒的作品最对味，值得一提的是其他作品也绝大多数具备一定水平。
再来就是NEIL经常去的酒吧有公园来自CYCAD酿坊（个人去年到访東京时有去过靠近池袋的品饮室）作品，虽然大多数都是类果汁IPA所以不对口味，但其中一款海盐焦糖黑啤让NEIL刮目相看，低酒精但风味十足。
Siren - Static Charge
Kernel - Biere de Saison Sabro
I
spent some time in the UK at the start and end of 2023. There seems to be a
ridiculous amount of new breweries there, some of which I tried, but to be
honest, the best beers from those trips were from old favourite breweries of
mine.
Siren’s Static Charge was an amber saison ‘aged on pomace of pressed
grapes and fruit’. I don’t know what that means but it was very nice and very
welcome as it seems that recently most of SIren’s newly released beers have not
really been in my favourite styles.
Kernel’s Biere de Saison series beers are always
amazing as far as I’m concerned. I could have chosen the sour cherry version
which was lovely, but I think the Sabro version really stood out for me. I like
Sabro hops for their weirdness and I think they really worked in this oaky and
sour beer. Lovely!
英国啤酒
去年初和年底NEIL都在英国渡过，也发现数量相当惊人的新酿坊，不过NEIL感觉最有印象的两款都来自旧相识酿坊：-
Siren Static Charge是一款琥珀色农场风格啤酒,以葡萄果渣入酒,在众多酿坊新酒都不是对味情况下, 这款的确相对好喝.
Kernel Biere de Saison Sabro 对NEIL来说这家酿坊的农场风格啤酒系列一直都是高水准作品，虽然NEIL也喜欢酸樱桃版本不过觉得SABRO啤酒花的“怪味”更能衬托出作品的木桶和酸味表现。
Some other stuff
Godspeed - Bůh Originální Ležák
Brasserie de la Senne - Saison de la
Senne
Recently,
we’ve been getting a lot of lovely Godspeed beers imported to Japan which is a
really welcome thing for me. I like Godspeed’s lagers the most and am really
happy that recently lots of breweries are taking a bit more care over the way
they make lagers. I can’t really explain what the differences in taste are as
they are always subtle, but it’s very obvious when you have a delicious lager
and very obvious when you have one that’s made by someone who isn’t an expert
at making them. Godspeed is naturally very much in the former category.
Brasserie de la Senne has long been one of my favourite breweries and I really
should seek out their beers more in Tokyo. Of course they are a lot cheaper in
Belgium, but they’re definitely worth paying the extra for in Japan. Saison de
la Senne is a strange one, as I bought a bottle of it in Tokyo and it’s still
in my fridge. When I visited Belgium late in 2023 I tried it at the new De La
Senne taproom and it was amazing so I was delighted when I got home and
confirmed that I can try it again.
其他选酒
Godspeed - Bůh Originální Ležák--日本不久前开始出现Godspeed进口不同类型作品,, NEIL相当喜欢这家酿坊的浅啤 LAGER，虽然感觉LAGER都是浅白易喝类型，但是喝到不擅长酿造这类酒其他酿坊作品时会很快察觉不对味，对NEIL来说Godspeed是个中高手。
Brasserie de la Senne - Saison de la Senne-无可置疑的比利时高手
酿坊之一，作为比利时啤酒的爱好者，也大概每年都会去趟比利时品酒旅，虽然因为进口运输等因素明显的東京价格会比较贵，但不久前在比利时这家酿坊品饮室喝了新鲜作品後，NEIL觉得今后应该要在日本多点找这家的酒， 更妙的是之前有买了放在家里冰柜一段时日，比利时喝了之后想到回日本也有同款啤酒喝有点爽。
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