Novel Craft serves salted koji and green chili offal stew; Reflection large bottle is nearly sold out
Novel Craft, a beer pub in Setagaya, Tokyo, is opening at 5:00 pm with salted koji and green chili motsuni. The lineup also includes the nearly sold-out 750 ml bottle of Cave D'occi × Novel Craft 'Reflection', plus beers such as Coolship Pils and Glass Shadows IPA.
Hop BroI've got my eye on Novel Craft's latest post today: doors open at 5 p.m. in Minami-Karasuyama, and they're serving salt-koji and green chili motsu stew.
MugiWhat! Green chili motsu stew is such a bold move. A beer pub bringing that much food power is amazing!
Hop BroAnd the big draw is Reflection in 750ml. It's a Cave D'occi x Novel Craft collab, and the large bottle is almost gone.
MugiWhoa! What's a saison again? The name sounds fancy, but my taste imagination is still buffering!
Hop BroA saison is all about a light farmhouse funk. It's an old food-friendly style with a spicy edge, so it works really well at the table.
MugiNo way, aged in wine barrels? That suddenly sounds so grown-up. It's beer, but now it's hanging out in wine world?
Hop BroThat's the fun part: Reflection uses Looper's base recipe, then ferments and ages in Cave D'occi wine barrels, so it comes out richer and deeper than the usual Looper.
MugiSo the sweetness of salt koji and that sharp green chili kick actually match a richer saison? My mouth is about to hold a strategy meeting!
Hop BroIn that meeting, Coolship Pils or Glass Shadows IPA might chair it. You've also got Sweep, Looper, and Down Tempo, so the taps run from pilsner to IPA to saison.
MugiI'm done for, one drink won't do. From the stew to Reflection, now I want to go drink there immediately!
At Novel Craft, the Setagaya beer pub in Minami-Karasuyama, the doors open at 5:00 pm with salted koji and green chili offal stew on the menu. The dish was prepared after the kitchen found a good-priced batch of motsu, and the result leans on koji's gentle sweetness and saltiness before the chili heat comes through.
The beer to watch is the remaining 750 ml bottles of Cave D'occi × Novel Craft 'Reflection'. Brewed from the flagship Looper recipe and fermented and matured in Cave D'occi wine barrels, it is a richer take on the house saison. The post also notes that green chili works well with saison, so the food and beer pairing feels intentional rather than incidental.
Tap List
- Kemkur / Coolship Pils
- Ruse Brewing / Glass Shadows IPA
- Falo Brewing / Ophelia
- Cave D'occi × Novel Craft / Reflection
- Novel Craft Brewing / Sweep
- Novel Craft Brewing / Looper
- Novel Craft Brewing / Down Tempo
The lineup ranges from pilsner to IPA to saison, making it easy to move from motsuni to the green-curry-style spice curry and the snack curry with house-made bread. It reads like a straightforward pub menu built for steady drinking rather than one-off novelty.
Reference: Instagram post
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the venue’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroI've got my eye on Novel Craft's latest post today: doors open at 5 p.m. in Minami-Karasuyama, and they're serving salt-koji and green chili motsu stew.
MugiWhat! Green chili motsu stew is such a bold move. A beer pub bringing that much food power is amazing!
Hop BroAnd the big draw is Reflection in 750ml. It's a Cave D'occi x Novel Craft collab, and the large bottle is almost gone.
MugiWhoa! What's a saison again? The name sounds fancy, but my taste imagination is still buffering!
Hop BroA saison is all about a light farmhouse funk. It's an old food-friendly style with a spicy edge, so it works really well at the table.
MugiNo way, aged in wine barrels? That suddenly sounds so grown-up. It's beer, but now it's hanging out in wine world?
Hop BroThat's the fun part: Reflection uses Looper's base recipe, then ferments and ages in Cave D'occi wine barrels, so it comes out richer and deeper than the usual Looper.
MugiSo the sweetness of salt koji and that sharp green chili kick actually match a richer saison? My mouth is about to hold a strategy meeting!
Hop BroIn that meeting, Coolship Pils or Glass Shadows IPA might chair it. You've also got Sweep, Looper, and Down Tempo, so the taps run from pilsner to IPA to saison.
MugiI'm done for, one drink won't do. From the stew to Reflection, now I want to go drink there immediately!
