Novel Craft serves spicy chili tomato butter chicken curry and a refreshed tap list
Novel Craft in Chitose-Karasuyama, Tokyo announced a 17:00 opening on July 9 with a spicy butter chicken curry inspired by cup noodle chili tomato flavor. The lineup also included two by-the-glass beers and a mixed tap list of house beers and collaborations.
Hop BroToday's topic is that spicy chili-tomato curry at Novel Craft in Chitose-Karasuyama. It riffs on that famous cup noodle chili-tomato flavor, and on July 9 they open at 5 PM.
MugiWait, chili-tomato butter chicken is already too much information! I was sold on the curry alone, and now you're telling me the beer pub also has fresh taps? My stomach just called a meeting!
Hop BroAnd the By The Glass picks are both built for food. Pen Druid's "Spontaneous Cherrys" is a raspberry Wild Ale at 7.5% ABV, and Another Moon's "Earthly Pleasures" is a 5.2% Saison.
MugiWhoa, but what even is Wild Ale? The name alone sounds like feral Hop Bro escaped from a mountain brewery!
Hop BroA Wild Ale is beer with naturally funky fermentation. It often has some tartness and complexity, and here the raspberry character helps it click with the tomato acidity and the curry spices.
MugiOkay, so the sourness doesn't start a fight. Then is Saison some magic spell, or is it actually an easy-drinking beer?
Hop BroSaison is a light and spicy style from the Belgian tradition. Earthly Pleasures uses Sterling and Amarillo, so it smells bright and floral without getting heavy, and it resets your palate between bites of curry.
MugiThat is unfairly good. And there are taps too, right? Ten options in total is the kind of menu that glues me to my seat.
Hop BroThe tap list has range. There's Kemkur's Coolship Pils, Belwoods' Come What May Dry-Hopped, Ruse Brewing's Glass Shadows IPA, Cave D'occi × Novel Craft's Reflection, plus Sweep, Dubwise, BPM 80, and Down Tempo, with four house-brewed beers in the mix.
MugiAnd with a salad set or a half portion, the food side is flexible too! That means it works for a full dinner or just a casual beer stop, which is honestly rude to my self-control.
Hop BroThat's Novel Craft's real strength: you can walk in for curry, then naturally end up plotting your next pour from the tap list. I'd start with Earthly Pleasures, then move to Reflection or Dubwise.
MugiI'm grabbing the curry first, then doing a side-by-side glass comparison. Tonight's Novel Craft plan is dangerously good for both my appetite and my thirst!
Novel Craft in Setagaya, Tokyo announced a 17:00 opening on July 9 and highlighted a spicy butter chicken curry inspired by the flavor of a certain cup noodle chili tomato soup. A salad set and half-size portion were also offered, making the dish easy to pair with a beer session or a lighter dinner.
As a beer pub, the bar also updated both its by-the-glass section and tap list. The by-the-glass pours were:
- Pen Druid "Spontaneous Cherrys"
Wild Ale w/ Raspberry, 7.5% ABV
- Another Moon "Earthly Pleasures"
Saison, 5.2% ABV
The first is a raspberry wild ale, while the second is a saison brewed with Sterling and Amarillo. Both should sit comfortably alongside the curry's spice and tomato-driven acidity.
The tap list added a wider range of styles:
- Kemkur / Coolship Pils
- Belwoods / Come What May Dry-Hopped
- Ruse Brewing / Glass Shadows IPA
- Cave D'occi × Novel Craft / Reflection
- Novel Craft Brewing / Sweep
- Novel Craft Brewing / Dubwise
- Novel Craft Brewing / BPM 80
- Novel Craft Brewing / Down Tempo
With four house-brewed beers and a collaboration in the mix, the lineup offers a clear reason to stay for more than one glass. For beer fans in Chitose-Karasuyama, it is the kind of pub where dinner and the tap list naturally go hand in hand.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the venue’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroToday's topic is that spicy chili-tomato curry at Novel Craft in Chitose-Karasuyama. It riffs on that famous cup noodle chili-tomato flavor, and on July 9 they open at 5 PM.
MugiWait, chili-tomato butter chicken is already too much information! I was sold on the curry alone, and now you're telling me the beer pub also has fresh taps? My stomach just called a meeting!
Hop BroAnd the By The Glass picks are both built for food. Pen Druid's "Spontaneous Cherrys" is a raspberry Wild Ale at 7.5% ABV, and Another Moon's "Earthly Pleasures" is a 5.2% Saison.
MugiWhoa, but what even is Wild Ale? The name alone sounds like feral Hop Bro escaped from a mountain brewery!
Hop BroA Wild Ale is beer with naturally funky fermentation. It often has some tartness and complexity, and here the raspberry character helps it click with the tomato acidity and the curry spices.
MugiOkay, so the sourness doesn't start a fight. Then is Saison some magic spell, or is it actually an easy-drinking beer?
Hop BroSaison is a light and spicy style from the Belgian tradition. Earthly Pleasures uses Sterling and Amarillo, so it smells bright and floral without getting heavy, and it resets your palate between bites of curry.
MugiThat is unfairly good. And there are taps too, right? Ten options in total is the kind of menu that glues me to my seat.
Hop BroThe tap list has range. There's Kemkur's Coolship Pils, Belwoods' Come What May Dry-Hopped, Ruse Brewing's Glass Shadows IPA, Cave D'occi × Novel Craft's Reflection, plus Sweep, Dubwise, BPM 80, and Down Tempo, with four house-brewed beers in the mix.
MugiAnd with a salad set or a half portion, the food side is flexible too! That means it works for a full dinner or just a casual beer stop, which is honestly rude to my self-control.
Hop BroThat's Novel Craft's real strength: you can walk in for curry, then naturally end up plotting your next pour from the tap list. I'd start with Earthly Pleasures, then move to Reflection or Dubwise.
MugiI'm grabbing the curry first, then doing a side-by-side glass comparison. Tonight's Novel Craft plan is dangerously good for both my appetite and my thirst!
