Novel Craft updates taps with Cave D'occi × Novel Craft Reflection
Novel Craft, a beer pub in Minamikarasuyama, Setagaya, has updated its tap list with Cave D'occi × Novel Craft Reflection. The bar is also serving Boerenerf / Oude Gueuze 1871 by the glass, alongside a food-pairing set and a blueberry cheesecake suggestion.
Hop BroNovel Craft in Minami-Karasuyama just posted an eight-tap refresh. The headliner is Cave D'occi × Novel Craft's Reflection, and honestly my throat is already leaning toward the bar.
MugiWhat! That name Reflection sounds way too stylish. It feels like a beer that would also judge my snack choices.
Hop BroBest part is that Reflection is this week's Novel's Choice, with food-first pairing built right in. They're matching it with herb confit beef tongue, seared bacon and dill potato salad, and chikuwa with cream cheese and aonori.
MugiNo way, three-snack pairing is serious business! Even the chikuwa made the starting lineup and somehow got fancy.
Hop BroAnd on By The Glass they've got Oude Gueuze 1871 from Boerenerf. It's a gueuze made by blending oak-aged lambics, so you get layered fruit notes and woody barrel aroma.
MugiHold on, gueuze and lambic just flew past me like secret boss names. Are we still talking about beer?
Hop BroShort version: it's a grown-up sour. Tart, fizzy, not sweet, with a little oak character, like fruit and woodsy aroma showing up together.
MugiOkay, fruit and oak I can picture! My brain is now toasting in a forest while eating berries.
Hop BroWhich is why the post's blueberry cheesecake suggestion is dangerous in the best way. They say it works with the gueuze and saison side, and they're also brewing a blueberry sour saison.
MugiWait, dessert too? Not just drinking is such a Novel Craft move. This is less a beer pub and more a full event in your mouth.
Hop BroThe list is broad too, from pils to IPA. Kemkur's Coolship Pils, Belwoods' Come What May Dry-Hopped, Georgetown's Lucille IPA, Yorocco Beer, plus Novel Craft Brewing's Sweep, Dubwise, and Down Tempo.
MugiI'm done for, first round now has to be Reflection, and then I want gueuze with cheesecake for the finish.
Hop BroSame here, dessert with gueuze is the landing I want. Novel Craft just moved from maybe to confirmed on the drinking schedule.
Novel Craft, the beer pub in Minamikarasuyama, Setagaya, has posted an updated tap list that mixes house beers with guest selections. The lineup keeps the focus on beer-and-food pairing, which fits the bar’s style well.
The highlighted pick in this post is `Cave D'occi × Novel Craft / Reflection`, which appears in the weekly “Novel’s Choice” pairing set. The suggested food trio is beef tongue herb confit, potato salad with seared bacon and dill, and chikuwa with cream cheese and aonori. The post also calls out `By The Glass` service for `Boerenerf / Oude Gueuze 1871`, described as a gueuze blended from several oak-aged lambics, with layered fruit notes and barrel aroma.
Current tap list:
- `Kemkur / Coolship Pils`
- `Belwoods / Come What May Dry-Hopped`
- `Georgetown / Lucille IPA`
- `Cave D'occi × Novel Craft / Reflection`
- `Yorocco Beer / All You Need is Flowers`
- `Novel Craft Brewing / Sweep`
- `Novel Craft Brewing / Dubwise`
- `Novel Craft Brewing / Down Tempo`
The post also mentions an in-progress sour saison brewed with the same blueberries used for the cheesecake sauce in the photo. That gives the current lineup a clear food-pairing angle: gueuze, saison, and house beer can all be part of the same visit.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the venue’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroNovel Craft in Minami-Karasuyama just posted an eight-tap refresh. The headliner is Cave D'occi × Novel Craft's Reflection, and honestly my throat is already leaning toward the bar.
MugiWhat! That name Reflection sounds way too stylish. It feels like a beer that would also judge my snack choices.
Hop BroBest part is that Reflection is this week's Novel's Choice, with food-first pairing built right in. They're matching it with herb confit beef tongue, seared bacon and dill potato salad, and chikuwa with cream cheese and aonori.
MugiNo way, three-snack pairing is serious business! Even the chikuwa made the starting lineup and somehow got fancy.
Hop BroAnd on By The Glass they've got Oude Gueuze 1871 from Boerenerf. It's a gueuze made by blending oak-aged lambics, so you get layered fruit notes and woody barrel aroma.
MugiHold on, gueuze and lambic just flew past me like secret boss names. Are we still talking about beer?
Hop BroShort version: it's a grown-up sour. Tart, fizzy, not sweet, with a little oak character, like fruit and woodsy aroma showing up together.
MugiOkay, fruit and oak I can picture! My brain is now toasting in a forest while eating berries.
Hop BroWhich is why the post's blueberry cheesecake suggestion is dangerous in the best way. They say it works with the gueuze and saison side, and they're also brewing a blueberry sour saison.
MugiWait, dessert too? Not just drinking is such a Novel Craft move. This is less a beer pub and more a full event in your mouth.
Hop BroThe list is broad too, from pils to IPA. Kemkur's Coolship Pils, Belwoods' Come What May Dry-Hopped, Georgetown's Lucille IPA, Yorocco Beer, plus Novel Craft Brewing's Sweep, Dubwise, and Down Tempo.
MugiI'm done for, first round now has to be Reflection, and then I want gueuze with cheesecake for the finish.
Hop BroSame here, dessert with gueuze is the landing I want. Novel Craft just moved from maybe to confirmed on the drinking schedule.
