Shizuoka Craft Beer: Aoi Brewing-O Cha Ale

September 24, 2015 dragonlife 2 Comments

Aoi Brewing in Shizuoka City has finally come up with what they consider their full O Cha Ale/Green Tea Ale after the two batches of Honnnori O-Cha Ale/A Little Green Tea Ale.

The ingredients are the same, but this is the real article now!

Served on tap
Barley, Maris Otter malt, Pilsner Malt, Topaz hop, Willamette hop, green tea
Unfiltered
Alcohol/ABV: 5.5%
Bubbles: very fine bubbles. Long head. creamy, white
Clarity: slightly smoky (normal considering live yeast and being unfiltered), very clean
Color: light orange color
Aroma: assertive, dry. puissant green tea aroma.
Taste: Assertive and dry attack with plenty of green tea!
Lingers long enough for true tasting before departing on more dry green tea.
Tends to mellow down and show more fruitiness along although it will always depart on a strong green tea note.
Varies little with food but for a softer approach, but still with strong green tea.

Overall: A true Shizuoka green tea craft beer!
A real coming of age after the two precedent green tea ales experiments!
For lovers of very dry beers!
A beer with a big character to be enjoyed all year round although will dperform best on a hot afternoon!
Suggested pairings: BBQ food, stews, sausages.

Beer Junkie MOTEL

420-0035 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Shichiken Cho, 11-5, IMAKKOKO Bldg. 1F
Tel.: 054-253-6558
Opening hours: 17:00~25:00, 17:00~26:00 (Saturday), 15:00~22:00 (Sunday)
Closed on Tuesday
Parties welcome
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BEER GARAGE

Aoi Brewing Co.,Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Miyagasaki Chyo, 30
Tel.: 054-294-8911
Opening hours: 17:00~23:00 (Monday~Friday), 15:00~23:00 (Saturday), 15:00~22:00 (Sunday)
Closed on Tuesdays
COD, Cash On Delivery only for all orders.
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AOI BEER STAND
Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Miyuki Cho, 4-6, Den bill, 1F
Tel.: 054-260-5203
Opening hours: 11:00~23:00
Credit cards OK
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Some Aoi beers are also available at Aoi Brewery’s restaurant in Shizuoka City, namely

GROWSTOCK

420-0852 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Koyamachi Naka Building, 5F
Tel.: 054-293-9331
Opening hours: 17:00~25:00 (Mon.~Thurs.), 17:00~27:00 (Fri & Sat.), 17:00~24:00 (Sun.)
Parties welcome (reserve!)
Credit Cards OK
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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: Oomuraya Brewery: Oniotome, “Sachi” Hiyaoroshi Tokubetsu Junmai

September 22, 2015 dragonlife Leave a comment

Oomuraya Brewery started this series called “Oniotome”, that is “the Goblin’s Wife” a few years ago to keep company with their famous brand, “Oni Goroshi/To KIll a Goblin”, and it has ever been so successful!
It is put out four times a year and we can at last savor the Hiyaoroshi/pasteurized only once Autumn version called “Sachi/Happiness”!

The Oniotome is still sporting her horns on the label which is fast becoming a collector’s item!

Rice milled down to 60%
Alcohol: 15~16 degrees
Bottled in September 2015

Clarity: very clear
Color: faint golden hue
Aroma: Assertive, dry and fruity.
Banana, dark chocolate, custard.
Body: fluid
Taste: very dry and fruity attack backed with strong junmai petillant.
Complex: bitter dark chocolate, bananas, faint coffee beans.
Lingers for a little while warming up the back of the palate before departing on an even drier note with strong hints of dark chocolate.
Turns somewhat mellower with food accompanied by the appearance of oranges before veering back onto a drier note.
Easy to drink in spite of its marked dryness and thanks to its fruitiness.

Overall: A remarkable sake as ever in the series started over 2 years ago because of its very dry fruitiness making it enjoyable on its own at all temperatures but also with food!
A sure value we can look forward to every year! No wonder the name of this seasonal brew is “Happiness”!
Suggested pairings: potato salad, cheese, chocolate desserts.

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French Cake: “Grand Marnier” by Ludovic Le Teigner at Patisserie Le Teigner in Shizuoka City!

September 20, 2015 dragonlife Leave a comment

It has indeed taken little time for Ludovic le Teigner, a native of Bretagne, France, since he opened Patiseerie Le Teigner in Shizuoka City in April last year to establish himself as the best Chef Patissier in our town of almost 800,000 souls!

This is the of probably a very long series of tastings of his extravagant creations all in finesse and exquisite details!
This particular cake was actually recommended to me by Ludovic when I visited him at a special event in Isetan Department Store in Shizuoka City: “Grand Marnier”!
Grand Marnier is the famed French orange liqueur used in the making of this cake conceived around chocolate and oranges.

It is mainly composed of two layers, the bottom one a chocolate biscuit covered with bits of candied orange and the top layer a chocolate mousse, both beautifully accentuated with Grand Marnier orange liqueur.

The whole is covered with a fine chocolate ganache and decorated with a stick of candied orange and thin square of chocolate.
Cut through its soft texture with a fork and discover the marriage of at least four savors!
Delicious, both sober in approach and extravagant in taste and ingredients!
To appreciate with a cup of superior quality tea or coffee!

Patisserie LE TEIGNER

420-0067 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Saiwai Cho, 10-1.
Tel.: 054-266-0067.
Opening hours: 10:00~9:00
Closed on Tuesdays!
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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: Fujinishiki Brewery-Fujinishiki Hiyaoroshi Junmai Genshu (conducted at la Sommeliere in Shizuoka City)

September 18, 2015 dragonlife Leave a comment

I don’t mind repeating it all the time but I prefer conducting sake tastings in the right environment but not many places are propitious for that exercise or willing to help.
But La Sommeliere in Miyuki Cho, Aoi Ku, Shizuoka City is certainly becoming a habit as not only I can conduct my tasting in the best conditions possible but also exchange views at the same time!

This time I tasted a brew by Fujinishiki Brewery in Fujinomiya City!

This is a Hiyaoroshi, that is a sake pasteurized only once before bottling only.
It is not only a junmai but also a genshu, that is no pure water was added!

Rice: Gohyakumangoku (Fukui Prefecture)
Rice milled down to 65%
Yeast: Shizuoka NEW-5
Alcohol: 17 degrees
Dryness: + 4
Acidity: 1.6
Bottled in September 2015

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Clarity: very clear
Color: white wine-like golden hue
Aroma: dry and very fruity
Complex: pineapple, banana, apples, mango, apricot
Body: fluid
Taste: softer than expected dry and fruity attack back up by puissant junmai petillant
Complex: almonds, biscuits, custard
Easy to drink in spite of its high alcohol content thanks to the Shizuoka yeast.
Lingers on for a while warming up the back of the palate.
Varies little with food but for a drier finish.
Insistently asks for the next sip and cup, a true sign pf a good sake.

Overall: Intriguing, complex and very pleasant sake!
The type of sake you can enjoy during a whole meal from starters to desserts as an almighty white wine!
Suggested pairings, especially when slightly chilled: soft-style creamy cheese and nuts, cashew nuts, Japanese pickles.

LA SOMMELIERE

420-0857 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Miyuki Cho, 7-5, Aiseido Bldg, 1F
Tel. & Fax: 054-266-5085
Opening hours: 11:00~22:00, 12:00~18:00 on Sundays & National Holidays
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Entirely non-smoking!

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Kinomoto Shrine (木之元神社) in Yoshiwara, Fuji City!

September 17, 2015 dragonlife 1 Comment

If you come out the south exit of Yoshiwara/吉原 Station between Fuji/富士 Station and Higasi Tago no Ura/東田子の浦 Station walk to your left on the main street and after 5 minutes you will find yourself at the bottom of a typical small rural Shinto Shrine!

It is only a short way upstairs!

The torii/鳥居, sacred gate!

Kinomoto Shrine plaque!

The small roofed concrete hand-washing basin!

A short paved way to the shrine!

The left lion guard with its mouth shut!

The right lion guard with its open mouth!

A venerable stone lantern!

The “haiden/worshipers’ hall”!

The sacred rice straw garland, the bell rope and the money offerings box!

The whole shrine is well maintained!

Side view!

Another small shrine called Fushimi Inari Daimyoujin! The Goddess Inari looks after rice growers in particular!

The Honden/sacred hall closed to the public!

The roof decorations indicate that the shrine God is actually a Goddess!

Good-bye, Kinomoto Shrine!

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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: One Cup Series 12): Makino Brewery-Shimizu Minato Jirocyo Honjozo

September 16, 2015 dragonlife Leave a comment

A very interesting and reasonable way to taste sake is to acquire one-cup sake!
They also make for cute collection of glasses or cups!

Now, this is the fourth tasting of the second batch of Shizuoka Prefecture One Cup Sake I obtained at Matsuzakaya Department Store in Shizuoka City!

A one cup sake by Makino Brewery in Fujinomiya City!

Shimizu Minato Jirocyo!
That is, Shimizu ( a city of its own before it was merged into Shizuoka City) Minato (harbor) Jirocyo (pronouce “Jirochoo”, the name of the local hero!)!

Although Makino Brewery is located at the foot of Mount Fuji in Fujinomiya City, it has produced this special brew for quite some time.
Actually it is the only brewery in Shizuoka Prefecture allowed to call one of its brands, “Fujisan/Mount Fuji”!

Rice milled down to 70%
Alcohol: 15%
Bottled in April 2015

Clarity: very clear
Color: faint golden hue
Aroma: assertive. Very dry and fruity. Almonds, roasted nuts
Body: fluid
Taste: very dry and fruity attack
Dry banana, acid custard, dry oranges, roasted nuts, biscuits.
lingers for a short while warming up the back of the palate before departing with notes of oranges.
Varies little with food but for an even drier finish.
Late but strong appearance of coffee beans and then dark chocolate.

Overall: a solid and uncomplicated sake fit for an izakaya!
The dry sake lovers will appreciate it!
Bring it to a BBQ!
Suggested pairings: yakitori, curry dishes, pork and sausages.

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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: One Cup Series 11): Fuji-Takasago Brewery-Takasago Honjozo

September 15, 2015 dragonlife Leave a comment

A very interesting and reasonable way to taste sake is to acquire one-cup sake!
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Now, this is the third tasting of the second batch of Shizuoka Prefecture One Cup Sake I obtained at Matsuzakaya Department Store in Shizuoka City!

Takasago Honjozo by Fuji-Takasago Brewery in Fujinmiya City!

Alcohol: 14~15 degrees
Bottled in June 2015

Clarity: very clear
Color: very faint golden hue
Aroma: dry and fruity. banana, roasted nuts
Body: fluid
Taste: dry and fruity attack.
Complex: roasted nuts, banana, custard.
Lingers for a while before departing on a drier note with strong hints of coffee beans and dark chocolate.
Changes little with food but for a softer if still very dry note.
Late appearance of oranges.

Overall: Straightforward, uncomplicated but very enjoyable sake.
Tends to show more complexity with time and rise in temperature.
Marries beautifully with food although eminently enjoyable on its own.
A sure value.
Suggested pairings: cheese, nuts, Japanese pickles, ham.

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Japan Wine Tasting: Coco Farm Winery-“Iwao Furugawa” White (conducted at la Sommeliere in Shizuoka City)

September 11, 2015 dragonlife Leave a comment

My good friend, Mrs. Hiromi Hasegawa/長谷川浩美さん, owner of La Sommeliere, a fine wine and sake shop doubling as a bar and small restaurant has been a lot of efforts recently to discover fine wines made in japan!

She has just introduced superlative wines from a Winery gathering a lot of praise in Tochigi Prefecture named Coco Farm Winery!

This particular white wine produced in 2014 has a been given a special name “Une Soirée de Violon”/”A Violin Evening” because the great classicl/jazz violonist, Mr. Iwao Furugawa, who has also given his name to this brew, plays a concert at the Winery every year in the Festival held every December to celebrate the latest harvest!

it is somewhat complicated wine to explain!

Grapes: Chardonnay (50%), Müller-Thurgau 16%), Bacchus (15%), Koshu (9%), other grapes (10%)
The Chardonnay grapes were harvested in Kamiyama/上山 in Yamagata Prefecture and in Takayama Mura/高山村 in Nagano Prefecture on the 24th, 27th of September and 2nd of October in 2014). The Müller-Thurgau (on the 24th and 29th of September 2014) and Bacchus grapes (on the 24th of September 2014) were harvested in Yoichi City/余市 in Hokkaido . The Koshu grapes were harvested in Katsunuma/勝沼 in Yamanashi Prefecture on the 18th and 24th of September 2014.
All grapes were gently pressed before the juices were stored in stainless vats.They were to ferment at 18 degrees to maximize the aroma of the grapes.They were left a comparatively short time to ferment before being filtered and bottled.
Bottlng was conducted on 10th, 11th and 12th of March 2015 into 17,436 bottles of 750 ml and 9,161 bottles of 375 ml.
Alcohol: 11.9%
Acidity: 0.531 g/100 ml
Residual sugars: 0.605%

Clarity: very clear
Color: light golden
Aroma: Very complex, dry and fruity: muscat, dry raisins, apricot, faint pineapple, notes of green apples and bananas
Body: fluid and very easy to drink
Taste: almost completely beside the aroma.
Dry and fruity attack backed up by faint and pleasant petillant.
Agreeably lingers on the palate to reveal all kinds of facets: cider-like acid apples, flowers of all kinds.

Overall: very intriguing wine for Japanese winery which concentrates on the choice and blending of grapes to leave the producing to farmers all over Japan.
Very reminiscent of a superior Alsace wine, especially Riesling.
Definitely of a superior level in Japan despite its young age which hold promises for the future!
Best enjoyed at room temperature , even for a white wine.

Suggested pairings: cream gratin, vegetable pasta, asparagus, chicken dishes.
Would be particularly welcome with sandwiches at lunch on a hot day!

A discovery!

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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: One Cup Series 10): Hana no Mai Brewery-Honjozo

September 11, 2015 dragonlife 2 Comments

A very interesting and reasonable way to taste sake is to acquire one-cup sake!
They also make for cute collection of glasses or cups!

Now, this is the second tasting of the second batch of Shizuoka Prefecture One Cup Sake I obtained at Matsuzakaya Department Store in Shizuoka City!

A very flowery label by Hana No Mai/the Flower Dance Brewery in Hamamatsu City!

Combined with Mount Fuji to signify this is a sake from Shizuoka Prefecture!

Rice: Brewery-grown Yamada Nishiki
Rice milled down to 60%
Alcohol: 15~16 degrees
Bottled on March 18th, 2015

Clarity: very clear
Color: almost transparent
Aroma: Strong, dry and fruity. Dark chocolate, custard.
Body: fluid
Tasting: Dry and fruity attack
Complex: coffee beans, dark chocolate, nuts, custard.
Lingers for a while before departing on a softer note with late appearance of dry chestnuts.
Varies little with food, tends to blend with it.
Will turn again drier away from food with strong coffee beans.

Overall: far better than expected for a simple honjozo!
Although tasted chilled, would do well at any temperature.
The kind of sake that would please any one any time especially around a BBQ or a hot pot.
Suggested pairings: stew, yakitori, spicy food, cheese.
A sake for all seasons!

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French Gastronomy: Birthday Dinner at Pissenlit in Shizuooka City!

September 9, 2015 dragonlife Leave a comment

Chef Toru Arima/有馬亨さん at work!

Service: Excellent and very friendly.
Facilities: Great cleanliness overall. Superb washroom (mouthwash and toothpicks provided!)!
Prices: Reasonable to slightly expensive, very good value.
Strong points: Interesting wine list. Great use of local products, especially organic vegetables and Shizuoka-bred meat and caught fish. Very inventive French gastronomy.

I recently (when?) celebrated my birthday at French Restaurant Pissenlit in Shizuoka City!
What did we have this time in my favorite French Restaurant in Shizuoka City?

A cross between American, french and Japanese gastronomy for the appetizer:
Mini “Minced Katsu pork” hamburger!

Deep-fried conger eel on an exotic tomato salad!

Bourgogne escargots in Brioche!

Scallops-stuffed galette!

A very soft galette made of potatoes!

Black bass poele and its bouillabaisse!

The black bass!

The bouillabaisse!

Fuji Yusui Pork from Gotemba City and Shizuoka organic vegetables!

No less than five different potatoes among them!

First dessert: Coffee creme brulee and tiramisu-style mascarpone ice cream!

Dark and mysterious creme brulee!

Second dessert, a very unusual one!

Feuillete with wine-compote of eggplant with fresh fig and mint ice-cream!

Of course we had wine! LOL

PISSENLIT
420-0839 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Takajo, 2-3-4
Tel.: 054-270-8768
Fax: 054-627-3868
Business hours: 11:30~14:30; 17:00~22:00
Closed on Tuesdays and Sunday evening
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Credit Cards OK
Entirely non-smoking!

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Shizuoka Sake Tasting: Eikun Brewery-Junmai “Yui Sararikarakuchi

September 8, 2015 dragonlife 2 Comments

I tasted this particular from one of my favorite breweries, Eikun Brewery (Shizuoka City, Shimizu Ku, Yui) at a more or less secret lair of mine in Shizuoka City where I can indulge in my hobby away from the crowds!

Eikun Brewery labels all look the same but this one includes a small important detail!

Can you see the small shrimp?
It is a sakura ebi, the emblem of Yui, famous all over the country!

Rice milled down to 60%
Alcohol: 15~16 degrees
Bottled in June 2015

Clarity: very clear
Color: very faint golden hue
Aroma: dry and fruity. Pineapple, faint bananas
Body, fluid, almost sirupy
Taste: very dry and fruity attack backed up with strong junmai petillant.
Complex. Custard, walnuts, pineapple, oranges.
Lingers for a while warming up the back of the palate before departing with dry oranges.
Varies little with food but for a drier note and appearance of dark chocolate.
Coffee beans make a strong appearance once away from food again.

Overall: very elegant and refreshing but intriguing for a sake of such comparatively humble status.
For all seasons on its own or with food at any temperature!
Suggested pairings: Any vegetable dish in particular!

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Shizuoka Craft Beer: Aoi Brewing-“Forgery Kölsch”

September 6, 2015 dragonlife Leave a comment

By pure chance I discovered this new but unannounced craft beer by Aoi Brewing at AOI BEER STAND in Shizuoka City!
I wasn’t supposed to suddenly have the time to visit the place but here I was staring at the blackboard!

“Forgery Kölsch”?
The reason for the “Forgery” naming is that it was not supposed to be brewed that way and I’m not at liberty to explain any further!

Served on tap
Barley, barley malt, hop, live yeast
Unfiltered
Alcohol/ABV: 5.0%
Bubbles: very fine bubbles. Longish head. creamy, white
Clarity: slightly smoky (normal considering live yeast and being unfiltered), very clean
Color: lemon-orange color
Aroma: light and fruity. Citruses.
Taste: very light, dry, refreshing and fruity attack backed up with welcome acidity.
Citruses, lemon.
Lingers long enough on the palate for true tasting before departing on a drier note with more citruses.
varies little with food.

Overall: Very refreshing, light and satisfying craft beer.
Perfect for a hot summer afternoon.
Unfortunately it will be only one-off craft beer although there will enough to serve on tap for the next two weeks, but do hurry!

Beer Junkie MOTEL

BEER GARAGE

AOI BEER STAND
Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Miyuki Cho, 4-6, Den bill, 1F
Tel.: 054-260-5203
Opening hours: 11:00~23:00
Credit cards OK
FACEBOOK

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Kyoto Craft beer: Kizakura Brewery-Kyoto Beer Brown Ale

September 5, 2015 dragonlife Leave a comment

Kizakura Brewery is on eof the most famous sake breweries in Kyoto and it does some craft beers among other products.
I had the occasion to taste one of them during a recent trip to that famed touristic spot!

Produced in cans of 330 ml
Barley, barley roasted malt, hop, yeast
ABV: 9%
Filtered

Bubbles: long head, fine bubbles, light orange color
Deep orange color
Aroma: discreet. Bread, biscuits
Taste: Dry, refreshing, fruity attack.
Bread, biscuits, ginger bread, dry apricots.
Lingers just long enough for true tasting before departing on a soft and dry note with biscuits lingering on.
Varies little with food but for a softer note.

Overall: Refreshing, straightforward craft beer, better than a thirst quencher.
Drinks easily and deserves to be sampled.
For all dsasons, with a high alcohol contents which makes it worthwhile.

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