craft beer BLUE in Sagamihara taps open air Kabosudachi and six more beers
In its latest Instagram post, craft beer BLUE pairs spicy chicken gizzard with a fresh tap list. The Sagamihara beer pub is pouring seven beers spanning a gose, lager, saison, low-ABV pale ale, DIPA, juicy IPA, and NE IPA.
Hop Brocraft beer BLUE in Sagamihara just rolled out seven fresh taps. It runs from open air Brewing's "Kabosudachi" to AFURI BREWING's "YUZU PEACH NE IPA," so the spread is seriously wide.
MugiWait, that's ridiculous range. Gose, lager, saison, DIPA... this tap list looks like a beer decathlon!
Hop BroAnd the post leads with spicy chicken gizzards, which is a great move. I'd start with open air Brewing's "Kabosudachi," a kabosu-sudachi gose that should wake your palate right up.
MugiGo-se? That is way too dramatic a name. Is it a beer style or a finishing move?
Hop BroIt's a style with gentle salinity and tartness, and this one adds citrus on top, so you get a salty-tart citrus hit. That's exactly the kind of thing that works with spicy food.
MugiOhh, then UCHOTEN's "BUDDY" is the Czech lager reset button, right? Even the name sounds easy to befriend.
Hop BroExactly. Then 3TREE BREWERY's "Malcove" saison and FARMENTRY's "Tiny" nano pale ale can do some palate traffic control before the bigger beers.
MugiNano pale ale? What is that, tiny but heroic? Low alcohol, so it protects my weekend judgment?
Hop BroThat's the idea. It keeps things light before Bighand Bros.Beer's "Calderite" DIPA, FARMENTRY's "YAYOI IPA," and AFURI BREWING's "YUZU PEACH NE IPA" take you into the full-hop finale.
MugiI still stumble over NE IPA, but yuzu and peach already sound unfair. That has dessert-level aroma written all over it.
Hop BroNE IPA is a hazy style that pushes aroma forward, so AFURI's version could have juice-like brightness. The fun part is how clearly all seven beers point in different directions.
MugiThen it's settled: Kabosudachi first, YUZU PEACH NE IPA last, and tonight's tasting plan is locked. Add the spicy gizzards and I'm completely in.
craft beer BLUE, a beer pub in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, posted a new tap list alongside its "spicy chicken gizzard" dish. The bar is known for keeping eight Japanese craft beers on draft at all times, and this lineup leans into clear style variety: tart, crisp, hop-forward, and fruit-driven beers all at once.
Tap List
- open air Brewing `kabosudachi / Kabosudachi` - kabosu sudachi gose
- Uchihten Jozo `BUDDY` - Czech Premium Pale Lager
- 3TREE BREWERY `Malcove` - Saison
- FARMENTRY `Tiny` - Nano Pale Ale
- Bighand Bros.Beer `Calderite` - DIPA
- FARMENTRY `YAYOI IPA` - Juicy IPA
- AFURI BREWING `YUZU PEACH NE IPA` - Yuzu Peach NE IPA
For drinkers looking for a sensible progression, the food cue makes sense too: start with something bright and acidic like Kabosudachi, move through the lager and saison, then finish with the more saturated hop character of Calderite or YAYOI IPA. It is the kind of tap list that lets you compare styles without losing the thread, which is exactly what makes a neighborhood craft beer pub worth following.
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Hop Brocraft beer BLUE in Sagamihara just rolled out seven fresh taps. It runs from open air Brewing's "Kabosudachi" to AFURI BREWING's "YUZU PEACH NE IPA," so the spread is seriously wide.
MugiWait, that's ridiculous range. Gose, lager, saison, DIPA... this tap list looks like a beer decathlon!
Hop BroAnd the post leads with spicy chicken gizzards, which is a great move. I'd start with open air Brewing's "Kabosudachi," a kabosu-sudachi gose that should wake your palate right up.
MugiGo-se? That is way too dramatic a name. Is it a beer style or a finishing move?
Hop BroIt's a style with gentle salinity and tartness, and this one adds citrus on top, so you get a salty-tart citrus hit. That's exactly the kind of thing that works with spicy food.
MugiOhh, then UCHOTEN's "BUDDY" is the Czech lager reset button, right? Even the name sounds easy to befriend.
Hop BroExactly. Then 3TREE BREWERY's "Malcove" saison and FARMENTRY's "Tiny" nano pale ale can do some palate traffic control before the bigger beers.
MugiNano pale ale? What is that, tiny but heroic? Low alcohol, so it protects my weekend judgment?
Hop BroThat's the idea. It keeps things light before Bighand Bros.Beer's "Calderite" DIPA, FARMENTRY's "YAYOI IPA," and AFURI BREWING's "YUZU PEACH NE IPA" take you into the full-hop finale.
MugiI still stumble over NE IPA, but yuzu and peach already sound unfair. That has dessert-level aroma written all over it.
Hop BroNE IPA is a hazy style that pushes aroma forward, so AFURI's version could have juice-like brightness. The fun part is how clearly all seven beers point in different directions.
MugiThen it's settled: Kabosudachi first, YUZU PEACH NE IPA last, and tonight's tasting plan is locked. Add the spicy gizzards and I'm completely in.
