ENJOY Coffee&Beer Pours Himitsu Beer's 5th-Anniversary Ale 'Sametare'
ENJOY Coffee&Beer, a beer pub in Komae, Tokyo, has unveiled its fifth-anniversary beer with Himitsu Beer. The fourth collaboration between the two, 'Sametare' is an extra hoppy ale at 4.5% ABV, with stone-fruit aroma and firm bitterness.
Hop BroI’ve got a fun one today: ENJOY Coffee&Beer in Komae just tapped a 5th anniversary beer with Himitsu Beer, and it’s called Sametare.
MugiWait, Sametare!? That wild name is doing a lot of work. Why am I picturing a shark covered in sauce?
Hop BroThat chaos is part of the charm. It’s a 4.5% extra hoppy ale, and this is their fourth collab together.
MugiWhoa. But does extra hoppy just mean mega bitter? Is my tongue filing a complaint?
Hop BroNot just bitterness, more aroma too. And they finished it with Himitsu Beer’s house yeast, so it has a real brewery signature.
MugiWhat is that, like house yeast as in yeast that pays rent and lives there?
Hop BroBasically, it’s the brewery’s own fermentation character. Sametare has temperature-driven changes, so the peachy top notes open up as it warms.
MugiOkay, peach-like aroma plus grassy hops plus firm bitterness? That beer sounds like it has three group chats going at once!
Hop BroAnd they’re all productive chats. That grassy hop note means a fresh-cut-green kind of hop brightness, not lawn clippings in your pint.
MugiHa! And ENJOY Coffee&Beer is a beer pub in Komae, right? Coffee and craft beer in one stop is dangerously efficient.
Hop BroExactly. It feels casual day to day, but for anniversaries they go big. If you follow it from first pour onward, it’s one glass, three acts.
MugiThat settles it. I want to toast their fifth anniversary with Sametare and drink one immediately.
ENJOY Coffee&Beer, a beer pub in Komae, Tokyo, has released a fifth-anniversary beer made with Himitsu Beer. This is the fourth collaboration between the two, and this year’s release revisits a hop-forward extra hoppy ale, now fermented with Himitsu Beer’s house yeast.
The beer is called Sametare. At 4.5% ABV, the post describes a soft stone-fruit aroma, grassy hop notes, and a firm bitterness. It is also meant to evolve as it warms, so the changing top notes should be part of the experience.
ENJOY Coffee&Beer is a neighborhood spot built around coffee and craft beer, and that balance shows here as well: an approachable pub setting with a beer that clearly leans into detail. For drinkers who like hop character and a bit of bitterness, this anniversary pour looks like a natural fit.
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Hop BroI’ve got a fun one today: ENJOY Coffee&Beer in Komae just tapped a 5th anniversary beer with Himitsu Beer, and it’s called Sametare.
MugiWait, Sametare!? That wild name is doing a lot of work. Why am I picturing a shark covered in sauce?
Hop BroThat chaos is part of the charm. It’s a 4.5% extra hoppy ale, and this is their fourth collab together.
MugiWhoa. But does extra hoppy just mean mega bitter? Is my tongue filing a complaint?
Hop BroNot just bitterness, more aroma too. And they finished it with Himitsu Beer’s house yeast, so it has a real brewery signature.
MugiWhat is that, like house yeast as in yeast that pays rent and lives there?
Hop BroBasically, it’s the brewery’s own fermentation character. Sametare has temperature-driven changes, so the peachy top notes open up as it warms.
MugiOkay, peach-like aroma plus grassy hops plus firm bitterness? That beer sounds like it has three group chats going at once!
Hop BroAnd they’re all productive chats. That grassy hop note means a fresh-cut-green kind of hop brightness, not lawn clippings in your pint.
MugiHa! And ENJOY Coffee&Beer is a beer pub in Komae, right? Coffee and craft beer in one stop is dangerously efficient.
Hop BroExactly. It feels casual day to day, but for anniversaries they go big. If you follow it from first pour onward, it’s one glass, three acts.
MugiThat settles it. I want to toast their fifth anniversary with Sametare and drink one immediately.
