Off Trail

Off Trail is the beer brand that challenges craft beer’s new possibilities by utilizing microorganisms other than common wild yeast and beer brewing yeast.
Off Trail = unpaved road
Off Trail is the beer project launched in 2019 to challenge craft beer’s new possibilities.The name embodies the spirit of the project, conjuring the notion of forging a new path on an unpaved road, going Off Trail, rather than keeping to the beaten path of conventional brewing.
Well-crafted beer brewing with microorganisms
For Off Trail beers, we are particular about making beer using microorganisms other than brewer’s yeast, which are thoroughly washed through the modern beer brewing process. We are constantly trying to create a rich and complex aroma by utilizing various wild yeasts and microorganisms by the barrel aging method of aging beer in barrels used for wine, sake and whiskey.
Unique and non-reproducible beer
Each barrel-aged base beer has a unique character depending on the environment inside the barrel, and you will never encounter the same taste again. Local specialties such as fruits and spices can be blended with each beer, and different kinds of base beers can be also blended together. The chemical reactions that occur in nature give us new surprises everytime we brew Off Trail beer.
Off Trail
#43 Off Trail Obedience
''Off Trail OBEDIENCE'' is a rich and heavy barleywine style beer. Barleywine, which means "barley wine," is a beer style that originated in England in the 19th century and has a high alcohol content that makes it feel like wine. The base beer is mashed twice and boiled for a total of 10 hours, then aged in bourbon barrels for 8 months. A sweet and heavy barleywine has been completed.
#42 Off Trail Betrayal
``Off Trail BETRAYAL'' is an imperial stout that aims for a rich and heavy taste. Despite the sweet and gentle aromas of chocolate, caramel, and vanilla, the taste is extremely bitter. It's soft to drink, yet heavy with high alcohol. This work, which vividly betrays the first impression, has been named "BETRAYAL".
#41 Off Trail Chaotic Order
'Off Trail Chaotic Order'' is a collaboration with Iwasaki Jozo, a long-established winery located in Katsunuma, the birthplace of Japanese wine. As a brewery with a brewery located in Yamanashi, one of the best winery areas in Japan, we have taken on the challenge of creating a hybrid product that utilizes winemaking methods.
#40 Off Trail Wild Caught2023
“Off Trail Wild Caught2023” is the second collaboration with the game brand “Tabajibie” from Tanbayama Village, a neighboring village across the mountain from Kosuge Village, Yamanashi Prefecture, where the Far Yeast Brewing Genryu Brewery is located. Barrel Aged Sour Amber Ale is a blend that is the best match for the "Shika Burger", which is a specialty of Tabajibie and is a very popular menu item. A blend of sour red ale aged for 9 months in red wine oak barrels and wheat strong ale.
#39 Off Trail Passing the Torch
Off Trail Passing the Torch released to commemorate the brand's 4th anniversary, is based on a sour red ale aged for 9 months and balanced with a blend of spiced dry and wheat strong. Add cinnamon and dried dates for accents. Additionally, we charred and pickled Quercus wood chips from Tanbayama Village, a village next to Kosuge Village in Yamanashi Prefecture, where the brewery is located. Behind the warm cinnamon flavor, you can feel a slight smoky aroma and tannins derived from Quercus oak.

#38 Off Trail Lightning Strike ~稲妻~
“Off Trail LIGHTNING STRIKE ~Inazuma~” is from “Off Trail,” a brand that takes on the challenge of creating innovative beer, and uses plums from Kosuge Village, Yamanashi Prefecture.
This year, it will be a new product that uses a different style of base beer from last year's "Umekin' Me Crazy!". We chose Brett Pale Ale, a tropical and fruity beer that had been aged in barrels for 6 months, as the base blend because it matched very well with the sourness of plums. Considering this year's climate, where the summer heat continues into September, we also blended a blonde ale with the aim of creating a refreshing drink. The addition of ginger balances out the pungent sourness of the plums, giving Off Trail a funky aftertaste typical of barrel aging, but with a light and drinkable finish.
#37 Off Trail Sleeping Dragon
"Sleeping Dragon" is a unique collaboration of miso and craft beer between Far Yeast Brewing in Kosuge Village, Yamanashi Prefecture and Gomi Soy Sauce in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture.
Gomi Soy Sauce is a long-established company that has been producing Koshu Miso by natural brewing in wooden barrels since its establishment in the first year of the Meiji era. This time, the first collaboration between companies based in Yamanashi Prefecture was realized under the theme of "fermentation", and a unique collaboration product of miso x craft beer was born.
#36 Off Trail Upstream
“Off Trail Upstream” is Far Yeast Brewing in Kosuge Village, Yamanashi, and VERTERE in Okutama, Tokyo is located upstream and downstream of the Tama River across Lake Okutama, respectively. This time, the first collaboration between breweries that brew beer using water from the same water source has been realized.
#35 Off Trail Tea Time
“Off Trail Tea Time” is the second collaboration with West Coast Brewing, a barrel-aged sour amber ale with hojicha latte flavor. Sour Red Ale and Sour Blond Ale aged for 16 months in red wine oak barrels use hojicha as a secondary ingredient that West Coast Brewing wanted to try. I added vanilla beans to make it even more flavorful.
#34 Off Trail Kriek in the Barrel 2023
Kriek in the Barrel 2023 is a red ale that was lacto-fermented by kettle-souring and aged in oak barrels for 12 months with Brettanomyces yeast, and now blended with a sour porter that was aged for 22 months in red wine barrels. This is a barrel-aged sour ale with a base beer that has more depth and complexity than our past products, and is soaked in cherries.