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Far Yeast Brewing will brew “Off Trail Kriek in the Barrel 2024,” the 44th brew from its innovative “Off Trail” brand.Off Trail Kriek in the Barrel 2024 will be available for general sale on Tuesday, March 26, 2012.
The fifth edition of the globally acclaimed “Kriek in the Barrel
Kriek in the Barrel” was first released in 2019 in collaboration with Portland, Oregon brewery Culmination Brewing, and won a bronze award at the Asia Beer Championship 2019. Since then, each subsequent release has won medals in international competitions, and the product is gaining recognition worldwide.
The previous product, “Kriek in the Barrel 2023,” won a prize in the fruit beer category at the Japan Brewers Cup 2024, one of the largest craft beer competitions in Japan, and is attracting attention in Japan as a product representing the Off Trail brand.
Off Trail Kriek in the Barrel” has won awards in the fruit beer category at the Japan Brewers Cup 2024, the largest craft beer competition in Japan.
Kriek in the Barrel (2019)
Asia Beer Championship 2019| Wood/Barrel Aged Beer category: Bronze Award
Kriek in the Barrel (2021)
Asia Beer Championship 2021|Wild Ale: Gold Medal
European Beer Star 2021|Belgian-Style Oude Lambic and Geuze category: Silver Award
Kriek in the Barrel 2022 (2022)
Asia Beer Championship 2022|Wild Ale: Gold Prize
International Beer Cup 2022|Fruited Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer Bronze Prize
Kriek in the Barrel 2023 (2023)
Asia Beer Championship 2023|Gold Medal in Wild Specialty Beer Category
European Beer Star 2023|Belgian-Style Lambic and Geuze: Silver Award
Japan Brewers Cup Fruit Beer Category|5th Place
Off Trail Kriek in the Barrel 2024″ was successfully blended again this year, and is the first beer since the label renewal. The label design was based on the motif of the previous year in order to evoke the funky, “Off Trail-like” finish from the barrel aging and blending process, which was inherited from previous releases.
Kriek is a Belgian beer style, originally a fruit sour ale made by adding sour cherries to autofermented lambic beer. Our “Kriek in the Barrel” is inspired by the traditional Kriek, but brewed with originality in its production process.
Kriek in the Barrel 2024 is a blend of lacto-fermented red ale juice (lactic acid fermented by kettle souring) and Brettanomyces yeast, fermented and aged for 12 months in red wine oak barrels, with cherry juice added for a secondary in-vessel fermentation. Barrel Aged Sour Ale. It has a complex aroma of funkiness from Brettanomyces, sweet and sour cherries, and caramel from the wood barrels. The flavor is a deep taste with a combination of dazzling acidity and a funkiness like that of a black pepper. The unique aromatic flavors become more apparent as the beer is poured into a glass and the temperature is gradually increased.
Off Trail is a “microbial beer” for a reason.
Off Trail Kriek in the Barrel 2024 will be available in limited quantities at the official Far Yeast Brewing Web Store from 12:00 p.m. onMarch 26 (Tuesday), and will be shipped to beer bars, restaurants, and liquor stores nationwide on March 27 (Wednesday). The shipment to beer bars, restaurants, and liquor stores nationwide will start on Wednesday, March 27.
Product Outline
Off Trail Kriek in the Barrel 2024
Official online store on sale Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Suggested retail price: open price
Ingredients:malt (made in Germany, made in England), cherry juice, sugar, hops
Alcohol content: 7.0%
IBU: –
Style : Barrel Aged Sour Red Ale with Cherries
Item : Happoshu (malt content of 50% or more)
Brewery : Far Yeast Brewing Genryu Brewery (Kosuge Village, Yamanashi Prefecture)
Specifications :330ml bottle / 750ml bottle / 10L keg
*Purchase for commercial use: Far Yeast direct wholesale purchase site https://faryeast.i12.bcart.jp/
*Purchase for general public: Far Yeast official online store https://faryeast.stores.jp/