Novel Craft in Tokyo adds two bottles, eight taps, bread, and taco rice
Novel Craft, a beer pub in Minami-Karasuyama, Setagaya, posted an update on June 4 featuring two bottled beers, an eight-beer tap list, chocolate marble bread, and the return of taco rice. The pub opens at 5:00 p.m.
Hop BroToday’s topic is Novel Craft in Chitose-Karasuyama bringing in two bottled beers, plus eight taps, bread, and taco rice all on the same day.
MugiWhat! That’s basically a full reward course! You walk in for one drink and never leave!
Hop BroBottle number one is De Ranke’s XX Bitter. It’s a 5% Belgian beer with citrusy, herbal hop aromas and a firm, proper bitterness.
MugiA Belgian beer that’s seriously bitter? I expected soft and mellow, not a beer introducing itself with a punch!
Hop BroThe other bottle is Drie Fonteinen’s Cuvee Armand & Gaston, a gueuze blended from one-, two-, and three-year barrel-aged lambics, with wild character and balanced acidity.
MugiHold on, a gueuze from lambic blends? That stopped sounding like beer and started sounding like a final boss spell!
Hop BroThat part matters: lambic is a tart beer fermented with wild yeast, and gueuze is a mature blended beer made from those lambics. In plain terms, you’re drinking time.
MugiWhoa, so that’s why they called it a crystal of time and effort. Now a 375ml bottle feels less like a bottle and more like treasure!
Hop BroAnd the draft list is broad too: Trap Door IPA, Bellwoods Grisette, Yorocco’s Sky Walker IPA, and Novel Craft Brewing’s Over Dub and Looper across eight different taps.
MugiAnd if the chocolate marble bread comes out right and the taco rice is back too? I want a drink now, and honestly, I’m not stopping at one.
Novel Craft, a beer pub in the Minami-Karasuyama area of Setagaya, posted an update on June 4 with a new bottle arrival and a fresh tap list. The shop opens at 5:00 p.m., and the post pairs beer news with food updates as well.
Two bottled beers were highlighted. `De Ranke / XX Bitter` is a 5% ABV Belgian beer with hop-driven citrus and herbal aromas and a firm bitterness. The post frames it as a beer that works well on draft too, but feels especially rewarding in a large bottle, where the changing temperature becomes part of the experience.
The second bottle is `Drie Fonteinen / Cuvee Armand & Gaston`, a gueuze blended from lambics aged for one, two, and three years. The shop describes it as complex and wild, with balanced acidity, and notes that it arrived in 375 ml bottles after bottle conditioning.
On the food side, the team said it was baking chocolate marble bread, with an expected bake time of about an hour and a half. If it turns out well, it will be added to the menu; if not, "bread" becomes a banned word for the day, in the shop's own joke. Taco rice is also back, giving visitors an option beyond drinks.
The draft list includes eight beers:
- `Garage × LHG / ADRENOCHROME`
- `Trap Door / Trap Door IPA`
- `Bellwoods / Grisette`
- `Yorocco Beer / Sky Walker IPA`
- `Novel Craft Brewing / Over Dub`
- `麦雑穀工房 / Tranquil Ale`
- `Novel Craft Brewing / Looper`
- `Field Ales / Blend Pale`
With Belgian bottles, a varied tap list, and food on offer, the pub presents a well-rounded stop for beer drinkers in Tokyo who want to pair a pint with a meal.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the venue’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroToday’s topic is Novel Craft in Chitose-Karasuyama bringing in two bottled beers, plus eight taps, bread, and taco rice all on the same day.
MugiWhat! That’s basically a full reward course! You walk in for one drink and never leave!
Hop BroBottle number one is De Ranke’s XX Bitter. It’s a 5% Belgian beer with citrusy, herbal hop aromas and a firm, proper bitterness.
MugiA Belgian beer that’s seriously bitter? I expected soft and mellow, not a beer introducing itself with a punch!
Hop BroThe other bottle is Drie Fonteinen’s Cuvee Armand & Gaston, a gueuze blended from one-, two-, and three-year barrel-aged lambics, with wild character and balanced acidity.
MugiHold on, a gueuze from lambic blends? That stopped sounding like beer and started sounding like a final boss spell!
Hop BroThat part matters: lambic is a tart beer fermented with wild yeast, and gueuze is a mature blended beer made from those lambics. In plain terms, you’re drinking time.
MugiWhoa, so that’s why they called it a crystal of time and effort. Now a 375ml bottle feels less like a bottle and more like treasure!
Hop BroAnd the draft list is broad too: Trap Door IPA, Bellwoods Grisette, Yorocco’s Sky Walker IPA, and Novel Craft Brewing’s Over Dub and Looper across eight different taps.
MugiAnd if the chocolate marble bread comes out right and the taco rice is back too? I want a drink now, and honestly, I’m not stopping at one.
