News Japan's first seaweed beer on sale

[thomas]

A Kobe pub and a local fish cooperative pub have started crafting beer made of seaweed that would otherwise be disposed of because of its thin colour. The fishery cooperative and Akashi Bakushu Kobo Toki produced six hundred 330-milliliter "Cinderella Nori Draft" bottles, each priced at 500 JPY. The beer is characterized by a fine foam, slight viscosity, and a seaweedy aroma after drinking. In fact, it is happoshu, not beer.

The color of the "nori" -- dried laver seaweed -- used in the suds was faded due to growing in low nutrient conditions, and was unsuitable for market. During brewing, 400 sheets of the faded nori were added to the malt in the boiling phase, and another 100 sheets during maturation to make 200 liters of the potent potable. Cinderella Nori Draft follows the same brewing process as 100% malt beer, except for seaweed. However, the addition of the sea plant means it cannot be categorized as a true beer under Japanese law, having to settle instead for the label "happoshu," or beerlike beverages with low malt content.

West Japan fishery co-op, pub create beer using throwaway seaweed - The Mainichi

AKASHI, Hyogo -- The local fishery cooperative and an izakaya pub here have put their collective heads together to turn seaweed that would otherwise b

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色落ち海苔を使用した発泡酒「シンデレラのりDRAFT」の試飲会に参加してきた！11月の「あかし食三昧市」で限定販売！ | 明石じゃーなる | 明石市の地域情報サイト

色落ち海苔を使用した発泡酒が「あかし食三昧市」で限定販売！ 2022年11月5日（土）・6日（日）に明石公園で開催される「あかし食三昧市」で、試飲&限定発売される発泡酒「シンデレラのりDRAFT」のメディア向け商品発表会に参加させて

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[mdchachi]

A Kobe pub and a local fish cooperative pub have started crafting beer made of seaweed that would otherwise be disposed of because of its thin colour. The fishery cooperative and Akashi Bakushu Kobo Toki produced six hundred 330-milliliter "Cinderella Nori Draft" bottles, each priced at 500 JPY. The beer is characterized by a fine foam, slight viscosity, and a seaweedy aroma after drinking. In fact, it is happoshu, not beer.

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West Japan fishery co-op, pub create beer using throwaway seaweed - The Mainichi

AKASHI, Hyogo -- The local fishery cooperative and an izakaya pub here have put their collective heads together to turn seaweed that would otherwise b

mainichi.jp

Link:

色落ち海苔を使用した発泡酒「シンデレラのりDRAFT」の試飲会に参加してきた！11月の「あかし食三昧市」で限定販売！ | 明石じゃーなる | 明石市の地域情報サイト

色落ち海苔を使用した発泡酒が「あかし食三昧市」で限定販売！ 2022年11月5日（土）・6日（日）に明石公園で開催される「あかし食三昧市」で、試飲&限定発売される発泡酒「シンデレラのりDRAFT」のメディア向け商品発表会に参加させて

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If it's not "beer" does that mean the taxes are lower?

 

[Lothor]

Yes, although the cost of a making small batch of a novel beer means that it will not be cheaper.