TOKYO ALEWORKS' Ikebukuro Night Owl is on tap at vivo! BEER + DINING BAR
At vivo! BEER + DINING BAR in Ikebukuro, TOKYO ALEWORKS' Ikebukuro Night Owl has been added to the taps, alongside Swan Lake's Amber Swan Ale. The basement beer pub offers 20 draft lines and an easy stop for an early evening pint.
Hop BroToday’s topic is vivo! BEER＋DININGBAR by Ikebukuro East Exit, where TOKYO ALEWORKS just tapped Ikebukuro Night Owl.
MugiWhat! Night Owl already sounds like a perfect late-night beer. What does it taste like?
Hop BroHere’s the thing, it’s an oatmeal stout with layers of caramel, chocolate, and coffee, so it sounds rich and deep.
MugiWhoa, but oatmeal stout? What is that? That sounds like breakfast suddenly wandered into my beer!
Hop BroIt means they use oats to make the texture smoother. In plain terms, you get a silky, mellow mouthfeel.
MugiOhh, got it! And that’s not the only new tap, right? They also brought in Amber Swan Ale?
Hop BroExactly. Swan Lake’s Amber Swan Ale is an American-style amber ale with a nice caramel-and-hop balance.
MugiAnd they had 20 beers on tap that day? That’s too many. I’d freeze in front of the menu like a malfunctioning robot.
Hop BroThey’ve got everything from IPA and sour to cider, lager, and stout, and on Thursdays they open at 4 p.m. Add food like pork rillettes and mentaiko potato salad, and that lineup gets dangerous.
MugiThat works for a quick after-work pint or a full tasting session. This is officially my straight-to-Ikebukuro plan, and now I really want to start with Night Owl.
At vivo! BEER + DINING BAR, a basement beer pub near Ikebukuro East Exit, TOKYO ALEWORKS' Ikebukuro Night Owl has been added to the taps. On Thursdays, the bar opens at 4 p.m., which makes it easy to drop in for an early beer.
New taps
- TOKYO ALEWORKS 'Ikebukuro Night Owl': an oatmeal stout with caramel, chocolate, and coffee notes, described as rich and layered.
- Swan Lake 'Amber Swan Ale': an American-style amber ale with caramel character plus hop bitterness and aroma.
Draft lineup
The bar is pouring 20 beers today. The lineup spans pale ale, IPA, hazy IPA, double hazy IPA, pilsner, weissbier, Belgian wit, saison, fruit sour, cider, imperial stout, Irish dry stout, and lager. Highlights include vivo!×CYCAD BREWING '42 (forty two)', Oni Densetsu 'Kinki Pale Ale Strata Single ver.', Inkhorn Brewing 'Kastrel #5', 'Yellow Warbler 2026', and 'Vacation Mysteries', Y.Market Brewing 'Mata Ashita Hazy IPA', Campai! Brewing 'Tamaranzaka Hazy IPA', Minoh Beer 'Hikarakipils', Daisen G Beer 'Weizen', Kyoto Brewing 'Ichigo Ichie', North Coast 'Old Rasputin', Draft Guinness, and Kirin Beer 'Heartland'.
The food menu adds rye-bread rillette, potato salad with cod roe and edamame, a cold omelet, and a spicy hamburger, so it works well as a place to pair beer with a relaxed meal.
Information may be inaccurate. Please refer to the venue’s official channels for the latest details.
Hop BroToday’s topic is vivo! BEER＋DININGBAR by Ikebukuro East Exit, where TOKYO ALEWORKS just tapped Ikebukuro Night Owl.
MugiWhat! Night Owl already sounds like a perfect late-night beer. What does it taste like?
Hop BroHere’s the thing, it’s an oatmeal stout with layers of caramel, chocolate, and coffee, so it sounds rich and deep.
MugiWhoa, but oatmeal stout? What is that? That sounds like breakfast suddenly wandered into my beer!
Hop BroIt means they use oats to make the texture smoother. In plain terms, you get a silky, mellow mouthfeel.
MugiOhh, got it! And that’s not the only new tap, right? They also brought in Amber Swan Ale?
Hop BroExactly. Swan Lake’s Amber Swan Ale is an American-style amber ale with a nice caramel-and-hop balance.
MugiAnd they had 20 beers on tap that day? That’s too many. I’d freeze in front of the menu like a malfunctioning robot.
Hop BroThey’ve got everything from IPA and sour to cider, lager, and stout, and on Thursdays they open at 4 p.m. Add food like pork rillettes and mentaiko potato salad, and that lineup gets dangerous.
MugiThat works for a quick after-work pint or a full tasting session. This is officially my straight-to-Ikebukuro plan, and now I really want to start with Night Owl.
