Hakodate Yunokawa Brewery
- Address
- Hokkaido, 1-26-24 Yunokawa-cho, Hakodate
- Area
- Hokkaido Hakodate
What kind of brewery is Hakodate Yunokawa Brewery?
Hop BroThere’s a brewpub called Endeavour in Hakodate’s Yunokawa Onsen area, and it’s really interesting. They converted a building that used to be a woodworking shop warehouse into a brewery.
MugiWhat, a woodworking warehouse!? They’re making beer in a place like that?
Hop BroYeah. It’s a super small 200-liter system, and it’s brewed by head brewer Shimoida. They use 100% spring water from Otobe Town for the brewing water, and they’re also working on cultivating local two-row barley.
MugiWow! They’re even trying to grow the barley themselves. What kinds of beers do they make?
Hop BroTheir regular lineup includes Weizen, Pale Ale, and Red Ale, but the tap lineup changes all the time, which is part of the appeal. They’ve also made things like Sansho Saison, Basil Saison with holy basil, and a grape IPA with a white-grape aroma.
MugiWhat is that! Sansho, basil, and grapes!? They’re really going for it!
Hop BroEverything is unfiltered, and they deliver the beer with the ale yeast still alive. Because it’s a 200-liter system, they can do a lot of experimental beers. They’ve also made a single-hop IPA using only Idaho 7 hops.
MugiSo the small scale lets them have fun with it! It’s awesome that you can drink a different beer every time you go.
Hop BroWhat’s more, they collaborated with Yukawa Koshisushi, a long-established local sushi restaurant founded in 1964, to serve temari sushi paired with craft beer. A sushi shop and a brewery teaming up in a hot spring town is pretty rare.
MugiHot springs, craft beer, and temari sushi... isn’t that basically perfect? Now I have a reason to go to Yunokawa!
Hakodate Yunokawa Brewery Launches Temari Sushi Collaboration with Long-Established Yukawa Kozushi
