Okei Brewery Nippori posts July 17 tap list with nine house beers and three guests
Okei Brewery Nippori, a brewpub in Higashi-Nippori, Arakawa, Tokyo, posted its tap list for Friday, July 17. The lineup combines house beers such as hazy IPA, kölsch, and helles with three guest beers from UshiTora Brewery, North Island Beer, and HOP JAPAN.
Hop BroToday's Okei Brewery Nippori tap list is stacked. For Friday, July 17, they've got nine house beers plus three guest pours, so Nippori is basically pouring a little festival.
MugiWait, 12 taps total? And nine of them are house-made? My brain is foaming before I've even picked a glass!
Hop BroThe headliners are Arakawa HAZY Under Bridge and Cho Arakawa HAZY Under Bridge. That lineup screams juicy hazy IPA energy, and the names hit hard too.
MugiWhat! But hazy IPA sounds like a final boss beer. What exactly is the hazy part?
Hop BroThat cloudiness comes from yeast and hop particles left in suspension. It lets the aroma lead without leaning too hard on bitterness, so a lot of people read it as almost juice-like.
MugiNo way, that's like a drinkable fruit cloud. So Nippori Kolsch and HELLES are the crisp, easygoing team?
Hop BroThat's basically right. Nippori Kolsch and HELLES are the lighter, easier-drinking side, and with Transit Inn, OKEI IPA, and Steam Ale on too, you can actually build a whole game plan.
MugiA game plan already sounds dangerous! And Gorilla Cola and Megante sound so intense I'd expect boss music when they hit the table.
Hop BroThen the guest side opens things up even more. Passion Yawara from UshiTora Brewery brings fruity white-ale character, North Island Beer's Sour Ale covers the tart lane, and HOP JAPAN's Abukuma RED delivers that reddish, fuller body.
MugiI'm done for, I want to start with ratatouille and sour ale, drift into pizza with an IPA, and keep going. If they've still got a few counter and table seats, I want to call and head over right now!
In a post dated Friday, July 17, Okei Brewery Nippori shared the day’s tap lineup. The list includes `Arakawa HAZY Under Bridge`, `Transit Inn`, `HELLES`, `OKEI IPA`, `Gorilla Cola`, `Nippori Kölsch`, `Steam Ale`, `Super Arakawa HAZY Under the Bridge`, and `Megante`. With several beers carrying the brewery’s own place-based names, the lineup reflects the brewpub’s focus on its own taps.
The guest beers are `Passion Yawara` from UshiTora Brewery, `Sour Ale` from North Island Beer, and `Abukuma RED` from HOP JAPAN. Together they add different directions to the list: a fruit-forward wheat beer, a sour ale, and a red beer with a deeper malt profile.
Food options were also listed, including `Ratatouille`, `Oven-baked zucchini with meat sauce`, `Fig and gorgonzola spring rolls`, `Corn and nduja pizza`, and `Summer vegetable tomato-sauce pasta`. As a brewpub in Higashi-Nippori, the venue pairs a wide tap selection with food designed to match the beers. The post also noted that there was still some space at the counter and tables, with phone calls encouraged before visiting.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the venue’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroToday's Okei Brewery Nippori tap list is stacked. For Friday, July 17, they've got nine house beers plus three guest pours, so Nippori is basically pouring a little festival.
MugiWait, 12 taps total? And nine of them are house-made? My brain is foaming before I've even picked a glass!
Hop BroThe headliners are Arakawa HAZY Under Bridge and Cho Arakawa HAZY Under Bridge. That lineup screams juicy hazy IPA energy, and the names hit hard too.
MugiWhat! But hazy IPA sounds like a final boss beer. What exactly is the hazy part?
Hop BroThat cloudiness comes from yeast and hop particles left in suspension. It lets the aroma lead without leaning too hard on bitterness, so a lot of people read it as almost juice-like.
MugiNo way, that's like a drinkable fruit cloud. So Nippori Kolsch and HELLES are the crisp, easygoing team?
Hop BroThat's basically right. Nippori Kolsch and HELLES are the lighter, easier-drinking side, and with Transit Inn, OKEI IPA, and Steam Ale on too, you can actually build a whole game plan.
MugiA game plan already sounds dangerous! And Gorilla Cola and Megante sound so intense I'd expect boss music when they hit the table.
Hop BroThen the guest side opens things up even more. Passion Yawara from UshiTora Brewery brings fruity white-ale character, North Island Beer's Sour Ale covers the tart lane, and HOP JAPAN's Abukuma RED delivers that reddish, fuller body.
MugiI'm done for, I want to start with ratatouille and sour ale, drift into pizza with an IPA, and keep going. If they've still got a few counter and table seats, I want to call and head over right now!
