A couple of friends started Trunk coffee around the same time that Y. Market started (a little over year ago) and both companies have been pretty awesome for Nagoya to be honest. Trunk did a limited beer with Y. Market for their 1 years anniversary a few months back and is now doing what looks like 10 limited Shiga Kogen beers brewed with single origin coffees from Trunk. If any of you are in Nagoya this is probably a pretty special event to attend. Shiga has said the beers won’t be made available outside of this event, so it’s worth mentioning I guess. Link is here: |
Lots of Beer Geeks love coffee, would you happen to know if the Barrel Aged Beans Craze has hit Japan yet? |
These cannot be rated, right? Just beans added to kegs, it seems... Looks fun, tho, esp. The other beers, as I don’t really care about coffee. |
Originally posted by beercation Not happened yet and doubt it will happen in the near future, given the lack of barrels in general. I’ve had these coffees, from Modern Times anyways, and glad I tried it once, but found I would just prefer good coffee instead of BA coffee. A bit gimmicky IMO, but I understand why they are doing it. I won’t be purchasing any BA coffee beans in the near future. As Kyoto mentioned, if these are beans added to the keg, they are not rateable on RB, though I am sure the beers will be interesting. I bought some Trunk coffee at the Snow Monkey Live. It was decent, but very pricey. I wish Trunk the best and hopefully more coffee stouts in Japan as that is lacking, and I do like my coffee stouts. Tim |
Sounds like a fun event and the non-rateable thing means if I went I could just focus on enjoying the beer rather than analyzing it ;) Alas right now I am in full on gearing up for Europe mode and still kicking around different itineraries. You make plans then find out somewhere is closed or make an appointment to meet someone which makes you go back to the drawing board. |
I was just at Les Trois 8 in May. Couldn’t stay long, but definetely a good place to go for rare French beers, of which the quality is a bit up and down. Still if I remember they had about 10-12 taps that were mainly/only focused on French beers. A beer garden would seem even better - the bar is nothing too special. |
Originally posted by KansaiBeerLvrs Paris in August?You really need to check what is open and closed for everything that you are doing before finalizing a plan! |
Yep, most bars/breweries seem to be open and pumping out suds for the summer. I chose Paris due to a cheap flight via Vietnam. A weekend of museums + beer exploration then on to London for the GBBF. |
Checking I discovered Supercoin kick the kegs event before closing from the 9th to the 18th. |
Originally posted by willisread Just to get back on topic with coffee. My thoughts are Onibus, Switch or Amemeria - I don’t know any of these, but will check them out Bearpond - too much attitude, like their shit don’t stink. My wife and I tried a few different drinks, but thought they were just Ok, including the espresso. I don’t think I would go back. Little Nap - Hands down one of my favorite and what I generally recommend to people. Its a bit slow and small, but if you can relax and just enjoy things, its worth the wait. Fuglen - I’ve been meaning to go to. They seem to do well with beer too. I would recommend Balloon D’ Essai - not far from Bearpond. Despite the fact they focus on cute lattes. The lattes themselves are killer and having these lattes after just having a latte at Bearpond, it was clear which is the real winner in Shimokitazawa. https://coffeedrinkersmakebetterlovers.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/tokyo-coffee-trail-15-ballon-dessai-latte-art/ Toriba in ginza - coffee is not bad, but a bit over rated, however the 100 yen samplers at the shop are basically a small coffee of freshly roasted, high quality beans=winning. Sarutahiko in Ebisu - Top notch for pretty much everything. I don’t like drink at the shop though as it is way too small. Still it is where I probably buy my beans the most often. For Chain coffee place, I would go with Streamers though they only have 3 or 4 locations. Their ice cafe latte is killer. Tim |
Originally posted by KyotoLefty Ah you know I didn’t even realize that. They definitely just added beans to the beers I’m sure. Pardon my ignorance, but would this be any different than for example the shoubu miyama blonde? Aren’t they just technically adding shoubu to the miyama blonde tanks? Maybe not, I’m not sure really. |
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