A microbrewery in Abashiri City, Hokkaido has developed a new happoshu called Ryuhyo Draft using water from melted ice floes (hence the 流氷 in the name) and pigment from local seaweed to give it a blue hue. I wonder if it tastes better than Hotate (scallop) Draft?



Get them online here.

Mulboyne wrote:

Isn't that color green to the Japanese eye? Or, can green only be blue?

GJ

Mulboyne wrote:

This is similar in both appearance and I assume taste to what the Inuit drink up in Davis Inlet, except there they call it antifreeze.

Mulboyne wrote:happoshu

That aint really beer.

You guys are just a bunch of girlie-men! Looks like "I" (a real warrior)will volunteer as the Green...er, blue whatever, beer drinker! I am sure, once you close your eye's, the taste(hopefully)will inevitably be the same.

-Cheers:beer:

I dunno. Does drinking aftershave make one a macho man? I thought it just made you a rubby.

dimwit wrote:I dunno. Does drinking aftershave make one a macho man? I thought it just made you a rubby.

That's just the sterno and Nighttrain talking..........

goddamnit! first off, what the fuck is a microbrewery doing making happoshu?
and blue beer? dont they know that there are plenty of tried and tested good recipes out there that they could be perfecting?
milk beer, seaweed beer, scallop beer.. fuck!
i was actually very pleased with what the big breweries would do over in japan, kirin in particular had quite a few different smaller-run beers, some i noticed appeared to be bottle conditioned (a thin layer of dead yeast at the bottom of the bottle).. many microbrews, however, fell short and lacked any real character.. and by character, i definitely do not mean adding green seaweed or other gimmicks to hide their shitty brewing behind.. the whole reason the microbrew thing went off in the states was because they are producing quality beer that people dont mind paying a bit more for.. i dont think you could win customers over with a gimmick..
but then again, i have often found myself amazed by the actions of consumers (especially in japan...)

Visitor K wrote:goddamnit! first off, what the fuck is a microbrewery doing making happoshu?
and blue beer? dont they know that there are plenty of tried and tested good recipes out there that they could be perfecting?

I agreee. They ought to be spending their time perfecting SkittleBrau.

Hey, don`t let the smooth taste fool you!;)

Sorry to resurrect a very old thread, but I do so as a public service in case some unforunate decides to go out and buy this drek based on Rocket News' glowing praise.
I was victimized by this swill a couple of years ago and it really tastes like daikon. Daikon with a nasty aftertaste that just never quits. Possibly the worst microbrew I have ever tried.

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/09/25/% ... s-factory/

So...blue balls beer is a more apt name?