{"id":8427,"date":"2014-04-27T21:31:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T07:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/?p=8427"},"modified":"2014-04-27T21:31:07","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T07:31:07","slug":"beer-is-good-yoho-suiyoubi-no-neko-belgian-ale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/04\/27\/beer-is-good-yoho-suiyoubi-no-neko-belgian-ale\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer is Good \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Yoho Suiyoubi no Neko Belgian Ale"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This is another beer that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen a few times but never tried. I came across it again while trying to search for Kawaba<\/em> using \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Japanese weiss\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as search terms. I shortlisted it for a taste test. All I needed was the chance to get one, and on the way back from Noboribetsu, I got the chance. The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cat beer\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can is unmistakable. It does make one ponder who the intended market for this beer is. The same brewery also makes Yona Yona Ale<\/em> and Tokyo Black<\/em> beer. Neither of these sounded that intriguing, especially when I already had some special brews from Noboribetsu Beer already in my pack, so I just got the cat.<\/p>\n

Now as to the brewery, the katakana on the can has them as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yahou<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, like as you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d call out from a mountaintop. The website listed on the can is the romaji \u00e2\u20ac\u0153yohobrewing dot com\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. When you go to the site, they use the romaji \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Yo-ho<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Seriously? Do they not know themselves what their own company name is?<\/p>\n

The beer pours a clear straw blonde with a thin head. I tried swirling the can to bring up any solids, but this beer has been filtered. That disappointed me a little. The initial taste is wheaty and mildly astringent followed with a strong blooming of an apricot aromatic. It is not as heavy on the tongue as an unfiltered Belgian like the ubiquitous Blue Moon, but you can still taste all the components \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the wheat, the coriander, and the orange peel. The filtration makes it a bit brighter and more refreshing, similar to the Samuel Adams Winter Ale, and would make a great post-boarding or post-MTB beer. If it was a local specialty from up North here, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d bring some back, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s from Karuizawa, Nagano, so you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have to find your own sources. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good beer, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not what I expected.<\/p>\n

Recommended<\/p>\n

Three out of four filtered monkeys<\/p>\n

4.5% ABV<\/p>\n

Available in Japan and specific worldwide markets<\/p>\n

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This is another beer that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen a few times but never tried. I came across it again while trying to search for Kawaba using \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Japanese weiss\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as search terms. I shortlisted it for a taste test. All I needed was the chance to get one, and on the way back from Noboribetsu, I got […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[7,8,13,18],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paJYlx-2bV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8427"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8434,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8427\/revisions\/8434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}