Oirase Brewery Introduces a Towada Barayaki Plate Menu
Oirase Brewery introduced the local specialty "Towada Barayaki" of Towada City, Aomori Prefecture, as a plate menu on Instagram. At its directly operated restaurant, guests can enjoy beer brewed with Oirase's spring water and stone-oven dishes made with local ingredients.
Hop BroToday I'm talking about Oirase Brewery, and they introduced Towada Barayaki as a plate, which is pretty irresistible for beer lovers.
MugiWait, that's the Towada classic with tons of onions, right? The one that makes you keep eating rice!
Hop BroExactly. It's a dish made by stir-frying beef belly and onions in a sweet-savory soy sauce, and when you pair it with beer, it goes down dangerously easily.
MugiHuh, I always thought a brewery was just about drinks, but you can eat it at the directly operated restaurant?
Hop BroYou can. At OIRASE BEER Brewery & Restaurant, you can enjoy local dishes like this alongside stone-oven pizza and meat dishes, and it pairs perfectly with a freshly poured pint.
MugiThat's amazing! And the brewing water is Oirase's spring water too? Even the name sounds delicious!
Hop BroThey use groundwater from the Hakkoda mountains and have pilsner, dark lager, amber lager, and weizen, so the range of flavors is pretty broad.
MugiI get pilsner, but dark lager and weizen suddenly hit me with a wall of jargon and my brain went all floaty!
Hop BroRoughly speaking, dark lager is more toasty, and weizen has a gentle wheat character. The sweet-savory flavor of Barayaki gives you a wide range of pairings.
MugiI see, so it's not just serving local food, but making you enjoy the taste of the region together with beer that's the Oirase way.
Hop BroExactly. If Towada Barayaki, stone-oven dishes, and Oirase beer are all on the table, you'd want to raise a glass right away.
A Towada classic on one plate
Oirase Brewery featured Towada Barayaki, a local specialty from Towada City, Aomori Prefecture, as a plate menu. Towada Barayaki is a signature Towada dish made by stir-frying beef belly and plenty of onions in a sweet-savory soy sauce-based sauce.
The brewery has operated since 1997 on the grounds of the roadside station "Oirase Roman Park" in Ose, Towada City. It brews using "Oirase no Genryusui," groundwater from the Hakkoda mountains, and offers core beers such as pilsner, dark lager, amber lager, and weizen.
At its directly operated "OIRASE BEER Brewery & Restaurant," the appeal is that you can enjoy freshly brewed beer alongside dishes centered on pizza and meat dishes baked in a handmade stone oven. Towada Barayaki is positioned as one of the menu items that make use of local ingredients.
Rather than simply reproducing a local specialty, Oirase Brewery builds it into a dining experience that feels distinctly its own. Being able to enjoy the flavors of the region and craft beer in the same place is what makes this dish so appealing.
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Hop BroToday I'm talking about Oirase Brewery, and they introduced Towada Barayaki as a plate, which is pretty irresistible for beer lovers.
MugiWait, that's the Towada classic with tons of onions, right? The one that makes you keep eating rice!
Hop BroExactly. It's a dish made by stir-frying beef belly and onions in a sweet-savory soy sauce, and when you pair it with beer, it goes down dangerously easily.
MugiHuh, I always thought a brewery was just about drinks, but you can eat it at the directly operated restaurant?
Hop BroYou can. At OIRASE BEER Brewery & Restaurant, you can enjoy local dishes like this alongside stone-oven pizza and meat dishes, and it pairs perfectly with a freshly poured pint.
MugiThat's amazing! And the brewing water is Oirase's spring water too? Even the name sounds delicious!
Hop BroThey use groundwater from the Hakkoda mountains and have pilsner, dark lager, amber lager, and weizen, so the range of flavors is pretty broad.
MugiI get pilsner, but dark lager and weizen suddenly hit me with a wall of jargon and my brain went all floaty!
Hop BroRoughly speaking, dark lager is more toasty, and weizen has a gentle wheat character. The sweet-savory flavor of Barayaki gives you a wide range of pairings.
MugiI see, so it's not just serving local food, but making you enjoy the taste of the region together with beer that's the Oirase way.
Hop BroExactly. If Towada Barayaki, stone-oven dishes, and Oirase beer are all on the table, you'd want to raise a glass right away.
