The event featured 19 breweries from all over Kansai, including larger breweries like Minoh and tiny ones located in agricultural parks that are basically brewpubs (Ajiwai no Sato & Harverst Hill). I had a good time talking beer with Mick, Ajen, Maek, and meeting Duncan Brotherton from Gee Beer. Big thanks to Maek for bring delicious snacks!
I started the night with a Garnet Rouge from Konishi which was quite nice.
After that I had Minoh's Hoppy Pale Ale which was made for the event and while not hoppier than a regular pale ale was well made with a West Coast hop profile. The woman in the pale blue t-shirt is actually Kaori-san the current head of Minoh Beer.
Next up was another beer made especially for the event, the Akashi & Dotombori Collaboration beer (also made for the event) called Beer Hero - a YPL which was a better than average lager.
My Dotombori Wheat Ale was the biggest disappointment of the fest for me, it just tasted kind of off and not so palatable. Too bad.
I had wanted to try the Blueberry beer from Soni Kougen Brewery down in Nara but by the time I got to it, it was sold out!
I followed that with Minoh's Peach Sour which was pretty good, the sweetness of the peach was balanced by a nice tart sour taste, really easy to drink.
My last beer of the night was Ajiwai no Sato's Smoked Beer which was a decent Rauch Beer. Smokey & easy to drink.
I also shared a bottle of my Honey Lemon Weizen homebrew which was well received and my Ballast Point Sea Monster Imperial Stout. All in all a nice chill event which is reasonably priced (400 yen a glass).
I'll probably go to this event again...
http://www.tcbn.co.jp/beerfes/index.html
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