Echigo Beer
Niigata, Niigata, Japan · Est. 1994
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Why this matters
Japan's first microbrewery, opened the moment the 1994 tax law made it legal. Deregulation is an abstraction until somebody actually walks through the door.
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Beers
Koshihikari Rice Lager
Year-RoundRice Lager
Brewed with Koshihikari, the premium Niigata rice normally reserved for eating. Rice in beer is an adjunct shortcut almost everywhere else; here it is the expensive ingredient.
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FLAGSHIPRice lager
Japan Pass 1. Regional source identifies the Koshihikari rice lager as a core Echigo product.
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