COEDO Ruri Beer: A Taste of Japan in Japan
Ruri is the Japanese word for lapis lazuli — the deep, luminous blue that appears in traditional Japanese lacquerware and ceramics. Coedo Brewery chose that…
Ruri is the Japanese word for lapis lazuli — the deep, luminous blue that appears in traditional Japanese lacquerware and ceramics. Coedo Brewery chose that…
A single-hop pilsner makes a specific statement. Instead of blending several hop varieties, the brewer chooses one hop and lets it define the beer. Coedo…
Kawagoe is a city in Saitama known for its historic warehouse district and sweet potato production. Surprisingly, that agricultural tradition helped shape the story of…
Over the past two decades, Japan’s independent beer scene has built a range that now covers nearly every style the wider world produces. At the…
There’s a particular sound to a Saturday afternoon back home: a barbecue lid clanking shut, someone yelling that the snags are nearly done, and an…
The Baltic states share a brewing tradition that crosses the borders between Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These borders have shifted throughout the past century, but…
Yoho Brewing in Karuizawa is one of the breweries that changed what Japanese people expected from beer. Founded in 1996 in the mountains of Nagano,…
Mosto is what wine starts as before fermentation turns it into wine. In Spain, producers press fresh white grapes to make mosto. People then drink…
Spain’s beer market has been dominated for decades by a small number of major regional brands, including Estrella Galicia, Mahou, Cruzcampo, and Estrella Damm. These…
The difference between dry and sweet cider matters to serious cider drinkers. Galicia’s traditional sidra culture sits firmly on the dry side of that divide.…