Sankt Gallen Brewery in Atsugi, Kanagawa, will release a one-day-only project beer, "Parakeet-flavored Beer," on April 1. As the name suggests, it is a beer themed around parakeets, but in fact it is a product brewed for humans. Using a combination of mixed grains and kinako, it aims for a sweet, toasty impression.

This beer uses millet, foxtail millet, barnyard millet, sorghum, oats, and kinako, with adjuncts accounting for 32% of the total ingredients. According to Sankt Gallen, the goal was to recreate a "parakeet aroma" that could be described as resembling kinako, toasted bread, or rice crackers. The style is Freestyle Light Ale, and the alcohol content is 5.5%. Because the proportion of adjuncts is high, it is classified as happoshu.

Sales will mainly be handled through a 24-hour-only ordering window on the directly operated online shop, and the bottled product will be sold only as a set of three. In addition, the directly operated taproom just outside the north exit of Hon-Atsugi Station will serve it on draft from April 1. The taproom has 20 taps, the most in the central Kanagawa area, and offers craft beer brewed in-house, so this limited release will also be available there.

Sankt Gallen is known as the "originator of local beer," a brewery that was making small-batch beer in the United States even before Japan legalized draft beer at local breweries. It has actively rolled out seasonal and concept-driven products such as chocolate beer, barley wine, and fruit beer. Since 2010, it has also continued an April Fools' Day tradition of actually commercializing beers that seem idea-first, and this "Parakeet-flavored Beer" follows that line.

Not only does it have visual impact, but the brewing that makes use of grains and the design of its toasted aroma make it a distinctly Sankt Gallen-style project beer. Because it will be sold in limited quantities, anyone interested will need to check the release date.