Dear Taproom Friend & Baird Beer Enthusiast:

I love the seasonal transition from summer to fall. Baird Beer is celebrating it with the following releases.

*Japan Tale Ale 2009 (ABV 6.0%):

Brewed with a host of indigenous Japanese ingredients (un-malted Hokkaido wheat sudakito sugar from Amami-Oshima, ume plums from Heda and, of course, lovely soft water from Numazu), Japan Tale Ale is lightly hopped, pleasantly tart and extremely refreshing. It almost drinks like a beer version of a well-made Ume Sour (a popular drink served in traditional Japanese pubs that is made with distilled shochu and plums and served carbonated on ice).

Japan Tale Ale 2009 is now pouring from the taps of each of our Baird Beer Taprooms and will be available both on draught and in 633 ml bottles at Baird Beer retailing pubs and liquor shops throughout Japan.

*Tradition Single Hop Ale (ABV 5.1%):

The brewers of Baird Beer love hops! Whenever we add a new variety to our growing inventory, we love to make a simple ale singularly (bittering, flavor, aroma) hopped with that variety. This allows us to begin to understand the unique character of that hop variety in the broadest sense possible. Tradition is a hop variety from the Hallertau region of Germany and it is a renowned dual-purpose hop (moderate bittering properties with an alpha acid at 7.8% and delicately floral aromatic characteristics). A simple malt profile and moderate gravity enable the hops to reign flavor supreme.

Tradition Single Hop Ale is available exclusively as Real Ale on handpump at the Fishmarket, Nakameguro and Harajuku Taprooms (beginning Tuesday, September 8 except at Harajuku where it will be put on tap later in the week).

Cheers!

Bryan Baird