Falo Brewing's 'Sage' arrives


vivo! BEER + DININGBAR in Ikebukuro East Exit has added 'Sage' from Falo Brewing, a brewery appearing at the bar for the first time. In the post, the beer is introduced as an 8th-anniversary beer for Kanda KARAKURI and described as a saison brewed with sage.

A convenient stop before or after a show


The shop presents itself as a craft-beer spot with 20 draft lines. Its hours are 4 p.m. on weekdays, 3 p.m. on Saturdays, and 3 p.m. on Sundays and holidays. It also runs a Monday-to-Thursday offer: show a same-day movie or stage ticket and get 10% off food and drinks. That makes it easy to stop by before a performance or unwind afterward.

What else is on tap


The day's draft list covers a wide range of styles: pale ale, IPA, hazy IPA, pilsner, weizen, Belgian wit, fruit beer, fruit sour, cider, ESB, milk stout, imperial stout, draft Guinness, and Heartland lager. Alongside 'Sage', the lineup includes beers from vivo! x CYCAD BREWING, Oni Densetsu, Y.Market Brewing, TOKYO ALE WORKS, Inkhorn Brewing, Shiga Kogen Beer, Mojiko Retro Beer, U.B.P Brewery, Ushitora Brewery, Noble Cider, Brasserie Dieu DuCiel!, Minoh Beer, St. James's Gate, and Kirin Beer, giving drinkers plenty of styles to compare in one visit.

Pairings from the kitchen


Seasonal dishes include house-made duck ham, potato salad with prosciutto, olives and cream cheese, smoked-paprika salmon rillettes, spaghetti with squid and black olives in basil sauce, and a spicy ground-pork hamburger. 'Sage' gives the bar a seasonal anchor, while the food menu makes it easy to build a fuller tasting session around it.