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Far Yeast Brewing beers, Kagua Blanc and Tokyo White, were awarded medals at the 2019 Great International Beer, Cider, Mead & Sake Competition (GIBCC) in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA on October 26, 2019. Kagua Blanc won the Gold medal in the fruit & spice ale category. Tokyo White won the Silver medal in the Belgian & French Ale / Belgian Wit beer category. 

“KAGUA Blanc” hasis a dry flavor with a mixture of moderate sweetness, slight bitterness, and it  subtle sourness to compliment the spiciness derived from “Sansho,” a Japanese pepper. The gorgeous aroma from fresh Yuzu and yeast esters harmonize in the nose. In the finish, the subtle scent of Sansho suppresses the floral aroma and gives rise to an exquisite flavor. 

“Tokyo White” is a dry, crisp Saison style beer. You can enjoy its mouthfeel with mild hop bitterness and pleasant sourness. 

Enjoy the fruity ester scent and the refreshing hop aroma.

About GIBCMSC

GREAT INTERNATIONAL BEER, CIDER, MEAD & SAKE COMPETITION (GIBCMSC) history started in 1997, and this year was the 23rd annual competition.  GIBCMSC is an international competition where more than 11,000 beers, ciders, meads, and sakes have been judged. The competition categories are beer, cider, mead, sake, and two new additional categories of kombucha and hard seltzer that have recently become popular. The competition’s 84 categories attracts participants from all around the world. The competition judging is conducted by a blind-tasting panel of journalists and 110 experts from the F&B industry.

http://www.gibcc.com/　

【Products Outlines】

Name： 馨和 KAGUA Blanc

Price： Open Price

Ingredients： Malted Barley, Malted Wheat, Hops, Yuzu, Sansho, Sugar and Yeast.

ABV： 8.0％

Location： Belgium 

(Kosuge village, Yamanashi Prefecture)   

Format： 330ml Bottle

https://bbc-theme.info/faryeast/kagua/

■Far Yeast Brewing online shop URL is below. 

https://faryeast.stores.jp/

Name：FAR YEAST TOKYO WHITE

Price： Open Price

Ingredients： Malted Barley, Malted Wheat, Hops, Sugar.

ABV： 5.0％

Location： Japan 

(Kosuge village, Yamanashi Prefecture)   

Format： 330ml Bottle

https://bbc-theme.info/faryeast/far-yeast/

For the second edition of the new brand “Off Trail” that challenges innovative beer brewing, Far Yeast Brewing (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President: Shiro Yamada) will release “3 Funkeys” on Tuesday, December 24th.

Our second challenge blends Belgian-style strong ales, using Brettanomyces wild yeast and oak barrel-aging to create a distinctive, complex flavor. Each of the three components were aged in red wine barrels for eleven months.

After aging, each beer showed distinguishing characteristics. One had a Cherry pie-like aroma, another had a smoky flavor profile, and the third was well rounded and full of oak tannins. By blending these three beers together each characteristic found its place with the others, resulting in a well-balanced, complex Strong Ale.  This beer is a must-try beer for wild-beer and barrel-aged beer geeks but is also recommended for all beer fans. We will continue to challenge ourselves to innovate and deliver value to our customers worldwide.

Product specs

Name： 3 Funkeys

Release Date： Tuesday, December 24th, 2019

Price： Open Price

Ingredients： Malted Barley, Hops, Sugar.

ABV： 9.5％

Style： Barrel-Aged Strong Ale

Product Type： Beer

Brewery： Far Yeast Brewing Genryu Brewery 

(Kosuge village, Yamanashi Prefecture)   

Format： 330ml Bottle, 750ml Bottle, 10L SUS keg

About Off Trail

“Off Trail” is a new brand following our two brands “Far Yeast” and “KAGUA.” The name “Off Trail” is inspired by our aim to express the local terroir of Kosuge-mura, Yamanashi, and Japan at large, coupled with our challenge to innovate and experiment with every batch to discover new recipes and chart undiscovered territory in brewing. “3 Funkeys” is the second release following “Ginspiration.”

About Far Yeast Brewing Co., Ltd. 

“Democratizing beer” – Developed under the mission to “ re-establish the diversity and abundance of true beer culture, which has sadly been hidden by relentless over-commercialisation.”

To achieve this goal, we enlist our Japanese flavored beer brand “Kagua,” Tokyo themed brand “Far Yeast,” and Innovative beer brand “Off Trail” to spread our distinctive beers to the world.

Company Profile

Company name       Far Yeast Brewing Co., Ltd.

Head office address       2-6-8 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 5th floor

Brewery address       4341 Kosuge-mura, Kitatsuru-gun, Yamanashi 

Representative Director   Shiro Yamada

Founded                     September 7, 2011

Business                     Craft beer brewing, distribution sales. Restaurant management.

URL                                   https://bbc-theme.info/faryeast

Far Yeast Brewing will release “Japanese Grape Saison,” a limited beer brewed in collaboration with Edge Brewing Project of Melbourne, Australia, in late October.

“Japanese Grape Saison,” is brewed with locally sourced “Muscat Bailey A,” a popular red varietal, and “Koshu,” a white grape indigenous to Japan. The beer’s wine-like aroma was inspired by Australia’s new-world wine country.

In addition to local fruit, we used three kinds of hops: Merkur, Nelson Sauvin, and Enigma. As a result, the beer has a complex fruity aroma and a dry, crisp finish. Like a wine, when the beer is aerated a fresh fragrance unfolds.

About Edge Brewing Project Brewery

Edge Brewing Project is a craft brewery based in Melbourne, Australia. They collaborate with breweries around the world to create a new style of craft beer using their local ingredients.

The brewery is committed to using only raw materials, meaning additives and extracts have no place in their brewing process.

https://www.edgebrewing.com.au/

【Product Specs】

Name：Japanese Grape Saison

Release date：Late October

Price：Open Price

Ingredients：Grapes, Malt, Sugar, and Hops.

ABV：5.0％

IBU：15

Style：Italian Grape Ale (fruit saison)

Product Type：Happo-shu

Made In：Far Yeast Brewing Genryu brewery. Kosuge, Yamanashi.

Format：15L Keg, 330ml Bottle

Far Yeast Brewing Co., Ltd. (head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, representative director: Shiro Yamada) will release two limited beers, “Blanc Cuvée Dry hopping” and “Rouge Special Edition 2019,” under the Kagua brand at the end of October.

“KAGUA”, meaning “Waga-Kaoru,” can be translated as Japanese fragrant beer. Kagua uses unique ingredients such as Sansho pepper and Yuzu. The beers are full-bodied with smooth carbonation from secondary fermentation in the bottle. The Kagua lineup has built its reputation as a high-quality, creative beer among beer fans worldwide since its launch.

Blanc Cuvée Dry hopping

“Blanc Cuvée Dry hopping” was brewed with the same base recipe as Kagua Blanc. However, the two beers differ in their fermentation method. While Kagua Blanc is fermented on a Belgian Saison Yeast, Blanc Cuvée Dry hopping was fermented as a mixed culture beer. The different yeast strains working at the same time create a more complex aroma. To complement the results of the mixed culture fermentation, this beer was dry-hopped with three types of hops: Mosaic, Simcoe, and Chinook. “Mosaic” is rich in citrus fruit, passion fruit, berries, and herbal notes culminating in a very complex hop aroma. “Simcoe” is often described as being both fruity and earthy, bringing apricot and citrus notes and pronounced aromas of pine. “Chinook” has aromas of grapefruit, strong and distinctive pine, and spice. The beer finishes dryer on the palate than Kagua Blanc so that the hops’ aroma can stand out to create an enjoyably rich fragrance.

Rouge Special Edition 2019

Rouge Special Edition 2019 is the fourth limited edition brewing product following 2013 Rouge, 2017 Rouge, and 2018 Blanc. This year, we increased the ratio of dark malt to produce deeper shades and more malt flavor than previous editions. This true-to-style Belgian Quadrupel still keeps with the original character of “Waga-Kaoru.”  In addition to the well-matured taste of normal Kagua Rouge, Rouge Special Edition 2019 has been further aged to showcase musky barrel aromas from American oak powder, Sansho pepper, and malt flavor. This high alcohol full-bodied beer pairs perfectly with meat dishes.

We will continue to challenge ourselves to innovate to deliver value to our customers worldwide.

【Product Specs】

Name：Blanc Cuvée Dry hopping

Release Date：Late October 2019

Price：Open Price

Ingredients： Malted Wheat and Barley, Hops, Sugar, Yuzu, Sansho pepper

ABV： 10.0％

Style：Saison (Dry Hopped Wheat Saison)

Product Type：Beer 

Made In：Belgium 

Format：330ml Bottle

Name：Rouge Special Edition 2019

Release Date：Late October 2019

Price：Open Price

Ingredients： Malted Barley, Hops, Sugar, Yuzu, Sansho pepper, Oak Powder

ABV： 10.0％

Style： Belgian Quadrupel

Product Type：Beer 

Made In：Belgium 

Format：330ml Bottle