IBREW Ebisu Ekimae adds 13 guest beers, led by hazy IPAs
On June 4, IBREW Ebisu Ekimae posted a fresh guest-beer lineup on Instagram. The selection brings together overseas names like Toppling Goliath and Trap Door Brewing with Japanese breweries including West Coast Brewing, Ise Kadoya Beer, and Sanktgallen, with hazy IPAs taking center stage.
Hop BroToday's topic is IBREW Ebisu Ekimae. On June 4 they tapped 13 guest beers, and the lineup is the kind that makes IPA fans lose focus.
MugiWait, 13 guest beers? That is way too many to choose from. I feel like closing time would hit before I could even decide!
Hop BroAnd the names are stacked. You've got Toppling Goliath's Hazy Day Sue, plus Trap Door Brewing, West Coast Brewing's The Lupulin Tree, and Isekadoya Beer, so it really feels like Japan and overseas all showed up together.
MugiWhoa, a Hazy IPA-heavy lineup sounds tempting, but what actually makes hazy different from a regular IPA?
Hop BroPut simply, it's cloudy and juicy. The hop aroma comes forward, the bitterness feels softer, and it can read almost fruity, so even newer IPA drinkers can get into it.
MugiOkay... but then I see DDH Hazy IPA from Isekadoya and my brain turns into alphabet soup!
Hop BroDDH basically means extra dry-hopping. You add a lot of hops after fermentation to crank up the aroma, and then they go and name it Hop Nyaon 12th Fleet like that's not unfairly charming.
MugiThat name is adorable! And if FILL BREWING's Smuggler's is a Double Hazy IPA too, the hop intensity must be serious enough to fix my posture!
Hop BroAnd that's not all. Trap Door's Fresh Frozen brings the Frozen Freshhop WC IPA angle, while CAMADO BREWERY has a Belgian White and Sankt Gallen brings an Imperial Stout, so the range is huge.
MugiHold on, Frozen Freshhop sounds like something from the freezer aisle. What does that even mean?
Hop BroThink of it as preserving that just-picked hop aroma as fresh as possible. And since IBREW is underground right by Ebisu Station and open from 1:00 to 11:00 p.m., I'm already trying to choose my first glass.
MugiWith the women's party course, fish and chips, steak, and even a June 20 Mole and Bak Kut Teh Festival teaser, I'm sold. I want to go from hazy to stout immediately!
Guest taps
The June 4 post highlights beers on taps 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 17, 22, 25, 30, 36, 37, and 38. The lineup is built around hazy IPA variants, but also includes a Belgian White and an Imperial Stout, showing a broad range of hop-forward and malt-forward options.
- `Toppling Goliath` `Hazy Day Sue` / Hazy IPA 6.5% / USA
- `BREAKEDGE BEER WORKS` `Truth` / Hazy IPA 6.5% / Hiroshima
- `West Coast Brewing` `The Lupulin Tree` / Hazy Double IPA 8% / Shizuoka
- `Trap Door Brewing` `Blissful Ignorance` / NZ Hazy IPA 6.8% / USA
- `Trap Door Brewing` `Juiced Up` / Hazy Double IPA 8.4% / USA
- `Trap Door Brewing` `Fresh Frozen` / Frozen Freshhop WC IPA 7% / USA
- `PAINT PALETTE BREWING` `Scenic Contour` / IPA 6.5% / Hyogo
- `TwoRabbits Brewing` `KIWI IPA` / IPA 6% / Shiga
- `CAMADO BREWERY` `Fond de White` / Belgian White 5% / Gifu
- `Sanktgallen` `Imperial Chocolate Stout` / Imperial Stout 9% / Kanagawa
- `FLORA FERMENTATION` `Ghoul` / Hazy IPA 6.5% / Shiga
- `Ise Kadoya Beer` `Hop Nyaon 12th Fleet` / DDH Hazy IPA 7% / Mie
- `FILL BREWING` `Smuggler's` / TDH Double Hazy IPA 8% / Okinawa
About the venue
IBREW Ebisu Ekimae is a beer pub in the basement of STM Ebisu Building B2 at 1-8-1 Ebisu Minami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. It is open daily from 13:00 to 23:00, and accepts reservations via Google, Tabelog, and phone.
The post also mentions an extended women-only "girls' night" course for May and June, offering roughly 35 beers and drinks with appetizers, salad, fish and chips, and steak. A separate event notice for June 20, "Mogura to Bakutē Matsuri (tentative)," is also included, with Bighand Bros.Beer and a bakuteh vendor expected to participate.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the venue’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroToday's topic is IBREW Ebisu Ekimae. On June 4 they tapped 13 guest beers, and the lineup is the kind that makes IPA fans lose focus.
MugiWait, 13 guest beers? That is way too many to choose from. I feel like closing time would hit before I could even decide!
Hop BroAnd the names are stacked. You've got Toppling Goliath's Hazy Day Sue, plus Trap Door Brewing, West Coast Brewing's The Lupulin Tree, and Isekadoya Beer, so it really feels like Japan and overseas all showed up together.
MugiWhoa, a Hazy IPA-heavy lineup sounds tempting, but what actually makes hazy different from a regular IPA?
Hop BroPut simply, it's cloudy and juicy. The hop aroma comes forward, the bitterness feels softer, and it can read almost fruity, so even newer IPA drinkers can get into it.
MugiOkay... but then I see DDH Hazy IPA from Isekadoya and my brain turns into alphabet soup!
Hop BroDDH basically means extra dry-hopping. You add a lot of hops after fermentation to crank up the aroma, and then they go and name it Hop Nyaon 12th Fleet like that's not unfairly charming.
MugiThat name is adorable! And if FILL BREWING's Smuggler's is a Double Hazy IPA too, the hop intensity must be serious enough to fix my posture!
Hop BroAnd that's not all. Trap Door's Fresh Frozen brings the Frozen Freshhop WC IPA angle, while CAMADO BREWERY has a Belgian White and Sankt Gallen brings an Imperial Stout, so the range is huge.
MugiHold on, Frozen Freshhop sounds like something from the freezer aisle. What does that even mean?
Hop BroThink of it as preserving that just-picked hop aroma as fresh as possible. And since IBREW is underground right by Ebisu Station and open from 1:00 to 11:00 p.m., I'm already trying to choose my first glass.
MugiWith the women's party course, fish and chips, steak, and even a June 20 Mole and Bak Kut Teh Festival teaser, I'm sold. I want to go from hazy to stout immediately!
