VANAVASA features mountainman IPA, a 5.5% anniversary IPA
VANAVASA, a beer pub in Kamakura’s Onari-cho, introduced mountainman IPA, the 2nd-anniversary beer for Sapporo outdoor restaurant mountainman. The India Pale Ale comes in at 5.5% ABV and uses Sabro hops for a woodier, hop-forward profile.
Hop BroThis one caught my eye: a guest beer at VANAVASA. In Onarimachi, Kamakura, they are pouring mountainman IPA to celebrate the outdoor restaurant mountainman's second anniversary in Sapporo.
MugiWait, an anniversary IPA in Kamakura? And the name mountainman already sounds like it came with hiking boots.
Hop BroExactly. It's an India Pale Ale at 5.5% ABV, following the first-anniversary beer, and it was made by Kawamura, the head brewer at Streetlight Brewing.
MugiHold on, Sabro hops? What is that, a guy named Saburo personally tossing hops into the tank?
Hop BroNot a guy, a hop variety. Woody aroma is the key here, and they boosted the hop load this time so that foresty, timber-like character comes through more clearly.
MugiWhat! So it's basically drinking a forest? My glass is turning into a campsite.
Hop BroPretty much. It uses barley and wheat malts, so you get a defined aromatic outline, but at 5.5% it should still drink smoothly instead of feeling heavy.
MugiOkay, but what kind of place is mountainman? The name alone sounds like crackling firewood.
Hop BroIt's an outdoor restaurant in Sapporo that you reach after walking a forest path from the subway terminus. Wood-fire BBQ and tent sauna are part of the whole setup, and the beer is trying to bring that out-of-town atmosphere into the glass.
MugiThat rules. If I order a pint of mountainman IPA at VANAVASA in Kamakura, that's basically a tiny trip without leaving my seat.
Hop BroExactly. A clearly aromatic IPA with a real backstory is hard to resist. Now I just want us to go drink it.
VANAVASA, a beer pub in Kamakura’s Onari-cho, is featuring mountainman IPA as a guest beer. The beer was brewed to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of mountainman, an outdoor restaurant in southern Sapporo, and it follows the previous 1st-anniversary beer made by Streetlight Brewing brewer Kawamura.
The beer is an India Pale Ale at 5.5% ABV. Sabro is the main hop, and the recipe increases the hop load to bring out a more woody aroma. The listed ingredients are barley malt, wheat malt, hops, and sugar. For drinkers who like a clearly hop-driven IPA, the specs alone make this an interesting one.
mountainman is known for its outdoor setting: a walk through a forest path from the end of the subway line, a food truck with a proper kitchen, a garden for wood-fired BBQ, and a tent sauna by the river on the property. The idea behind the beer is to carry that atmosphere beyond Hokkaido and into bars and homes across Japan.
For a beer pub like VANAVASA, that kind of guest beer adds more than just another tap line. It gives drinkers a beer with place, story, and intent behind it, which is exactly the kind of pint many beer fans want to know more about.
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Hop BroThis one caught my eye: a guest beer at VANAVASA. In Onarimachi, Kamakura, they are pouring mountainman IPA to celebrate the outdoor restaurant mountainman's second anniversary in Sapporo.
MugiWait, an anniversary IPA in Kamakura? And the name mountainman already sounds like it came with hiking boots.
Hop BroExactly. It's an India Pale Ale at 5.5% ABV, following the first-anniversary beer, and it was made by Kawamura, the head brewer at Streetlight Brewing.
MugiHold on, Sabro hops? What is that, a guy named Saburo personally tossing hops into the tank?
Hop BroNot a guy, a hop variety. Woody aroma is the key here, and they boosted the hop load this time so that foresty, timber-like character comes through more clearly.
MugiWhat! So it's basically drinking a forest? My glass is turning into a campsite.
Hop BroPretty much. It uses barley and wheat malts, so you get a defined aromatic outline, but at 5.5% it should still drink smoothly instead of feeling heavy.
MugiOkay, but what kind of place is mountainman? The name alone sounds like crackling firewood.
Hop BroIt's an outdoor restaurant in Sapporo that you reach after walking a forest path from the subway terminus. Wood-fire BBQ and tent sauna are part of the whole setup, and the beer is trying to bring that out-of-town atmosphere into the glass.
MugiThat rules. If I order a pint of mountainman IPA at VANAVASA in Kamakura, that's basically a tiny trip without leaving my seat.
Hop BroExactly. A clearly aromatic IPA with a real backstory is hard to resist. Now I just want us to go drink it.
