Novel Craft serves blue cheese and maitake burger with Pen Druid and house beers
Novel Craft in Minamikarasuyama, Setagaya, introduced a burger topped with blue cheese sauce and sautéed maitake mushrooms. The glass lineup includes Pen Druid and Another Moon, while the tap list spans imported selections and house beers.
Hop BroToday’s topic is Novel Craft in Chitose-Karasuyama. They’ve got a burger with blue cheese sauce and sauteed maitake, plus Pen Druid and Another Moon in the glass lineup, which is a very direct invitation to drink.
MugiBlue cheese sauce on a burger with beer!? And the owner is not even a blue cheese fan but still makes the sauce? That is anime-level commitment.
Hop BroThat’s exactly why it works. Novel Craft is a brewpub with its own beer, and they’re calling this burger their most popular one. Maitake umami plus blue cheese richness gives you a lot of pairing room.
MugiWait, Pen Druid’s Wild Ale is what exactly? The name sounds like somebody brewing inside a forest ritual.
Hop BroHonestly, fair image. But in simple terms, it’s beer fermented with wild microbes and natural yeast, often with a tart edge. `Spontaneous Cherrys` brings raspberry fruitiness, so it could cut through that rich burger beautifully.
MugiOoh! Then Another Moon’s `Earthly Pleasures` says Saison. So is that less forest wizard and more farmhouse energy?
Hop BroThat is weirdly accurate. Saison comes from a farmhouse tradition, usually dry, bright, and layered in aroma. It’s the kind of beer that plays well with food.
MugiSo I could put the burger in the middle, wild ale on the left, saison on the right, and turn my mouth into a beer debate club?
Hop BroAnd the taps are stacked too. There’s Kemkur’s `Coolship Pils`, Ruse Brewing’s `Glass Shadows IPA`, Cave D'occi × Novel Craft’s `Reflection`, plus house beers like Over Dub and BPM 80. That range is ridiculous.
MugiSo Novel Craft is the kind of place that grabs your stomach with a burger and your heart with the tap list, basically a Chitose-Karasuyama trap in the best way. I want a drink already.
Hop BroExactly. Salty blue cheese with a fruity wild ale, or with a lighter saison, is the kind of happy dilemma I respect from the very first sip.
MugiI’m sold. Burger first, compare the by-the-glass picks, then finish with the house brews. My brain is officially booking a Novel Craft night.
Novel Craft is a beer pub in Minamikarasuyama, Setagaya, Tokyo, known for pairing house-brewed beer with carefully selected guest beers. In this post, the shop highlighted a burger topped with blue cheese sauce and sautéed maitake mushrooms, and described it as the most popular burger it has made so far. The caption also notes that the owner is not especially fond of blue cheese, which makes the sauce itself part of the story.
By The Glass
- Pen Druid / `Spontaneous Cherrys` (Wild Ale w/ Raspberry)
- Another Moon / `Earthly Pleasures` (Saison)
Tap List
- Kemkur / `Coolship Pils`
- Belwoods / `Come What May Dry-Hopped`
- Ruse Brewing / `Glass Shadows IPA`
- falo × karakuri / `SAGE`
- Cave D'occi × Novel Craft / `Reflection`
- Novel Craft Brewing / `Over Dub`
- Novel Craft Brewing / `BPM 80`
- Novel Craft Brewing / `Down Tempo`
The lineup ranges from pilsner and IPA to saison and house beers, giving guests a choice between food-friendly pours and more expressive bottles on the side. It is a straightforward beer-and-burger setup, with enough variety to keep both drink-first and eat-first visitors engaged.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the venue’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroToday’s topic is Novel Craft in Chitose-Karasuyama. They’ve got a burger with blue cheese sauce and sauteed maitake, plus Pen Druid and Another Moon in the glass lineup, which is a very direct invitation to drink.
MugiBlue cheese sauce on a burger with beer!? And the owner is not even a blue cheese fan but still makes the sauce? That is anime-level commitment.
Hop BroThat’s exactly why it works. Novel Craft is a brewpub with its own beer, and they’re calling this burger their most popular one. Maitake umami plus blue cheese richness gives you a lot of pairing room.
MugiWait, Pen Druid’s Wild Ale is what exactly? The name sounds like somebody brewing inside a forest ritual.
Hop BroHonestly, fair image. But in simple terms, it’s beer fermented with wild microbes and natural yeast, often with a tart edge. `Spontaneous Cherrys` brings raspberry fruitiness, so it could cut through that rich burger beautifully.
MugiOoh! Then Another Moon’s `Earthly Pleasures` says Saison. So is that less forest wizard and more farmhouse energy?
Hop BroThat is weirdly accurate. Saison comes from a farmhouse tradition, usually dry, bright, and layered in aroma. It’s the kind of beer that plays well with food.
MugiSo I could put the burger in the middle, wild ale on the left, saison on the right, and turn my mouth into a beer debate club?
Hop BroAnd the taps are stacked too. There’s Kemkur’s `Coolship Pils`, Ruse Brewing’s `Glass Shadows IPA`, Cave D'occi × Novel Craft’s `Reflection`, plus house beers like Over Dub and BPM 80. That range is ridiculous.
MugiSo Novel Craft is the kind of place that grabs your stomach with a burger and your heart with the tap list, basically a Chitose-Karasuyama trap in the best way. I want a drink already.
Hop BroExactly. Salty blue cheese with a fruity wild ale, or with a lighter saison, is the kind of happy dilemma I respect from the very first sip.
MugiI’m sold. Burger first, compare the by-the-glass picks, then finish with the house brews. My brain is officially booking a Novel Craft night.
