Far Yeast Grapevine 2024 / Limited edition beer upcycled from grapes of Katsunuma Winery in Koshu, Yamanashi

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Chateau Mercian Katsunuma Winery (Koshu City, Yamanashi Prefecture), in collaboration with Mercian Viticol Katsunuma Corporation (Koshu City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Representative Director: Yazaburo Yoshida), a qualified agricultural land-owning corporation that cultivates grapes for the winery, will release “Far Yeast Grapevine 2024”, which utilizes harvested grapes for wine, on a limited basis from October 22, 2012. (Koshu City, Yamanashi Prefecture, President: Yasaburo Yoshida), will go on sale on October 22 (Tuesday) in limited quantities.

Grapevine2024

Utilizing 540 kg of grapes that were destined to be returned to the soil
In the cultivation of grapes for wine, in order to ensure that each berry is well nourished and grows delicious, concentrated grapes, a process called “bunch thinning” is used to thin out the bunches of grapes. In 2021, we teamed up with Mercian Viticol Katsunuma in the Katsunuma district of Yamanashi Prefecture, a major wine-producing region in Japan, to upcycle grapes that were not used to make wine into craft beer. This year will be the fourth year.
The grapes are not suitable for winemaking due to their low sugar content, but they have enough sugar content to be made into beer.These are utilized to achieve regeneration into aromatic beer.

This year, red wine varieties Syrah and Muscat Bery A are used.
Far Yeast Grapevine” is a limited edition product made with Yamanashi grapes and released in a different beer style each year as part of the “Brewed with YAMANASHI” program, which is co-created with the local community and promotes the charm of Yamanashi along with beer throughout the country. This year, we used two red wine varieties, Syrah and Muscat Baily A, which are newly challenged in Yamanashi.
In late August, our staff also went to the vineyard of “Chateau Mercian Kamoiji Vineyard” in Yamanashi City to pick grapes. We brewed 3,000 liters of product using about 540 kg of purchased picked grapes.

A simple saison style that makes the most of the grape’s natural characteristics
Far Yeast Grapevine 2024″uses a simple saison beer style in order to make the most of the grape’s natural characteristics.The black pepper nuance of Syrahis combined with the spicy aroma that is one of the characteristics of saison yeast.
We also focused on a production method called “maceration,” in which grape skins are soaked in fermenting wine during the red wine production process. Syrah and Muscat Baily A grape skins were macerated in the fermenting beer to extract the maximum amount of grape flavor.
A small amount of Brettanomyces yeast was added to the beer during fermentation to add a slightly distinctive fruity aroma with nuances of cherries and plums. The wine has a complex flavor with spicy and fruity aromas, and a clean mouthfeel that is characteristic of Saison.

Far Yeast Grapevine 2024will be available in limited quantities at the official Far Yeast Brewing Web Store from 12:00 p.m. onOctober 22 (Tue), and will be available for purchase at the official Web Store on October 25 (Fri). Shipments to beer bars, restaurants, and liquor stores nationwide will begin sequentially on October 23 (Wed.).

Located in Yamanashi, the fruit kingdom, we will continue to brew this title as an autumn seasonal product in collaboration with Mercian Viticol Katsunuma, aiming to establish the definitive taste of grape beer as well as addressing food loss.

Product Outline

Grapevine2024(ブレープバイン2024)

Far Yeast Grapevine 2024
Sales start date: Tuesday, October 22
Suggested retail price: Open price
Ingredients: Grapes (produced in Koshu City, Yamanashi Prefecture), malt (made outside Japan), sugar, hops
Alcohol: 6.0%
IBU: 10
Style : Brett Saison with Grapes
Item: Happoshu (malt usage: 25% or more but less than 50%)
BreweryFar Yeast Brewing Genryu Brewery (Kosuge Village, Yamanashi Prefecture)
Specification : 350ml can / 15L keg
*Purchase at online store here :https://faryeast.stores.jp/

About Chateau Mercian Katsunuma Winery
Making Japan a world-class winery. Chateau Mercian is committed to inheriting the nature, culture, and sensibility of Japan and evolving them to the delight of people so that one day Japanese wine will be loved and enjoyed by people in Japan and around the world. Chateau Mercian Katsunuma Winery is the origin of Dainippon Yamanashi Budoshu Company, which was established in 1877 as the first private winery in Japan. Chateau Mercian has three wineries in Yamanashi and Nagano prefectures, but Katsunuma Winery produces more than 80% of the company’s total production and is the core winery of Chateau Mercian with a long history. With the winery at the center, Chateau Mercian will continue to move forward into the future in harmony with the local community and nature to realize its dream of “making Japan a world-class winery.
https://www.chateaumercian.com/winery/katsunuma/

< Kirin Holdings Company Press Release>
– Upcycling Collaborative Efforts Using Chateau Mercian’s Picked Grapes Aimed at Sustainable Winemaking – Far Yeast Brewing Launches “Far Yeast Grapevine 2024”
https://www .kirinholdings.com/jp/newsroom/release/2024/1018_01.html

About the Yamanashi Support Project
Far Yeast Brewing’s “Yamanashi Support Project” was launched in July 2020 with the aim of revitalizing local industry through the production of beer using products from the prefecture. In October of the same year, the company relocated its headquarters from Shibuya to Kosuge Village in Yamanashi Prefecture, where the brewery is located, and further strengthened its ties with producers and businesses in the prefecture. So far, they have brewed products that utilize local products such as peaches, grapes, and plums from Kosuge Village, where the brewery is located. Together with the beer, we are promoting the charms of Yamanashi to the rest of Japan.

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