We are commemorating the 7-year birthday of the Fishmarket Taproom with the Saturday, July 14 release of a special Baird Beer: Taproom 7-Year Ale.
Taproom 7-Year Ale (ABV: 7.5%):
This celebratory ale is, stylistically,inspired by beers categorized as Belgian-style Strong Golden Ales. Generally, this type of ale is straw-gold in color, slightly phenolic in aroma, prickly and effervescent in the mouth and highly dry and fairly hot in the finish. Duvel is the signature beer of the style and it is one of our favorites.
Taproom 7-Year Ale is fantastically simple in design: one malt (German Pilsner), one sugar (Japanese Korizato), two hops (UK East Kent Golding and US Sterling), and one yeast (a Belgian one reputedly derived from the Duvel brewery). The resulting beer is fantastically complex in flavor! Estery notes of pears and plums define the aroma, slightly sweet, yeast-derived flavors of fruit celebrate on the palate, a strong alcohol-enhanced dryness punctuates the finish! If it were my seventh birthday, this is the beverage I would want served along with my cake!
Taproom 7-Year Ale will debut at the Fishmarket Taproom kicking off the Taproom 7-Year Anniversary Summer Beer Fest on Saturday, July 14. On that day only it will be sold at 500 yen per pint and 400 yen per glass. It also will be available through select members of the superb family of Baird Beer retailers beginning Saturday, July 14. Individual consumer orders for bottle-conditioned Taproom 7-Year Ale can be placed direct at the brewery via email, phone or fax.
Details of The Taproom 7-Year Anniversary Summer Beer Fest (Saturday, July 14 – Monday, July 16) are relisted below. Please plan to join us for what promises to be an amazing summer beer fest!
Taproom 7-Year Anniversary Summer Beer Fest
(1) Saturday, July 14 (Taproom Birthday Celebration)
-Debut of Taproom 7-Year Ale (a first-ever Belgian-style Strong Golden Ale)
-500 yen pints and 400 yen glass-size servings of all brands all day
(Saturday only)
-Sumptuous all-you-want buffet of beer-inspired cuisine (1,000 yen per
person)
-Live acoustic Celtic music (1:00 – 5:00 pm)
-Yakitori grill outside in front of The Taproom – 100 yen per stick (3:00 -
7:00 pm)
(2) Sunday, July 15 (Festival of Long-Maturation Beers)
-The following five beers that have been conditioned for a minimum of seven months post-packaging will be featured:
*Ganko Oyaji Barley Wine (packaged 9/14/2006)
*Oktoberfest Lager (packaged 9/21/2006)
*Cool Breeze Pils (packaged 6/30/2006); Also Cool Breeze Pils 2007
(packaged 2/19/2007) for taste comparison
*Munchner Helles (packaged 8/11/2006)
*The Professor Munchner Dunkel (packaged 1/2/2007)
-Original beer cuisine made with and to match each of our long-maturation beers (served a la carte)
-Sumptuous all-you-want buffet of beer-inspired cuisine (1,000 yen per
person)
-Live acoustic Celtic music (1:00 – 5:00 pm)
-Yakitori grill outside in front of The Taproom — 100 yen per stick (3:00 -
7:00 pm)
(3) Monday, July 16 (Fruit & Beer Festival)
-The following ten beers made with additions of real fruit will be featured
(All 700 yen pints; 500 yen glass-size):
*Asian Beauty Biwa Ale (2007 debut)
*Strawberry Field Milk Stout
*Protruding Nail Citrus Porter
*Shizuoka Summer Mikan Ale
*Saison Sayuri
*DaiDai Dark Wheat Ale
*Temple Garden Yuzu Ale
*Yamanashi Apple Ale
*The Carpenter’s Mikan Ale
*Country Girl Kabocha Ale (a vegetable, not a fruit, but close enough)
-Original beer cuisine made with and to match each of our fruit beers
(served a la carte)
-Live DJ entertainment (1:00 - 5:00 pm)
Reservations are not required and there is no cover charge. We do suggest that you look into spending the night in Numazu when you visit so as to maximize the joy of the experience. We relish the chance to celebrate The Taproom’s birthday, and life in general, with all of you who truly have made it worthwhile.
Cheers!
Bryan Baird
