A Glass That Connects Local Ingredients and People

What Yokohama Beer Brewery introduced on Instagram was the collaboration beer from the Aoba Wheat Project, ‘Angel With Blue Wings ~The Angels with Blue Wings~.’ In the post, the brewery says that, with the phrase “From the field to beer,” this is a bottle born from connecting wheat from Aoba Ward, human hands, and shared feelings.

What stands out about this beer is that it is not just about using local ingredients. The post makes clear that those involved are not only farmers, but also people in welfare settings and local residents, and that the sense of place is embedded in the production process itself. It is also striking that the finished beer is positioned as “a glass you should enjoy not just for its taste, but for the story as well.”

Yokohama Beer is known as the local beer company with the longest history in Yokohama City, and it places importance on connecting with local culture and people through beer. On its official product page as well, ‘Angel With Blue Wings’ is listed as a collaboration with the Aoba Wheat Project, making it a very Yokohama Beer-style initiative that turns regional agricultural products and community efforts into beer.

By making the place name Aoba Ward in Yokohama City, rather than Yokohama City’s Kanagawa Ward, the backdrop of the beer itself, drinkers are invited to think not only about the taste, but also about the landscape from which that glass was born. The stance Yokohama Beer has maintained as “the neighborhood beer shop” is reflected directly in this post as well.