Want a Beer in Utsunomiya taps a BLACK TIDE collaboration and two 5th-anniversary originals
Want a Beer in Motoimaizumi, Utsunomiya, is open on June 4 from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. with last orders at 9:30 p.m. The six-tap lineup includes a BLACK TIDE Brewing collaboration, Shiga Kogen Beer, and two house anniversary beers.
Hop BroWant a Beer in Utsunomiya has six taps lined up today, and the flow is ridiculously good. From a BLACK TIDE collab to two fifth-anniversary originals, it’s built for drinking start to finish.
MugiWait, there are two 5th-anniversary originals too? That lineup is so serious I’m basically toasting before I even walk in!
Hop BroThe big ones are Fresh!!! and SPECIALS, both by Romantic Village and Want a Beer. One is a Fruits Sour Ale, the other is a Belgian White, and both sit at 5.0% ABV so they’re easy to jump into.
MugiHold on, fruit-driven sour ale already sounds like a traffic jam of stylish words. Is it basically like tart juice?
Hop BroClose, but it’s definitely beer. Fruitiness and acidity open up your palate fast, so Fresh!!! works great as a first glass and also plays nicely with seafood carpaccio.
MugiWhoa! Then what about ONE LAP BEHIND, the one from Hop Kotan Brewery and BLACK TIDE BREWING? A yuzu saison sounds like it’s literally sprinting at me!
Hop BroA saison is basically a crisp, dry style, and once you add yuzu the aroma really lifts. Pair it with flounder or sea bream and your mouth starts applauding.
MugiYour mouth applauds!? And I’m curious about that apple hazy from Keika Brewing too. I only know “hazy” as in “cloudy”!
Hop BroThat’s half right. It tends to have a soft hop profile, and Unite gets even friendlier with apple in the mix. SNOW MONKEY IPA is sharper, while Michisugara is an Irish Red with a more malt-forward feel.
MugiSo Want a Beer basically lets you build from first sip to after dinner without forcing it. I want to dive in at 3 p.m. and finish with another pour next to the porchetta!
Hop BroExactly. It’s open from 3 to 10 p.m., with last call at 9:30, and this food-first lineup is dangerous in the best way. Just imagining porchetta with SNOW MONKEY IPA makes me want a pint after work.
MugiAll right, I’m sold. I’m starting with the yuzu saison, then chasing Fresh!!! and Unite after that. Reading this made me genuinely thirsty!
Want a Beer in Motoimaizumi, Utsunomiya, opened on June 4 from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., with last orders at 9:30 p.m. The compact beer pub has six indoor seats and a terrace with 10 seats, so it is the kind of place where you can focus on the beer list and pair it with food at a relaxed pace. Reservations are handled through LINE from the profile link, and the shop notes that Instagram DMs may be slow to reply.
The tap list for the day had six beers:
- ONE LAP BEHIND / Kobukotan Brewing × BLACK TIDE BREWING
- Saison w/ yuzu, 6.0% ABV
- SNOW MONKEY IPA / Shiga Kogen Beer
- IPA, 6.0% ABV
- 道すがら / Karuizawa Q
- Irish Red, 5.0% ABV
- Fresh!!! / Romanchick Village × Want a Beer
- Fruits Sour Ale, 5.0% ABV
- SPECIALS / Romanchick Village × Want a Beer
- Belgian White, 5.0% ABV
- Unite / Keika Brewing
- Hazy Pale Ale w/ Apple, 5.0% ABV
The range is easy to read for beer drinkers: a yuzu-driven saison, a classic IPA, a maltier Irish red, a fruit-forward sour, a wheat beer, and an apple-accented hazy pale ale. It is a lineup that works both as a tasting flight and as a single-beer stop.
Food is part of the appeal too. The post highlights seasonal carpaccio plates with flounder, spotted knifejaw, red seabream, tomatoes, and barracuda, plus smoked mackerel with ricotta, a cold Genovese pasta, and porchetta. For a lighter seafood pairing, ONE LAP BEHIND or SPECIALS should fit well; for hop character, SNOW MONKEY IPA is the obvious pick; and for something fruitier, Fresh!!! and Unite make sense.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the venue’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroWant a Beer in Utsunomiya has six taps lined up today, and the flow is ridiculously good. From a BLACK TIDE collab to two fifth-anniversary originals, it’s built for drinking start to finish.
MugiWait, there are two 5th-anniversary originals too? That lineup is so serious I’m basically toasting before I even walk in!
Hop BroThe big ones are Fresh!!! and SPECIALS, both by Romantic Village and Want a Beer. One is a Fruits Sour Ale, the other is a Belgian White, and both sit at 5.0% ABV so they’re easy to jump into.
MugiHold on, fruit-driven sour ale already sounds like a traffic jam of stylish words. Is it basically like tart juice?
Hop BroClose, but it’s definitely beer. Fruitiness and acidity open up your palate fast, so Fresh!!! works great as a first glass and also plays nicely with seafood carpaccio.
MugiWhoa! Then what about ONE LAP BEHIND, the one from Hop Kotan Brewery and BLACK TIDE BREWING? A yuzu saison sounds like it’s literally sprinting at me!
Hop BroA saison is basically a crisp, dry style, and once you add yuzu the aroma really lifts. Pair it with flounder or sea bream and your mouth starts applauding.
MugiYour mouth applauds!? And I’m curious about that apple hazy from Keika Brewing too. I only know “hazy” as in “cloudy”!
Hop BroThat’s half right. It tends to have a soft hop profile, and Unite gets even friendlier with apple in the mix. SNOW MONKEY IPA is sharper, while Michisugara is an Irish Red with a more malt-forward feel.
MugiSo Want a Beer basically lets you build from first sip to after dinner without forcing it. I want to dive in at 3 p.m. and finish with another pour next to the porchetta!
Hop BroExactly. It’s open from 3 to 10 p.m., with last call at 9:30, and this food-first lineup is dangerous in the best way. Just imagining porchetta with SNOW MONKEY IPA makes me want a pint after work.
MugiAll right, I’m sold. I’m starting with the yuzu saison, then chasing Fresh!!! and Unite after that. Reading this made me genuinely thirsty!
