BRIGHT BLUE BREWING Serves Five Beers in Fujiyoshida, Linking Spent Grain with Local Eggs
BRIGHT BLUE BREWING, a brewpub in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, is serving five beers including Ichigome Pilsner and Pink Boots IPA. The brewery also highlights a local recycling initiative in which spent grain is reused as feed by a nearby poultry farm and returned as colorful eggs.
Hop BroBRIGHT BLUE BREWING in Fujiyoshida has five distinctive beers on tap. Better yet, its brewing is connected to local eggs, too.
MugiWhat? Beer becomes eggs?! A beer-and-egg exchange suddenly makes breakfast sound amazing!
Hop BroSpent grain from brewing goes to the local RIKEIEN poultry farm as chicken feed. Eggs from those chickens come back to the brewery—a local circular connection.
MugiSpent grain sounds like a spell! Is it what remains after brewing? And the chickens do not lay beer-flavored eggs, right?
Hop BroIt is the grain left after sugars are extracted from malt. It still has nutrients, but no, the eggs will not taste like beer. Think of it as squeezed-out malt grain.
MugiPhew! And Araucana eggs have pastel-green shells, right? Pastel-green eggshells with beer would look incredible in a photo!
Hop BroThe beer lineup is broad too: crisp Ichigome Pilsner, lively My Ale 2nd, and Pink Boots IPA, a wheat-forward American IPA.
MugiNo way—Pilsner through IPA? I am ready to launch a serious tasting mission!
Hop BroThere is also Jalapeño Saison and Spice Ale, a spiced brown ale. The chile is not only about heat; it is an aromatic flavor accent.
MugiA chile beer?! Will my tongue erupt like Mt. Fuji? Still, I have to try that Jalapeño Saison kick!
Hop BroThe taproom is open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. on weekends and holiday stretches. Ichigome Pilsner and Pink Boots IPA are bottled too. It is a pint rooted in place.
MugiYes! Pilsner first, eggs alongside, then the jalapeño challenge. I want to drink in Fujiyoshida!
A local exchange built around beer and eggs
BRIGHT BLUE BREWING, a brewpub in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, has shared details of how it reuses spent grain from brewing. A local poultry farm, RIKEIEN, collects the grain and uses it as chicken feed. Eggs from the chickens are then returned to the brewery, creating a small but tangible cycle between brewing and local agriculture.
RIKEIEN also raises several Araucana chickens, a South American breed known for laying small eggs with pastel green shells. BRIGHT BLUE BREWING says that people who want to use spent grain as garden fertilizer can collect it free of charge on the day of brewing, including in small quantities.
Five beers on tap
The current tap list includes Ichigome Pilsner, a crisp pilsner; My Ale 2nd, a saison; and Pink Boots IPA, an American wheat IPA. The lineup also features Jalapeño Saison, which brings a chili accent to a saison base, and Spice Ale, a spice brown ale.
Bottles of Ichigome Pilsner and Pink Boots IPA are also available. The taproom opens from 10:00 to 17:00 on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays during consecutive holiday periods.
Located in Fujiyoshida at the foot of Mount Fuji, BRIGHT BLUE BREWING offers a chance to explore a varied local beer lineup while seeing how brewing byproducts can connect the brewery with nearby food production.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the venue’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroBRIGHT BLUE BREWING in Fujiyoshida has five distinctive beers on tap. Better yet, its brewing is connected to local eggs, too.
MugiWhat? Beer becomes eggs?! A beer-and-egg exchange suddenly makes breakfast sound amazing!
Hop BroSpent grain from brewing goes to the local RIKEIEN poultry farm as chicken feed. Eggs from those chickens come back to the brewery—a local circular connection.
MugiSpent grain sounds like a spell! Is it what remains after brewing? And the chickens do not lay beer-flavored eggs, right?
Hop BroIt is the grain left after sugars are extracted from malt. It still has nutrients, but no, the eggs will not taste like beer. Think of it as squeezed-out malt grain.
MugiPhew! And Araucana eggs have pastel-green shells, right? Pastel-green eggshells with beer would look incredible in a photo!
Hop BroThe beer lineup is broad too: crisp Ichigome Pilsner, lively My Ale 2nd, and Pink Boots IPA, a wheat-forward American IPA.
MugiNo way—Pilsner through IPA? I am ready to launch a serious tasting mission!
Hop BroThere is also Jalapeño Saison and Spice Ale, a spiced brown ale. The chile is not only about heat; it is an aromatic flavor accent.
MugiA chile beer?! Will my tongue erupt like Mt. Fuji? Still, I have to try that Jalapeño Saison kick!
Hop BroThe taproom is open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. on weekends and holiday stretches. Ichigome Pilsner and Pink Boots IPA are bottled too. It is a pint rooted in place.
MugiYes! Pilsner first, eggs alongside, then the jalapeño challenge. I want to drink in Fujiyoshida!
