Be Easy Brewing
- Address
- Aomori, 5-7-9 Matsukage, Hirosaki City
- Area
- Aomori Hirosaki City
What kind of brewery is Be Easy Brewing?
Hop BroLet’s start with Be Easy Brewing in Hirosaki. This brewery has a seriously interesting backstory.
MugiHirosaki makes me think of apples, but who’s brewing there?
Hop BroGareth Burns. He’s American, and a former U.S. Air Force bomb disposal specialist. He came to Aomori when he was assigned to Misawa Air Base.
MugiWhat? From bomb disposal to brewing beer!? That’s such a huge gap!
Hop BroHe discovered craft beer in Tokyo around 2008 and got hooked on homebrewing, then opened in Hirosaki in 2016. The first floor is the brewery and the second floor is the taproom, "Gareth’s Hideaway."
MugiA hideaway! Even the name sounds fun. What kind of beer do they make?
Hop BroHere’s the fun part: the beer names are in Tsugaru dialect. They’ve brewed more than 150 varieties, and they also use local ingredients like apples, strawberries, and Tsugaru rice. Their "Apple Pie Ala Mode," a collaboration with United Arrows, is a Berliner Weisse brewed with apple juice, cinnamon, and vanilla, and it really tastes like apple pie.
MugiWhat? A beer that tastes like apple pie is way too intriguing!
Hop BroTheir quality is well proven too. At the German international beer competition Finest Beer Selection 2024, "Aomori Ale" scored 93 points and was certified as a top-tier product. Among 825 entries from 16 countries, it earned the highest score from Japan.
MugiWow. It’s such a great story when someone from overseas falls in love with Aomori, makes Tsugaru-dialect beers, and gets recognized worldwide.
Hop BroThey also run a farm called Be Easy Farms, so they’re involved from cultivating ingredients onward. Even in their 10th year, they’re still pushing forward as a brewery.
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