ENISHI

縁

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Made for and in collaboration with Isetan department stores, this beer is a light coloured saison with a touch of the tropics and spice, excellent for pairing with a range of food[Character]Golden ... read more

Made for and in collaboration with Isetan department stores, this beer is a light coloured saison with a touch of the tropics and spice, excellent for pairing with a range of food

[Character]

Golden color saison with a subtle tropical aroma and notes of spice and clove. This beer has a soft sweetness up front with a dry finish.

[Food Pairing]

"Na no Hana" with anchovy and garlic butter, white fish with "Saikyo" miso, fried chicken wings with aromatic spices and soy sauce.

[Naming]

The kanji for "縁" ("En" or "Enishi") is one that means connection, but it is entwined with the idea of fate. When things work out better than planned, it is common to say "Go en desu ne" ("ah, it must be fate!"). Beer is a drink that suits this idea well, with many a fateful connection made over this ancient and humble drink, and Isetan said that they hope that more connections are made over this collaboration.

[Brewer's Voice]

This beer was designed and created for, and in collaboration with, Isetan, and their requirements made it quite a challenge! Isetan were looking for us to make a characterful saison, but one that was also easy to drink, whilst being a good accompaniment for the wide range of foods one might pick up at Isetan.

We started off by thinking a bit about what would fit the bill. Beers like Orval and Paulaner Salvator are great pairing beers, and while very different, they have something in common. Whilst having a wide range of flavours, they are also balanced, with none overpowering the other, allowing the food to balance against, or blend together with, one or more of the characters in there.

These characterful beers were built on their malt base to start, so we looked to do the same, using our base pilsner malt, blended with some wheat for body and texture, some rye for depth in flavour plus a tad of spice, and a little honey malt for some added sweetness and backbone to support the hops and yeast character. The saison yeast brought some nice spice character, but we wanted to emphasise some more of the herbal and fruity character of the hops, and so went for Waimea and Riwaka. Waimea brings some candied orange and herbal character, while the Riwaka brings tropical passion fruit-like character. This beer has the layers that we were looking for, allowing each sip to bring out an extra flavour or aroma. While bright and straw coloured, the low bitterness allows the malt character, yeast, and hop nuances to perform together, drawing you in for another sip, until you realise you need another one!

Style

Saison

Series

Limited

ABV

5.0%

IBU

20

Gas Volume

2.65

Malt

Pilsner, Honey Malt, Wheat Malt, Rye Malt

Hop

Waimea, Riwaka

JAN

4589718742304

Best Before

2026/02/11

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