Craft Beer Market Kanda Opens CRAFTROCK Brewing’s Sansho Lager
On June 23, Craft Beer Market Kanda highlighted CRAFTROCK Brewing’s Sansho Lager. The award-winning lager, brewed with sansho pepper, appears as a guest beer at the station-side beer pub in Kanda.
Hop BroI’ve got a fresh tap update from Kanda today. Craft Beer Market Kanda just put on Sansho Lager.
MugiWait, a sansho lager!? They’re putting that tingly pepper into beer now?
Hop BroThat’s the fun part. It’s from CRAFTROCK BREWING, and it even won 2026 WBC gold.
MugiWhoa! But Herb & Spice Beer sounds like a category invented by a scary exam proctor.
Hop BroIt just means a beer built around herbs or spices. This one is Lager with Sansho, so it keeps that easy lager drinkability.
MugiHold on, ABV 5.0% and IBU 20 sounds like I missed a class and now there’s a quiz.
Hop BroABV is the alcohol level, and IBU measures bitterness. So this should be light and not too bitter, which makes it great as a first drink.
MugiNo way! So even with sansho, it’s still great with food? That’s unexpectedly responsible.
Hop BroAnd they use budo sansho, the kind served at an eel shop in Hachioji, then add stone-milled sansho for a really delicate aroma.
MugiAnd it’s basically right by JR Kanda South Exit, right? Okay, first drink solved.
Hop BroExactly. If you’re chasing guest taps, an easy station-side pub pouring this is a strong move.
MugiThen it’s settled. We’re doing a sansho lager toast because now I need that tingly, fragrant first sip.
On June 23, Craft Beer Market Kanda in Chiyoda, Tokyo featured CRAFTROCK Brewing’s Sansho Lager. The venue is a beer pub just about 30 seconds from JR Kanda Station South Exit, with a lineup centered on IPA and about 30 craft beers available in-house, making it an easy stop for beer-focused visits.
Sansho Lager is a Lager with Sansho that won gold in the Herb & Spice Beer category at the 2026 World Beer Cup. The beer is listed at 5.0% ABV and 20 IBU. According to the post, it uses grape sansho supplied to the well-known eel restaurant Unagi Takase in Hachioji, and the pepper is carefully ground with a millstone. The result is a lager that aims for balance while still letting the sansho character come through.
The shop also serves lunch and dinner, and offers party courses with around 30 craft beers on the drink menu. For anyone following guest taps in Tokyo, this is the kind of place where a distinctive seasonal beer can be paired with food rather than treated as a one-off pour.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the venue’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroI’ve got a fresh tap update from Kanda today. Craft Beer Market Kanda just put on Sansho Lager.
MugiWait, a sansho lager!? They’re putting that tingly pepper into beer now?
Hop BroThat’s the fun part. It’s from CRAFTROCK BREWING, and it even won 2026 WBC gold.
MugiWhoa! But Herb & Spice Beer sounds like a category invented by a scary exam proctor.
Hop BroIt just means a beer built around herbs or spices. This one is Lager with Sansho, so it keeps that easy lager drinkability.
MugiHold on, ABV 5.0% and IBU 20 sounds like I missed a class and now there’s a quiz.
Hop BroABV is the alcohol level, and IBU measures bitterness. So this should be light and not too bitter, which makes it great as a first drink.
MugiNo way! So even with sansho, it’s still great with food? That’s unexpectedly responsible.
Hop BroAnd they use budo sansho, the kind served at an eel shop in Hachioji, then add stone-milled sansho for a really delicate aroma.
MugiAnd it’s basically right by JR Kanda South Exit, right? Okay, first drink solved.
Hop BroExactly. If you’re chasing guest taps, an easy station-side pub pouring this is a strong move.
MugiThen it’s settled. We’re doing a sansho lager toast because now I need that tingly, fragrant first sip.
