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FYI, The page has moved to here (and has been updated with tasting notes): http://beerinjapan.com/bij/780/kiuchi-brewery-ibaraki/

The page has moved to here: http://beerinjapan.com/bij/780/kiuchi-brewery-ibaraki/

The page has moved to here: http://beerinjapan.com/bij/780/kiuchi-brewery-ibaraki/ Sorry for the inconvenience.

Hitachino make two white beers - their White Ale and Weizen. They use different yeast. As far as I know, the White Ale uses their standard ale yeast - the flavours come from the spices used rather than the yeast. I have a clone of the White Ale on my website - I made it at Kiuchi (Hitachino)...

Please update your links - I'm moved away from Wordpress: Making beer at the Kiuchi Brewery » Homebrew Japan

Indeed: The monster hops order « Homebrew Japan And the beauty of Freshops is that you can pick a bit of everything with no mininum - even 2 or 4oz - so you have have a bit of everything. A bit convoluted to order from them since you have to email them though. Send me a PM with your email...

Oh, and if you get a chance, try their Japanese Classic Ale and XH - they are both awesome. The JCA isn't actually on general release in Japan - only a few places have it. It's one of their best beers. XH is another spiced beer but with 8% alcohol.

Hey. I'm the guy who wrote the "Making beer at Kiuchi" webpage. If any of you guys make the beer following the recipe I posted on the webpage - which is straight from Kiuchi themselves - let me know how it turns out. I've added some notes in the comments today. HBJ

> How many jou is your apartment size? It's small. Believe me - doing homebrewing here requires a lot of creative use of space and compromises. I don't have a freezer I can use because it is full of hops. All food is stored outside the kitchen in the hall because I need room for the...

> i sent him your link. thanks! Cool. Tell him to get in touch. > Where exactly are you storing all this beer and equipment? In my apartment. In my stomach ;) > I was under the impression it was illegal to home brew in Japan. At least that was what I was told while living there...

:D Original pic here... showing that Kim Jong Il actually drinks Japanese beer!

Hi everyone, I've been lurking on these forums for a while now and thought it was time to post an introduction. I'm British, homebrewing in Tokyo, Japan. I started less than three months ago with a shop bought kit and have since: - moved onto partial mash and all grain - bought a...

I hear that Leffe Brown is good for culturing from.

Thanks for that - very helpful. I did three last night: First yeast harvest « Homebrew Japan The Baird beers are pretty much Japan only. I know they are bottled with their primary strain. The German - I don't even know if the yeast in the bottle is fresh enough to harvest from! I just did...

A number of my homebrewing friends are harvesting yeast from commercial bottles or reusing yeast from previous fermentations. I wanted to know how it was done so I've researched it and then written up this guide - hope it is useful to people! :mug: Reusing yeast from commercial bottles and...