Shiokaze Blue Lab Brewery Introduces Noroshi Brewing in the Fourth Installment of "Shio Fes"
On May 15, Shiokaze Blue Lab Brewery / Shiokaze posted the fourth installment of its Instagram series introducing breweries participating in "Shio Fes." This time, it spotlighted Noroshi Brewing, a farm-adjacent brewery in Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, and featured its regular beer, "Noroshi Saison."
Hop BroOn May 15, Shiokaze Blue Lab Brewery / Shiokaze put out the fourth installment of its Instagram series introducing breweries participating in "Shio Fes!" This time it was a story with a strong Chiba flavor, the kind that makes your throat twitch just from reading it.
MugiWait! If this is the fourth installment, does that mean there's still more to come!? There are that many participating breweries? At this point it's not even a festival, it's a full-on beer sports day!
Hop BroThe featured brewery was Noroshi Brewing in Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture. It's a farm-adjacent brewery, and because the fields and the brewhouse are directly connected, it's interesting how the character of the ingredients comes through in the beer.
MugiFarm-adjacent? What is that! I always pictured beer being made in a factory, but there are fields too? So it's like the farmer and the brewer are holding meetings right next to each other?
Hop BroExactly, that's the idea. Since farming and brewing are seamlessly connected at Noroshi Brewing, they can make beers using local ingredients and seasonal produce, and even the atmosphere of the land can come through in the flavor.
MugiWow! So what kind of beer is the regular Noroshi Saison? Saison sounds cool, but I wish it would stop suddenly acting all sophisticated in French!
Hop BroSaison originally referred to a style that was drunk between farm tasks, and it often has a great aroma and a light, easy-drinking finish. Noroshi Saison seems well suited to that kind of local atmosphere too, with a style that's easy to drink and leaves a lingering aftertaste.
MugiSeriously! Drinking between farm tasks feels like it has the drama of the living taste of Nagareyama. It sounds like you'd catch the wind from the fields along with the beer!
Hop BroAnd what's great is that the post doesn't just list the beers; it also shares the background of the people who make them. Turning the character of the land into flavor is exactly the essence of craft beer.
MugiNice! If you learn about breweries like this at Shiokaze Blue Lab Brewery / Shiokaze in Nobuto, Chuo Ward, Chiba City, and then do a tasting comparison, it's bound to be a blast. I already want a saison so bad today!
Hop BroI'm curious which breweries will show up in the next Shio Fes follow-up report, and just imagining the tasting lineup is enough for a round. All right, let's start by toasting at Shiokaze and make it a night that has us chasing the flavor of Noroshi Brewing.
The beer pub Shiokaze Blue Lab Brewery / Shiokaze, located in Nobuto, Chuo Ward, Chiba City, shared the fourth installment of its "Shio Fes!" participating brewery introductions in an Instagram post on May 15.
This time, the brewery introduced was Noroshi Brewing. The post described it as a farm-adjacent brewery in Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, where farming and brewing are carried out seamlessly together. The regular beer highlighted was "Noroshi Saison". It also noted that the brewery produces beers using local ingredients and seasonal produce, suggesting a style that reflects the character of the land directly in the flavor.
The post also used the phrase "the living taste of Nagareyama," born from an environment where the farm and brewery stand side by side, making it more than just a product introduction and instead conveying the background of the makers as well. In a place like Shiokaze Blue Lab Brewery, which centers on Chiba craft beer, the individuality of breweries like this becomes part of the enjoyment of comparing different beers.
Shiokaze Blue Lab Brewery / Shiokaze continues to share information about local breweries through events like this, as a beer pub in Chiba City where craft beer can be enjoyed in everyday life. In the follow-up reports for Shio Fes, it will be worth watching which breweries participate and what kinds of beer they bring.
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Hop BroOn May 15, Shiokaze Blue Lab Brewery / Shiokaze put out the fourth installment of its Instagram series introducing breweries participating in "Shio Fes!" This time it was a story with a strong Chiba flavor, the kind that makes your throat twitch just from reading it.
MugiWait! If this is the fourth installment, does that mean there's still more to come!? There are that many participating breweries? At this point it's not even a festival, it's a full-on beer sports day!
Hop BroThe featured brewery was Noroshi Brewing in Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture. It's a farm-adjacent brewery, and because the fields and the brewhouse are directly connected, it's interesting how the character of the ingredients comes through in the beer.
MugiFarm-adjacent? What is that! I always pictured beer being made in a factory, but there are fields too? So it's like the farmer and the brewer are holding meetings right next to each other?
Hop BroExactly, that's the idea. Since farming and brewing are seamlessly connected at Noroshi Brewing, they can make beers using local ingredients and seasonal produce, and even the atmosphere of the land can come through in the flavor.
MugiWow! So what kind of beer is the regular Noroshi Saison? Saison sounds cool, but I wish it would stop suddenly acting all sophisticated in French!
Hop BroSaison originally referred to a style that was drunk between farm tasks, and it often has a great aroma and a light, easy-drinking finish. Noroshi Saison seems well suited to that kind of local atmosphere too, with a style that's easy to drink and leaves a lingering aftertaste.
MugiSeriously! Drinking between farm tasks feels like it has the drama of the living taste of Nagareyama. It sounds like you'd catch the wind from the fields along with the beer!
Hop BroAnd what's great is that the post doesn't just list the beers; it also shares the background of the people who make them. Turning the character of the land into flavor is exactly the essence of craft beer.
MugiNice! If you learn about breweries like this at Shiokaze Blue Lab Brewery / Shiokaze in Nobuto, Chuo Ward, Chiba City, and then do a tasting comparison, it's bound to be a blast. I already want a saison so bad today!
Hop BroI'm curious which breweries will show up in the next Shio Fes follow-up report, and just imagining the tasting lineup is enough for a round. All right, let's start by toasting at Shiokaze and make it a night that has us chasing the flavor of Noroshi Brewing.
