Minnano Craft Beer Bar Ryogoku-Kuramae pours BrewBeast Brewery's HeLL YeS!
Minnano Craft Beer Bar Ryogoku-Kuramae is currently pouring HeLL YeS!, a Helles from BrewBeast Brewery in Hanamaki, Iwate. The bar’s current six taps also include beers from Kaigan Brewery and Open Air Brewing.
Hop BroToday's headline is HeLL YeS! on tap at Minna no Craft Beer Bar Ryogoku-Kuramae. They're pouring a beer from BrewBeast Brewery out of Hanamaki, Iwate.
MugiWait, BrewBeast? I always pictured them as super hoppy, so a Helles is unexpected! That somehow makes me even more curious!
Hop BroThat's the fun part. HeLL YeS! is a Helles-style pour, a bright easygoing lager, but instead of hop punch it leans on malt flavor and gentle sweetness.
MugiOoh, okay, but when you say lower gas volume, am I supposed to imagine sad flat soda, or am I panicking for no reason!?
Hop BroNo panic. It just means softer carbonation, which lets the malt sweetness come forward first. That also keeps the bitterness nice and restrained.
MugiAhh, got it, so instead of attacking me with fizz, it's a kinder lager! That sounds very friendly for newer craft beer drinkers.
Hop BroExactly. It still has that crisp lager finish, so it's great with food, and this place serves house-made pizza and creative dishes, which is a very strong move.
MugiThat is wildly unfair. And with a six-tap lineup featuring Kaigan Brewery and Open Air Brewing too, this is not a quick stop, this is a full commitment!
Hop BroThe board is loaded: Kaigan's West Coast IPA SHŌJŌ, Dry Hop Saison Tsuchigumo, Hazy IPA ŌGAMA, Open Air's warm up, plus Neo Sakuya as a Hibiscus Yuzu Lager. On top of that, there are upcoming tap takeovers on June 13, June 27, July 11, and August 22.
MugiSo today we start mellow with HeLL YeS!, then come back for the next rotation... I can already picture us toasting with pizza and refusing to leave!
Minnano Craft Beer Bar Ryogoku-Kuramae is highlighting "HeLL YeS!" from BrewBeast Brewery, a brewery based in Hanamaki, Iwate. BrewBeast is often associated with hop-forward beers, but this release takes a different route: it keeps hops restrained and lets malt character and sweetness lead. With a lower carbonation level, the beer puts grainy sweetness front and center while staying crisp and easy to drink.
The current six taps are:
- SHŌJŌ / Kaigan Brewery / West Coast IPA
- Tsuchigumo / Kaigan Brewery / Dry Hop Saison
- warm up / Open Air Brewing / Hazy IPA
- ŌGAMA / Kaigan Brewery / Hazy IPA
- HeLL YeS! / BrewBeast Brewery / Helles
- Neo Sakuya / Kaigan Brewery / Hibiscus Yuzu Lager
The bar itself sits in a residential pocket of the Ryogoku-Kuramae area and operates as a craft beer pub with six draft lines. The post also mentions beer and pizza being ready on site, which points to a relaxed setup for pairing fresh pours with house pizza and other dishes.
The Instagram caption also lists upcoming plans: a CRAFT BANK tap takeover on June 13, a WCB CAN SHARE NIGHT on June 27, and tap takeover events on July 11 and August 22. It is a lineup that works both for trying a single featured beer now and for tracking what comes next on tap.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the venue’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroToday's headline is HeLL YeS! on tap at Minna no Craft Beer Bar Ryogoku-Kuramae. They're pouring a beer from BrewBeast Brewery out of Hanamaki, Iwate.
MugiWait, BrewBeast? I always pictured them as super hoppy, so a Helles is unexpected! That somehow makes me even more curious!
Hop BroThat's the fun part. HeLL YeS! is a Helles-style pour, a bright easygoing lager, but instead of hop punch it leans on malt flavor and gentle sweetness.
MugiOoh, okay, but when you say lower gas volume, am I supposed to imagine sad flat soda, or am I panicking for no reason!?
Hop BroNo panic. It just means softer carbonation, which lets the malt sweetness come forward first. That also keeps the bitterness nice and restrained.
MugiAhh, got it, so instead of attacking me with fizz, it's a kinder lager! That sounds very friendly for newer craft beer drinkers.
Hop BroExactly. It still has that crisp lager finish, so it's great with food, and this place serves house-made pizza and creative dishes, which is a very strong move.
MugiThat is wildly unfair. And with a six-tap lineup featuring Kaigan Brewery and Open Air Brewing too, this is not a quick stop, this is a full commitment!
Hop BroThe board is loaded: Kaigan's West Coast IPA SHŌJŌ, Dry Hop Saison Tsuchigumo, Hazy IPA ŌGAMA, Open Air's warm up, plus Neo Sakuya as a Hibiscus Yuzu Lager. On top of that, there are upcoming tap takeovers on June 13, June 27, July 11, and August 22.
MugiSo today we start mellow with HeLL YeS!, then come back for the next rotation... I can already picture us toasting with pizza and refusing to leave!
