TK Brewing Releases Three Beers in the Same Week: Red Ale, Amber, and NEIPA
TK Brewing in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, unveiled three new releases for this week. The lineup includes #449 "Kawasakey", #450 "Teardrop Amber", and #451 "Pomona Rendezvous", bringing together a Red Ale, American Amber, and New England IPA with distinct flavor profiles.
Hop BroTK Brewing in Kawasaki has dropped three releases in the same week. The lineup is #449 "Kawasakey", #450 "Teardrop Amber", and #451 "Pomona Rendezvous", and the spread across Red Ale, American Amber, and NEIPA feels great.
MugiWait, three beers at once?! And the styles are so different I don't even know where to start. My brain is getting lost in the beer shelf!
Hop Bro#449 "Kawasakey" is a malty red ale, 5.0% and IBU 28. It seems they started brewing it after Kilkenny was discontinued, and they added a modern touch with Sabro and Sorachi Ace.
MugiMalty? What is that, exactly? Does red mean it tastes like bread, or does it just mean the malt takes the lead?
Hop BroExactly. In simple terms, it means the sweetness and toasted character of the malt come forward. On top of that, the hops add their own personality, so even though it looks red, the drinking experience is mellow, with a little curveball from Sabro and Sorachi Ace.
MugiGot it! So #450 "Teardrop Amber" is a properly bitter amber, right? The name sounds a little sad, but the flavor sounds like it's here to make me cry!
Hop BroTeardrop Amber is all about a layered flavor built from five malts. The hops are Columbus, Amarillo, and Simcoe, which sharpen the bitterness while balancing classic character with a modern hop aroma.
MugiFive malts!? That's not an amber, that's a malt ensemble. Bass, chorus, the whole band is in there!
Hop BroAnd #451 "Pomona Rendezvous" is the tropical NEIPA. With Elani and Krush, it layers orange, apricot, mango, and pineapple with a peachy note from the yeast. It's a flood of aroma.
MugiWhoa, a flood of aroma sounds amazing! Hazy beers are fun to look at too, and this is the kind of beer that already feels delicious before you even drink it!
Hop BroTK Brewing is really good at drawing clear style contours within Kawasaki's urban atmosphere. The depth of the red, the bitterness of the amber, and the brightness of the NEIPA make this a very fun tasting set.
MugiThis is exactly the kind of set that makes me want to do a three-beer tasting after a long weekend! Start with Kawasakey to settle in, get hooked by Amber, and then drift away with Pomona Rendezvous!
TK Brewing in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, announced three beers as this week's new releases. The lineup consists of #449 "Kawasakey", #450 "Teardrop Amber", and #451 "Pomona Rendezvous". Each comes in a distinct style, offering a lineup that shows the range of the brewery's hop use and malt design.
This Week's New Releases
#449 Kawasakey 5.0% IBU 28
A Red Ale. It is said brewing began after Kilkenny was discontinued, and it has been finished as a red ale centered on a malty drinking experience. While returning to the original Kawasakey concept, it uses Sabro and Sorachi Ace. It's the kind of beer that makes you want to compare it with the East Kent Golding version of the English traditional take and see which you prefer.
#450 Teardrop Amber 5.5% IBU 52
An American Amber. Brewed with five kinds of malt in pursuit of a layered flavor, it comes together as a firmly bitter amber. Hops are Columbus, Amarillo, and Simcoe. It is also a revival of a beer they made before, and you can see a composition that keeps both a classic direction and a modern hop character in mind.
#451 Pomona Rendezvous 6.5% IBU -
This New England IPA is a new release leaning into the hazy style that has been popular in recent years. Featuring the American hops Elani and Krush, it brings together two hops that each have a character strong enough to stand on their own, creating overlapping impressions of orange, apricot, mango, and pineapple, along with citrus notes and even a peachy character from the yeast. Its positioning as an evolution of #442 "Hop Rendezvous" is also intriguing.
TK Brewing is a brewery that continues to make beers that clearly define each style within the atmosphere of Kawasaki as a city. These three also place a Red Ale and Amber that let you enjoy malt depth alongside a NEIPA that puts hop aroma front and center, clearly conveying the fun of side-by-side tasting. The lineup works well not only as a post-holiday pint, but also for lining up several bottles in the shop and comparing the differences in flavor.
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Hop BroTK Brewing in Kawasaki has dropped three releases in the same week. The lineup is #449 "Kawasakey", #450 "Teardrop Amber", and #451 "Pomona Rendezvous", and the spread across Red Ale, American Amber, and NEIPA feels great.
MugiWait, three beers at once?! And the styles are so different I don't even know where to start. My brain is getting lost in the beer shelf!
Hop Bro#449 "Kawasakey" is a malty red ale, 5.0% and IBU 28. It seems they started brewing it after Kilkenny was discontinued, and they added a modern touch with Sabro and Sorachi Ace.
MugiMalty? What is that, exactly? Does red mean it tastes like bread, or does it just mean the malt takes the lead?
Hop BroExactly. In simple terms, it means the sweetness and toasted character of the malt come forward. On top of that, the hops add their own personality, so even though it looks red, the drinking experience is mellow, with a little curveball from Sabro and Sorachi Ace.
MugiGot it! So #450 "Teardrop Amber" is a properly bitter amber, right? The name sounds a little sad, but the flavor sounds like it's here to make me cry!
Hop BroTeardrop Amber is all about a layered flavor built from five malts. The hops are Columbus, Amarillo, and Simcoe, which sharpen the bitterness while balancing classic character with a modern hop aroma.
MugiFive malts!? That's not an amber, that's a malt ensemble. Bass, chorus, the whole band is in there!
Hop BroAnd #451 "Pomona Rendezvous" is the tropical NEIPA. With Elani and Krush, it layers orange, apricot, mango, and pineapple with a peachy note from the yeast. It's a flood of aroma.
MugiWhoa, a flood of aroma sounds amazing! Hazy beers are fun to look at too, and this is the kind of beer that already feels delicious before you even drink it!
Hop BroTK Brewing is really good at drawing clear style contours within Kawasaki's urban atmosphere. The depth of the red, the bitterness of the amber, and the brightness of the NEIPA make this a very fun tasting set.
MugiThis is exactly the kind of set that makes me want to do a three-beer tasting after a long weekend! Start with Kawasakey to settle in, get hooked by Amber, and then drift away with Pomona Rendezvous!
