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Far Yeast Brewing will release “Off Trail Funkphobia”, the first collaboration with up-and-coming brewery Totopia Brewery (Head office: Nagakute, Aichi, Japan; Representative: Junya Morita), from April 30, 2023. Off Trail Funkphobia”, the first collaboration with the up-and-coming brewery Totopia Brewery (headquartered in Nagakute, Aichi, Japan; Junya Morita, CEO), will be on sale from April 30, 2023.
Off Trail Funkphobia” is the first collaboration between Off Trail’s funky sours and Totopia Brewery’s fruit technology. The brand “Off Trail” is challenging new possibilities for craft beer. The result varies depending on the barrels and environment in which the beer is aged, so no two beers are ever the same.
In the five years since the brand was launched, Off Trailhas participated in beer festivals and tap takeovers at beer bars around Tokyo, not as “one of Far Yeast Brewing’s brands,” but as a stand-alone brand, to bring the appeal of barrel-aged beer to beer fans. We are actively engaged in activities to deliver the appeal of barrel-aged beer to beer fans. In the midst of these activities,I happened to meet Mr. Morita, the head brewer of Totopia Brewery, and Mr. Eugene, the head brewer, at the booth next to ours at the Shizuoka Craft Beer & Whiskey Fair in2022. They were soinlove with the sour ale and fruit puree techniques that the project leader, Aoki, sent them a love call, and this collaboration was born.The two brewers visited Totopia Brewery, tasted the base beer, decided on the blending together, and designed the product with advice from Eugene on how to use the fruit puree.
■Fruit puree makes barrel-aged beer funky at its best
The process used in this project is a commonly used method of sour ale + fruit + dry hops, but we found the Off Trail character in it. Our goal was to create a sour, funky barrel-aged beer with a psychedelic feel with a swirl of complexity that is enhanced by the fruit and hop elements.
We blended a 23-month aged Sour Blonde Ale, which is clothed in complexity, an 11-month aged Spiced Rye Sour Ale soaked in orange peel and star anise, and a Wheat Strong Ale that balances the overall body of the beer. The fruit was pureed with pink guava and peach and dry hopped with Citra and Nectarone hops for a citrus and tropical character. Yeast, which Totopia Brewery says they always use, was added to the beer with the fruit puree. The result is a complex combination of funkiness and sourness with the tropical character of the puree, and is close to the psychedelic image we were aiming for.
Totopia Brewery also blended a spiced rye sour ale that had been aging on the Off Trail side of the brewery, “Funkphilia“,on the same day .Funkphilia” will be released on the same day.
Thetwo beershave contrasting names, “Funkphilia” and “Funkphobia,” and their label designs are linked with the worldviews of their respective breweries.
Off Trai Funkphobia”will be available in limited quantities at the official Far Yeast Brewing Web Store from 12:00 on April 30 (Tuesday). Purchases at the official Web Store and shipments to beer bars, restaurants, and liquor stores nationwide will begin sequentially on May 1 (Wed.).
A double tap takeover event will be held onMay 11 (Sat) at Totopia Brewery’s directly operated store, BEER PUB BRICK LANE in Nagoya, Aichi, and on May 19 (Sun)at Mikkeller KioskBarin Shibuya, Tokyo, where both companies’ collaboration beers will be available for enjoyment.For details, please visit the websites and SNS of each company.
Details will be announced on each company’s website and SNS.
Product Outline
Off Trail Funkphobia
Available Tuesday, April 30
Suggested Retail Price: Open Price
Ingredients:malt (foreign made), pink guava puree, peach puree, sugar, wheat, hops, spices
Alcohol: 7.5%
IBU: –
Style : Barrel Aged Sour Ale with Pink Guava andPeach
Item : Happoshu(Malt usage more than 50%)
Brewery : Far Yeast Brewing Genryu Brewery (Kosuge-mura, Yamanashi)
Specification : 330ml/750ml bottle
*Purchase at the online store here : https://faryeast.stores.jp/
【About Totopia Brewery】
A small craft brewery founded in 2022 in Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture to build a spectacular craft beer world yet to be seen Most of the beers Totopia Brewery makes use large amounts of hops to imagine different worlds. Fresh fruits and plants are also transformed into beers, and these beers show further depth. We will offer a new beer experience like you have never tasted before.The city’s rich natural environment offers many possibilities, and the connection between Totopia Brewery’s beers is palpable.Above all, we believe that our mission is to draw growth not only in scale.
＜Cross collaboration product＞ *Order with Totopia Brewery
Totopia Brewery “Funkphilia
Style : Blended Barrel Aged Sour IPA
Alcohol content: 5.5%.
<Price 500ml can / ¥1150- (tax included) / bottle
15L keg / ¥23,000-(tax not included) ¥25,300-(tax included)
500ml can / ¥25,091-(tax not included) ¥27,600-(tax included)
Cross collaboration product between Totopia Brewery and Off Trail.
The base Sour IPA grain and hop composition is truly a Hazy IPA, blended with “Spiced Rye Sour,” a 12-month aged barrel soured with aged hops, orange peel, and octagon from their wide variety of barrel sours. The hops are Citra, Citra, Orange Peel, and Octagon. The hops are Citra and Nectaron Cryo dry hopped to give it a strong presence. The blend is completed by carefully blending the different characteristics of “PH,” “fruit,” and “oak aroma. This new world of Sour IPA, which Totopia alone has not been able to achieve so far, has been expressed through the collaboration with Off Trail.
For inquiries about ordering“Funkphilia,” pleasecontact https://totopiabrewery.bestbeerjapan.com/contact
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