Odawara Garage Brewing unveils green-tea ale have a tea
Odawara Garage Brewing announced a new beer, have a tea, on June 29. The 5.0% ale combines green tea, sansho leaves, and a spicy yeast character, highlighting the brewery's locally inspired approach.
Hop BroToday I want to talk about Odawara Garage Brewing's new release, have a tea. It's a bold beer built with green tea and sansho leaves.
MugiWhat! A green tea beer? My brain can't decide whether to sip it politely or get way too excited!
Hop BroAnd the style is far east style ale. It's 5.0% ABV, and it really shows their local-ingredient approach.
MugiWait, what does far east even mean here? Do I have to face east while drinking it!?
Hop BroNot quite. It's their original style answer to West Coast and New England trends, but through a more Japanese lens.
MugiHuh! But the article mentioned hot side and gold side, and suddenly I feel like I need lab goggles.
Hop BroHot side is the warm brewing stage where they build tea character, and gold side is about drawing out sweetness gently at lower temperatures. Basically, it's getting the best of the tea.
MugiThat's wild! Then they add spicy yeast late in fermentation and even sansho leaves? This beer has more plot twists than a drama series!
Hop BroExactly. Then a mint-like note pops at the end, so you get this shifting aroma from a sweet entry to a crisp finish. It sounds like it keeps revealing new sides.
MugiI'm done for, I want this right now! I can already imagine the green tea calming me down and the sansho waking me back up.
Hop BroSame here, this is already my first pint choice. Using local ingredients this precisely is the kind of thing that really gets me.
MugiThen it's settled, cheers in Odawara. Let's find out if green tea, sansho, and that minty finish really can all land in one glass!
New release: have a tea
Odawara Garage Brewing introduced a new beer called have a tea on June 29. The release uses green tea from a local tea grower and comes in at 5.0% ABV. The brewery describes it as a "far east style ale."
According to the post, the beer is built in layers: green tea with more stem material is used on the hot side, then the gold side is handled at a lower temperature to draw out sweetness. In later fermentation, a spicy yeast character is added, along with a small amount of sansho leaves. The result is meant to finish with a mint-like aroma that pops at the end.
The brewery says it was trying to create something that could not be expressed through a standard ale alone. Rather than copying West Coast or New England ideas, the beer leans into its own Japanese interpretation. The flavor is described as starting with a sweet mouthfeel and finishing with a clean, aromatic lift.
Odawara Garage Brewing is a small brewery in Odawara, Kanagawa, and this release fits its local, ingredient-driven style well. For beer fans, have a tea looks like the kind of beer that rewards a slow sip and a closer look at the aroma.
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Hop BroToday I want to talk about Odawara Garage Brewing's new release, have a tea. It's a bold beer built with green tea and sansho leaves.
MugiWhat! A green tea beer? My brain can't decide whether to sip it politely or get way too excited!
Hop BroAnd the style is far east style ale. It's 5.0% ABV, and it really shows their local-ingredient approach.
MugiWait, what does far east even mean here? Do I have to face east while drinking it!?
Hop BroNot quite. It's their original style answer to West Coast and New England trends, but through a more Japanese lens.
MugiHuh! But the article mentioned hot side and gold side, and suddenly I feel like I need lab goggles.
Hop BroHot side is the warm brewing stage where they build tea character, and gold side is about drawing out sweetness gently at lower temperatures. Basically, it's getting the best of the tea.
MugiThat's wild! Then they add spicy yeast late in fermentation and even sansho leaves? This beer has more plot twists than a drama series!
Hop BroExactly. Then a mint-like note pops at the end, so you get this shifting aroma from a sweet entry to a crisp finish. It sounds like it keeps revealing new sides.
MugiI'm done for, I want this right now! I can already imagine the green tea calming me down and the sansho waking me back up.
Hop BroSame here, this is already my first pint choice. Using local ingredients this precisely is the kind of thing that really gets me.
MugiThen it's settled, cheers in Odawara. Let's find out if green tea, sansho, and that minty finish really can all land in one glass!
