Booth: Japas Cervejaria

awesome beer... keep brewing!!!!

 

Loved the beer thanks for sharing!

 

This is a great beer, but why does it make me want a hot dog?

 

Thank you for introducing craft beer to new folks and for diversifying the scene. So awesome!

 

This is unbelievable! Russian Imperial is one of my favorite styles and this is a real outstanding example. The texture is what really grabbed me. Real soft. Nice job!

 

Thank you for supporting us! Hope you enjoyed the beer! Cheers!

 

Yay! That's what we were looking for: balance! We usually brew with a lot of different ingredients, but for us it's really important to respect the base style while letting the added ingredient shine, but not overpower the other flavors. Thanks for sharing!

 

I thought that this was the best beer of the fest. Not my favorite style, but the most balanced and complex and interesting beer in an august field. Well done!

 

We actually already brewed one! It was a collab with a Brazilian farm brewery called ZalaZ for their 2019 Festival "Da Fazenda ao Copo" (from the farm to the glass, in a free translation). We fermented our own natto before brewing, but instead of making a traditional soy natto, we made a white bean natto using the beans that they grow in their farm; then we added it to the mashing to acidify the wort and after added dragonfruit and hibiscus, also grown in the farm. The result was great and it was a really cool experience!

 

Beer globalization: someone from Russia drinking a Russian Imperial Stout designed in Brazil by half Japanese people and brewed in the USA! Hope you enjoyed the experience! Cheers!

 

Wow, must have been an amazing pairing!

Actually we did several experiments in order to make the miso noticeable but not overpowering, since we wanted its umami and some saltiness, but not too much. We also noticed that a greater amount of miso makes the beer somehow oily, which could harm the foam. Cheers!

 

Hey! In this case, the red miso inspired the beer. After deciding that we wanted to use it, we created the recipe to be a good base for the ingredient.

We have plans to brew a rice lager. Adding furikake is actually a good idea!

 

Briefly? It can be challenging sometimes cause it's never cool to have your talent judged based on your gender. But beer is what we love to do and we'll keep doing it

 

Yes! Europe is in our plans, and we also would love to distribute in Japan!

 

Testing, testing, testing! Actually it's not very hard to brew with miso, but to add the right amount is key.

 

The craft beer scene in Brazil is booming right now, and São Paulo is the epicenter of this movement. Lots of breweries experimenting, but I'd say we're still trying to build our identity. In my opinion we are still mirroring ourselves a lot in what is happening in the American market, which is interesting, but can also be limiting if we don't start to make better use of our immense diversity of local ingredients. But there are interesting movements going on, especially outside the big cities.

 

We all travel a lot to Japan (or used to, before COVID), but here in Brazil there's also a lot of inspiration for us. São Paulo received so many immigrants from Japan a century ago that we kinda started to create our own Japanese culture with a Brazilian twist. Cheers!

 

I think it would be really interesting to try Black Miso with pato no tucupi (roasted duck and jambu leaves in extracted manioc sauce), a typical Amazonian dish full of umami. As for the Japanese dish, I'd pair it with a good ramen with miso base. Cheers!

 

We brewed a Double NEIPA with Japanese Tangerine and coffee that we really loved called Kohi. Ukiyo was really interesting too, it's a Sour RIS with Japanese and Brazilian grapes. We've been using so many things, like matcha, persimmon, ginger, wasabi, yuzu, pitanga, shiso, acerola... but the one I like the most so far is Matsurika, our pilsner with Jasmine flowers Cheers!

 

Hey! Our distributor in California is Lime Ventures, they are present in the whole State. Where do you live in CA? I can check if there's any store, bar or restaurant that carries our beer near you. If you prefer, send me a private message here or on instagram. Cheers!