Fuji to Hood: A Japan/Portland Beer Collaboration Brewfest

Here’s an event which should appeal to Portland Japanophiles and beer lovers, neither of which there is a shortage.

On April 21, Fuji to Hood will be held from 12 noon to 4pm in The Bindery Annex building in Portland. Ten beers and one cider, all collaborations between Portland-based breweries and Japanese brewers. Each was brewed using one or more Japanese ingredients --some fairly commonplace, and some quite unusual (indigo beer anyone? How about a shiso brew?)

A ticket costs $25, and includes one Fuji to Hood event glass and 12 drink tickets. .

Here are the brewers, the collaboration beers, and the special ingredients used:

Breakside Brewery / Far Yeast Brewing

Sweet Osmanthus Saison

(kinmokusei flowers)

5.9%  / 25 IBU

Burnside Brewing Co. / Yokosuka Brewing

“Who’s Umami?”

(shiitake powder)

5.8%  /  21 IBU

Cascade Brewing / Y.Market Brewing

Shiso Sour Red Basil Ale

(fermented red shiso leaves)

7.5% / 9 IBU

Culmination Brewing  /  Ise Kadoya Brewing

Oishi Nashi

(yeast from a tree at Ise Shrine and Asian Pear juice)

4.8%

Ecliptic Brewing  /  Heiwa Shuzou

Shi Shi Saison

(sansho and yuzu peel)

6.8%  /  IBU 20

Ex Novo Brewing  /  Rise & Win

Going Postal Citrus Sour

(yoko citrus and indigo leaves

5.4%  /  IBU 46

 

quite a color to this one! Maybe there's no SRM label for it.

Gigantic Brewing  /  Harvest Moon Brewing

Oni Kawaii

(black rice and marionberries)

4.2%

Hopworks Urban Brewery  /  Nihonbashi Brewing

Hinoki Lager

(sake kasu and Japanese cypress chips)

5%

Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider  /  Son of the Smith Hard Cider

Yaoyorozu, aka 8 Million

(Nagano wild yeast and Nagano apple blossom honey)

6.8%

Upright Brewing  /  Kyoto Brewing Company

Pacific Herbs

(rice, sansho, mikan peel, and shiso leaf)

4.4%

Widmer Brothers Brewing  /  Spring Valley Brewing

Sudachi Ace

(sudachi and kabosu)

2%

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