At the beer pub Novel Craft in Minamikarasuyama, Setagaya, Tokyo, it was reported that the taps moved in time for a Friday 5 p.m. opening. The owner’s Novel Craft Brewing is a brewery characterized by names that evoke music, and in the publicly available beer list and check-ins, labels such as `Looper`, `BPM 80`, `Tape Delay`, `Signal`, `Delay`, and `Wah` can be confirmed.

Music-Motif Lineup


`Looper` is a saison, `BPM 80` is a session bitter, `Tape Delay` is a Belgian IPA, and `Signal` is an XPA, so the styles vary just as much as the names do. The selection ranges from easy-drinking beers to ones that let you feel the character of hops and yeast, making it a lineup that suits a glass on a sunny day.

What Makes the Shop Appealing


Novel Craft’s strength is its laid-back, neighborhood-rooted atmosphere as a beer pub where beer lovers can drop in casually. Centered on the house-brewed Novel Craft Brewing, it also mixes in guest beers, and its appeal lies in being able to enjoy each glass one by one at the counter. In the Chitose-Karasuyama area of Setagaya, it is the kind of place that works well when you want to drink craft beer without any fuss.

This post is both an announcement timed to the shop’s opening hours and a snapshot of Novel Craft Brewing’s current tap list. Following the beer names based on music terms and trying the light saison, bitter, and XPA in sequence makes the character of this shop come through clearly.