Open Air Minatoyama Brewery to Host open table vol.05 Special Golden Week Edition With Brewery Tour on May 6
Open Air Minatoyama Brewery will hold a special Golden Week edition of its event series, “open table vol.05,” on May 6. The program lets participants get closer to the beer-making process through a tour of the brewery, ingredient experience, and tasting.
Hop BroThe open table vol.05 at Open Air Minatoyama Brewery on May 6 is a special Golden Week edition. What’s great is that you can go inside the brewery and even tour the equipment.
MugiWait, you can go inside the brewery!? Just being able to see a place you usually can’t access would get me so hyped!
Hop BroAnd it’s in NATURE STUDIO, a complex built on the former site of Minatoyama Elementary School in Hyogo Ward, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. It really feels like a brewery that’s open to the local community.
MugiOhhh! But by ingredient experience, do you mean munching on malt? Touching the raw ingredients sounds like a school project, but in a fun way!
Hop BroNot munching, but you can touch malt and hops and follow the flow of how beer is made. In other words, you can learn the start of the brewing process with your own body.
MugiThe start of the brewing process...? Whoa, brewery jargon all of a sudden! But if there’s tasting after the tour, it sounds like you can do a real check afterward!
Hop BroExactly. After the tour, you can drink inside the brewery and enjoy it while looking at the tanks. That’s the whole toast while watching the tanks experience. It’s pretty luxurious.
MugiDrink while looking at the tanks!? That’s way too convincing for beer! And with two sessions and only 15 people each, it really has that first-come, first-served feel!
Hop BroThe sessions run from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., and reservations open at 12:00 p.m. on April 11 through the online store. Also, payment is card only, so don’t forget that.
MugiIf there’s also open yard on the same day, we can tour, drink, and then take it easy outside too! This is definitely the kind of thing that makes us want to have a drink in Kobe too!
Open Air Minatoyama Brewery (Hyogo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture) is a brewery located inside “NATURE STUDIO,” a mixed-use complex built on the former site of Minatoyama Elementary School. Centered on making seasonal beers, it has been proposing ways to enjoy beer that are open to the local community.
This time’s “open table vol.05” is a Golden Week special edition of the series. On Wednesday, May 6, participants will go inside the brewery, tour the facilities, and actually touch the ingredients, experiencing the process by which beer is made. After the tour, a tasting will be held inside the brewery, with the added appeal of enjoying the beers while looking out at the tanks. Compared with the usual open table, this session goes a step further and is designed to give people a chance to learn more about beer.
There will be two sessions: 1) 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and 2) 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Each session is limited to 15 people and requires advance reservation only. Reservations will be accepted from 12:00 p.m. on April 11 through the open air online store. Payment is credit card only, and participants cannot join both sessions consecutively.
On the same day, “open yard” will also be held at the NATURE STUDIO Market Plaza. This event requires no reservation and is free to enter, offering beer, drinks, and light snacks in a casual setting. Combined with the brewery tour, it looks set to be a day when visitors can soak in the atmosphere of the entire facility.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the brewery’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroThe open table vol.05 at Open Air Minatoyama Brewery on May 6 is a special Golden Week edition. What’s great is that you can go inside the brewery and even tour the equipment.
MugiWait, you can go inside the brewery!? Just being able to see a place you usually can’t access would get me so hyped!
Hop BroAnd it’s in NATURE STUDIO, a complex built on the former site of Minatoyama Elementary School in Hyogo Ward, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. It really feels like a brewery that’s open to the local community.
MugiOhhh! But by ingredient experience, do you mean munching on malt? Touching the raw ingredients sounds like a school project, but in a fun way!
Hop BroNot munching, but you can touch malt and hops and follow the flow of how beer is made. In other words, you can learn the start of the brewing process with your own body.
MugiThe start of the brewing process...? Whoa, brewery jargon all of a sudden! But if there’s tasting after the tour, it sounds like you can do a real check afterward!
Hop BroExactly. After the tour, you can drink inside the brewery and enjoy it while looking at the tanks. That’s the whole toast while watching the tanks experience. It’s pretty luxurious.
MugiDrink while looking at the tanks!? That’s way too convincing for beer! And with two sessions and only 15 people each, it really has that first-come, first-served feel!
Hop BroThe sessions run from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., and reservations open at 12:00 p.m. on April 11 through the online store. Also, payment is card only, so don’t forget that.
MugiIf there’s also open yard on the same day, we can tour, drink, and then take it easy outside too! This is definitely the kind of thing that makes us want to have a drink in Kobe too!
