Shiokaze Blue Lab Brewery introduced "TWO" as a new beer celebrating its second brewing anniversary. The post says it will appear as the first release of June, and that it is the brewery's first Belgian Strong. This time, with a "pairing-free" format that does not assume a match with food, the intent seems to be to let drinkers enjoy the beer's character on its own.

Shiokaze Blue Lab is a craft beer brewery based in Chiba City. Chris Poole, who spent many years building experience at Baird Beer in Shizuoka, went independent and brewed as a phantom brewery before later establishing his own brewery. On its official website, it describes itself as a "laboratory for making dreams a reality" and promotes diverse beer making unconstrained by ingredients or recipes.

This "TWO" can be seen as a beer that marks a milestone in that journey. Although it is an anniversary beer, what stands out is that it does not lean too closely toward the familiar and instead takes on a style the brewery has never attempted before. How did a brewery from Chiba distill its accumulated two years into liquid? Even the choice of a Belgian Strong suggests an intent that looks ahead to what comes next.