Ise Kadoya Brewing is a place that has tradtion, and I like that. Tradition is good. I drink bourbon because it is a Kentucky tradition--and because it is good. Traditional things are nice, because they mean something. Narihiro Suzuki is the managing director of Ise Kadoya, and his family has been in business for a while...a long while...to the tune of just about 430 years.
I won't go into great detail about the history of Ise Kadoya, you can read that here. What I will tell you is that they expanded into the beer business (they had a couple HUNDRED years already down in the miso, soy sauce and mochi business!!) in 1997. They recieved their first award in 2000, and their first international award in 2003. Since then friends, go ahead and call them ACE--cause they have been racking up the hardware. They have won many awards from competitions in Japan and around the globe. These boys know how to make some beer. (And of course Narihiro's wife Chika helps too...)
The brewery and restaurant (Biyagura) are really easy to find, and for those of you who are against walking long distances (my girlfriend) you can take a cab to there from Isejingu for about 1200 yen. Not bad at all. Great atmosphere inside with a little shop where you can buy a few beers to go. Around Isejingu you can find Sinto Beer everywhere and their other specialty brews at a few shops.
The food at Biyagur
a was great. I had the fried chicken set (Country Boy right?!) and Michi had a miso-pork dish. They both were great. We started with a beer sampler set comprised of: Sinto Beer, Stout, Sweet Chocolate Stout (seasonal-from Noboribetsu Craft Beer Factory in Hokkaido), Brown Ale, and Pale Ale. They all were very good, but my favorite by far was the brown ale. The Sweet Chocolate Stout was lovely as well, and I finished my meal with one of those for dessert.After we ate we talked with master brewer Masakazu Nakanishi for quite a while. I'll post what he had to say tomorrow!
Enjoy your evenings...
4 comments:
I love how long things have been around in other countries. Kind of puts those local ads boasting "In business since 1989!" into perspective.
That brown ale looks nice.
Those veg and noodles look good, too.
As for you, you look really...
...happy.
Thanks for the blogpost. It's a place I'd like to get to. Not for once, being in Nagoya has it's advantage!
Chuwy, thanks for the nice compliment about my sunny demeanor. I'll post more about Ise when I get home....
beer brewing in japan is growing, of course they have good beer because they have nice water there, and japanese are very details in making their thing, one day their beer will be famous.
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