"Let's save craft beer with gin" Preventing "food loss" of beer April 20 15:52

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Some craft beer restaurants, which have been booming all over the country, are facing the "food loss" problem of beer due to suspension of business due to the declaration of emergency. Efforts to replace craft beer with a short shelf life with distilled gin gin and save it have begun.

When craft beer = craft beer that makes the best use of the characteristics of the region is served at restaurants, the expiration date of some craft beer is shorter than that of major draft beer, and there are some that can only be kept for about a month.

This bar in Akihabara, Tokyo has been closed since the beginning of this month due to the spread of new coronavirus. At this bar, which sells craft beer nationwide, the expiration date for 47 kinds of beer of a total of 1500 liters at five affiliated stores in Tokyo is approaching. When discarded, the loss was about 2 million yen, and the store was feeling a sense of crisis.

Mr. Shimago, the representative of Craft Biavar IBREW, said, "It's been a difficult situation with no sales. Everything about 50 barrels is in stock, and there is a pain that the producers can't provide the beer that they cherish." It was

Under such circumstances, a long-established sake brewing company in Ibaraki Prefecture began to move to save the predicament. The initiative is to transform craft beer into distilled gin, which has a long shelf life.

On the 17th of this month, a barrel of craft beer was brought into the company's distillery in Tokyo from a bar in Akihabara, and it was transferred to a tank. Beer is heated to steam and repeatedly cooled to increase alcohol content.

In addition, adding a nut flavor called juniper berry will turn it into a gin and restore it to its original bar. So far, we have received requests from about 20 restaurants around the country, including Tokyo, Osaka, and Aichi.

Koji Tani of Kiuchi Sake Brewery said, “If the beer expires, the store will be financially damaged and it will also be a food loss, so I would like to rescue it. I hope that the current situation will be restored and a toast will be possible. I think. "