Sakamichi Nights – Details, episodes & analysis

Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew (and sometimes guests) pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit. 

Thank you very much to this week's guest co-host Casey of Beanpodville (@TBeanpod)!!

Together we drank a Japanese classic beer, set a romantic scene, and aired some family grievances.

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew (and sometimes guests) pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit. 

Another Sakamichi original this week - Tachikawa Hop City, a hazy pale ale that we made together with Be Easy here in hot, hot, hot Tachikawa. Also discussed: Last week's festival, next week's festival, brewery updates, and the many crimes of Daniel Bellamy.

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew (and sometimes guests) pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit. 

A very special episode this week as Matthew was joined by Noah Oskow (@NoahOskow) of Unseen Japan (@UnseenJapanSite) to drink some Hop Executor, discuss authenticity in craft beer, and plan an extreme Edo period tubing experience. Find us on Twitter at @sakamichi_beer

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

This week we tried some of the excellent Wait and Hope from Nara Brewing, and the delicious Hop and Escape from West Coast Brewing. Both are breweries with a strong visual language, so we also talked a bit about our own experience of trying to establish our identity in the Japanese craft beer world. Then Matthew went on a bit of a weird rant about commodity fetishism. 

Also mentioned were Baird Brewing in Shizuoka, Vertere in Okutama, and Modern Times in California. 

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

This week we tried some of the excellent White Gradation from Y-Market in Nagoya. An extremely drinkable and well-balanced Hefeweizen. What's the correct way to pronounce Hefeweizen? We don't know. We do know though that both Daniel and Matthew have grown to love wheat beers, so we discuss what makes them, how they taste, and some of the history and practicality behind brewing with wheat. We also introduce a new character to the Sakamichi Cinematic Universe. 

We were also trying out a new microphone this week and Matthew may have screwed some of the settings up, which is why Daniel sounds so much quieter than him. Sources confirm that this absolutely was not a deliberate choice. 

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

In this very special episode we tried some of our own Anniversary IPA, and looked back on our first year in business. We opened the taproom on the 16th of March 2020 and have faced plenty of "learning and growing experiences" since then. The Anniversary IPA was brewed together with our friends at Beer Brain - many thanks to them. We also talked a little about our experience at the Tokyo Picnic event last year, which we highly recommend if it goes ahead again in 2021. 

Thanks to everyone who has supported us in any way over our first year. We are very grateful to each and every one of you. Cheers! 

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

This week we drank some of the excellent Strata Drift from our friends at NomCraft Brewing in Wakayama. This double dry hopped IPA took its inspiration from the Strata Hops grown in brewmaster Ben's home state of Oregon. We also briefly mentioned the fabulously hoppy Chief Peak, from Topa Topa in California, the inspiration for which came from their local landscape. 

Following that we talked about the recipe development process, where inspiration comes from and how that inspiration is turned into sweet, delicious beer. Finally, does mars bar beer exist? Could mars bar beer exist? Should mars bar beer exist? 

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

This time we drank 年またぎセッション (Toshi Matagi Session) from Repubrew in Numazu. This West Coast Session IPA is super light and drinkable, and has a very interesting hop bill that includes several different varieties of cryo hops. We also discussed some of the different ways that hops can be processed for use in the brewery, who has to clean up the mess, and whether cryo hops can bestow super powers. 

Apologies for some of the background noise on this one. We record in our taproom and for some reason the traffic outside was heavier than usual today. How many ambulances can you spot?

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each week Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit.

This week we talked about Temple Garden Yuzu Ale from Baird Brewing in Shizuoka - Matthew's old workplace! Baird have taprooms in Tokyo, Yokohama, and Numazu, and we highly recommend them! 

If you are interested in our 1 year anniversary event more details can be found here - https://fb.me/e/1R1CHC4pX

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Sakamichi Brewing is located in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Each episode Daniel and Matthew pick a beer or two from the menu and talk about it a bit. 

In this episode we talked about Kyun Cake from NomCraft in Wakayama, and Chocolate Brownie Milk Stout from Two Rabbits in Shiga - NOT IN EHIME, as Matthew kept insisting. We also mentioned our friends at Isana Brewing in Akishima. Apologies for the sound quality, we record in our taproom so you may hear the fridge in the background (that's the thing that sounds like a gun going off) and the ambulances outside. 

If you are interested in our 1 year anniversary event more details can be found here - https://fb.me/e/1R1CHC4pX

Find us on Twitter at @sakamichi_beer

Find us on Instagram at @sakamichibrewing

Find us on Facebook at @SakamichiBrewing

Music by Zen_Man from Pixabay