Mimasaka Beer Works
- Address
- Okayama, 817-1 Egawa, Maniwa City
- Area
- Okayama Maniwa
What kind of brewery is Mimasaka Beer Works?
Hop BroMr. Hirotsugu Miura of Mimasaka Beer Works actually used to dislike beer.
MugiWhat? The person making beer used to dislike beer?
Hop BroHe preferred wine and sake, but while studying microbiology at university, he was apparently shocked by the aroma of craft beer. He’s the son of a dairy farmer from Ochiai in Maniwa City.
MugiFrom a dairy farmer's son to a brewmaster! That's an amazing transformation.
Hop BroHis background is impressive too. He learned fermentation at Talmary, famous for its natural-yeast bread, trained in beer brewing at Outsider Brewing in Yamanashi, and worked for a year and a half at RAKU BEER in Hiroshima. When Talmary relocated to Tottori, he was even put in charge of launching its beer business.
MugiHe really put in the hard work! He must know fermentation inside and out.
Hop BroThen, after getting married, he returned to his hometown of Maniwa and went independent in 2018. The brewery is a renovated former school lunch kitchen. What’s interesting is how they use adjuncts: for example, 'SAKEKASU SPECIAL' made with sake lees from Tsujihonten, the local Gozenshu brewery, and 'PALE ALE' made with hojicha from Maniwa.
MugiSake lees beer! They're collaborating with a sake brewery!
Hop Bro'STRONG STOUT' uses coffee beans from Bankoku Coffee in Tsuyama City, and it won gold at the Japan Great Beer Awards 2022. In 2023, 'SESSION IPA' and 'Baked Apple Weizen' won silver.
MugiA gold medal! They're getting solid results with local ingredients.
Hop BroWhat's more, they're also working to cultivate Cascade hops in Shinjō Village in Maniwa District, and they brew beer with those fresh hops too. So far they've made more than 30 kinds of beer, and their style is to keep combining local seasonal ingredients like sanshō pepper, peach, grapes, and apples one after another.
MugiThey're even growing their own hops!? I want to go to Maniwa and try it!
Mimasaka Beer Works Accepts Early-Bird Orders for Father’s Day Sets Until June 10
Mimasaka Beer Works introduces its limited release 'Cascade in the Dark'
Mimasaka Beer Works in Maniwa, Okayama, Introduces Limited Release ‘Cinnamon Lemon White’
Mimasaka Beer Works to Hold Reservation-Only Event on April 4 About a Trip Through Bolivia in South America
Mimasaka Beer Works brews a “dry black” with Cascade from Shinjo Village in Maniwa
