Sankt Gallen will sell a limited quantity of “Japanese Pear Weizen”, a beer made from pears and damaged pears that fell due to earthquakes and typhoons, from Thursday, September 19, 2024.
*St.Gallen Ltd.*
Press release: September 11, 2024
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Sankt Gallen will sell a limited quantity of “Japanese Pear Weizen”, a beer made from pears and damaged pears that fell due to earthquakes and typhoons, from Thursday, September 19, 2024.
*From September 12th (Thursday) at the directly managed taproom in front of Hon-Atsugi Station and at the Keyaki Hiroba Autumn Beer Festival – Pre-sale on draft beer*
Sankt Gallen Co., Ltd. (Atsugi City, Kanagawa
Prefecture/Representative Director: Nobuhisa Iwamoto) produces beer using pears that have fallen during earthquakes or whose branches and leaves have been scratched by typhoons*
“Wari no Weizen”* will be on sale from Thursday, September 19, 2024. https://www.sanktgallenbrewery.com/pear/
*Earthquake with epicenter in central prefecture, impact of Typhoon No.7* A pear with scratches
It has been reported that farmers in Atsugi City lost a large amount of their fruit just before they were ready to be harvested due to the earthquake that occurred on August 9th with its epicenter in central Kanagawa Prefecture. The people involved said with a sigh that only the fine fruits had fallen.
As if to add insult to injury, Typhoon No. 7 occurred. Although there was little damage from fallen fruit, the strong winds caused branches and fruit to rub against each other, causing damage to the fruit.
Furthermore, due to the warm winter of 2023, stink bugs, which normally die in the winter cold, have successfully overwintered, making holes in the fruit and sucking out the juice, causing many damage and loss of commercial value.
In St. Gallen, we used pears that are not normally sold in this beer.
A pear with scratches
* Pears are processed into three shapes and introduced in stages. Fresh and fruity taste*
Cut the pear by removing the damaged part.
The beer is based on a fruity weizen style that uses wheat malt as the main ingredient, and adds chopped pears, pears processed into paste, and pears processed into juice.
The weizen yeast used to make weizen has a sweet aroma that can be compared to pear or peach. By combining this with real pears, we have created a fresh and fruity beer.
Cut the pear by removing the damaged part.
Sankt Gallen has a beer called “Shonan Gold” which uses not only pears but also bruised oranges, and “Apple Cinnamon Ale” which uses bruised apples.
We manufacture and sell fruit beers made with various blemished fruits throughout the year, such as “.
These beers use plenty of fruit in order to bring out the natural aroma and taste of the fruit without relying on flavorings. Therefore, the use of fruit with defects such as blemishes, which can be purchased cheaper than usual, can help reduce the cost of raw materials.
The use of fruit for a reason is a mutually beneficial relationship where farmers can sell fruit that would otherwise be unmarketable, and our company can receive fruit at a lower price. Some of our fruit beers were born out of an SOS from farmers who were having trouble finding fruit for some reason. The use of fruits with meaning also leads to the reduction of food loss,
We are contributing to achieving the SDGs.
* “Japanese Pear Weizen” Product Overview *
* [Product name] * Japanese pear weizen (low-malt beer)
This beer is labeled as “Happoshu” because it uses more fruit than is allowed under Japan’s Liquor Tax Law.
The malt rate is over 50% and the tax rate is the same as beer.
* [Release date] * Thursday, September 19, 2024 Limited quantity From September 12th (Thursday), the directly managed taproom near the north exit of Hon-Atsugi Station and Saitama Super Arena will open. We will pre-sell the barrel draft at the St. Gallen booth at the “Keyaki Hiroba Autumn Beer Festival (September 12th to 16th)” to be held at the Community Arena.
From September 19th, you will be able to enjoy it at beer bars that handle St. Gallen nationwide.
* [Bottle capacity] * 330ml
* [Bottle suggested retail price] * 539 yen (tax included)
* [Alcohol] * 5.5%
* [Sales location] * Directly managed online shop (now accepting reservations), Keio Department Store Shinjuku Store, Tokyu Department Store Kichijoji Store, Tokyu Department Store Tama Plaza Store, Kintetsu Department Store
Updated at Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store and other sites, as well as on the official website after the release date.
* About St. Gallen *
https://www.sanktgallenbrewery.com/
St. Gallen is the “original craft beer store” that manufactured and sold small-scale beer in the United States even before the ban on craft beer was lifted in Japan. It became a hot topic in American media such as TIME and Newsweek, and then spread to Japanese media. It involved public opinion and made a difference in the lifting of the ban on craft beer in Japan. For this reason, it is called “local beer No. 0″ in the industry.
The beer that St. Gallen produces is an “ale” that is the opposite of the major mainstream “lager” in terms of production method and taste. Consistency. We have won numerous awards at domestic and international contests. In addition to these classic beers, we manufacture and sell a number of unique beers, including fruit beers made with seasonal fruits, chocolate beers limited to Valentine’s Day, barley wine that will be released at the same time as Beaujolais Nouveau, and one-sho beer, and spread the appeal of craft beer widely. I’m doing it. St. Gallen is a place name in Switzerland.
The Abbey of St. Gallen there was the first place in the world to receive a brewing license.
In order to carry on its origins, the brand name is “Sankt Gallen”. Official website: https://www.sanktgallenbrewery.com/
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Sankt Gallen Ltd.
Sankt Gallen Ltd.
TEL: 046-224-2317
Address: 1137-1 Kaneda, Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture