Novel Craft serves zucchini-and-egg sandwich with special bottles and rotating taps
Novel Craft, a beer pub in Minamikarasuyama, Setagaya, highlighted a house-made zucchini-and-egg sandwich in its July 15 service. The lineup also included La Brasserie de Blaugies / La Vermontoise, a special bottle, and several taps from Novel Craft Brewing and guest breweries.
Hop BroTonight's story on Novel Craft on July 15 is seriously stacked. A house-made zucchini and egg sandwich, plus a glass list and tap lineup with no weak spots at all.
MugiWhat! The zucchini and egg sandwich is a headline item? It's a beer pub, and it's still coming for my stomach too?
Hop BroExactly. On the By The Glass list, La Vermontoise really jumps out. It's based on a classic saison from La Brasserie de Blaugies, then finished with spelt wheat and Amarillo hops for citrus and spice.
MugiWait, what? Spelt wheat and Amarillo sounds like you just cast a brewing spell. I believe it's tasty, but my brain is buffering!
Hop BroPut simply, it's an easy-drinking saison. Saison is a light, aromatic style, and here you get soft grain character from the wheat plus a citrusy lift from the hops.
MugiOooh! And they also have Oude Gueuze 1871? That name has such boss-level energy. It sounds like a final-stage bottle!
Hop BroThat's not far off. It's a blend of barrel-aged lambics, so you get layered acidity, fruit complexity, and oak character all piled together in a very grown-up way.
MugiLayered acidity and oak, wow. And the weekday-only Novel's Choice comes with Reflection from Cave D'occi x Novel Craft plus a three-snack plate? My after-work self would fold instantly.
Hop BroAnd the tap list is deep too. From Sweep to Lucille IPA, you've got Novel Craft Brewing's Sweep, Dubwise, and Down Tempo, plus Kemkur's Coolship Pils, Belwoods' Come What May Dry-Hopped, and Yorocco Beer's All You Need is Flowers.
MugiA short walk from Chitose-Karasuyama, upstairs, with food and beer both starring? That's not a casual stop anymore. That's the whole plan for the night.
Hop BroFor me, it has to start with the sandwich and saison. One bite of that mustardy egg filling, one sip of La Vermontoise, and if we're still standing, we finish with the gueuze.
A food-and-beer lineup for July 15
Novel Craft, a beer pub on the second floor of the Kazama Building in Minamikarasuyama, Setagaya, opened at 5:00 p.m. with a house-made zucchini-and-egg sandwich. The sandwich was described as a small, snack-friendly portion, with egg seasoned with a touch of mustard, making it suitable both as a meal and as beer food.
The standout By The Glass pour was La Brasserie de Blaugies / La Vermontoise. According to the post, it is a saison built on the brewery's house recipe, brewed with spelt and dry-hopped with Amarillo, giving it citrus brightness and a spicy edge. Also featured was Boerenerf / Oude Gueuze 1871, an oak-aged blend of lambics with layered fruit character and barrel aroma.
For the weekday-only Novel's Choice set, the bar paired Cave D'occi × Novel Craft / Reflection with a three-item food plate: herb confit beef tongue, potato salad with seared bacon and dill, and chikuwa mixed with cream cheese and aonori. The tap list also included the brewery's own beers, Novel Craft Brewing / Sweep, Dubwise, and Down Tempo, alongside Kemkur / Coolship Pils, Belwoods / Come What May Dry-Hopped, Georgetown / Lucille IPA, and Yorocco Beer / All You Need is Flowers.
The result was a concise but well-rounded beer pub offering: fresh house food, a special bottle, a thoughtful glass-pour selection, and a tap list that moved comfortably between house beers and guest imports.
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Hop BroTonight's story on Novel Craft on July 15 is seriously stacked. A house-made zucchini and egg sandwich, plus a glass list and tap lineup with no weak spots at all.
MugiWhat! The zucchini and egg sandwich is a headline item? It's a beer pub, and it's still coming for my stomach too?
Hop BroExactly. On the By The Glass list, La Vermontoise really jumps out. It's based on a classic saison from La Brasserie de Blaugies, then finished with spelt wheat and Amarillo hops for citrus and spice.
MugiWait, what? Spelt wheat and Amarillo sounds like you just cast a brewing spell. I believe it's tasty, but my brain is buffering!
Hop BroPut simply, it's an easy-drinking saison. Saison is a light, aromatic style, and here you get soft grain character from the wheat plus a citrusy lift from the hops.
MugiOooh! And they also have Oude Gueuze 1871? That name has such boss-level energy. It sounds like a final-stage bottle!
Hop BroThat's not far off. It's a blend of barrel-aged lambics, so you get layered acidity, fruit complexity, and oak character all piled together in a very grown-up way.
MugiLayered acidity and oak, wow. And the weekday-only Novel's Choice comes with Reflection from Cave D'occi x Novel Craft plus a three-snack plate? My after-work self would fold instantly.
Hop BroAnd the tap list is deep too. From Sweep to Lucille IPA, you've got Novel Craft Brewing's Sweep, Dubwise, and Down Tempo, plus Kemkur's Coolship Pils, Belwoods' Come What May Dry-Hopped, and Yorocco Beer's All You Need is Flowers.
MugiA short walk from Chitose-Karasuyama, upstairs, with food and beer both starring? That's not a casual stop anymore. That's the whole plan for the night.
Hop BroFor me, it has to start with the sandwich and saison. One bite of that mustardy egg filling, one sip of La Vermontoise, and if we're still standing, we finish with the gueuze.
