Kiuchi Brewery

190 Years of Brewing at Kiuchi Brewery

Kiuchi was the head of the village and collected rice from farmers as land taxes and decided to use the remaining stocks of rice in his warehouse to start a brewery making Sake.

His close friend Fujita Toko named one of the Sakes “Kikusakari” in respect to the emperor and with the polishing off of the rice and water taken from natural springs, the Kiuchi Brewery was born.

The Sake industry flourished especially after the Second World War, when the Japanese economy increased and sake was in high demand, encouraging breweries to mass produce and sell in bulk causing the quality of the products to decrease.

Kiuchi maintained their policy to produce the best quality products with the best ingredients and craftsmanship.

In the 1950’s the brewery was inherited by Mikio Kiuchi who continued to produce high quality sake, but by the 1990’s strict alcohol tax laws were reduced and this encouraged the Kiuchi Brewery to begin a new adventure making beer.

Before then only four large breweries were allowed to make beer and once the laws were relaxed it allowed for smaller breweries to join in the production.

The Brewery

As the company had no experience in making beer they decided to ask the larger breweries for help but it would have cost them millions of yen, which led them to search elsewhere for ideas and finally found a brewing manufacturer in Canada called the DME.

They sent equipment and shared their knowledge with Kiuchi and the start of their beer brewing business began to take shape.

The facilities were set up in 1996 after one month of intense labour and trying to decipher English instruction manuals, the brewery was up and running with the first brew of Hitachino Nest Beer.

In 1997 the beer with a unique character owl logo began to win awards in Canada, Germany, U.K, U.S.A and Japan gaining worldwide attention, leading them to export to U.S.A and countries all over the world.

Hitachino Nest beer was in demand and the facilities needed to be increased, leading the company to move the distillery to bigger premises in Nukada.

The new distillery uses eco-friendly methods, reducing and recycling waste with the by- product of sake brewing by using the sake lees to make a distilled liquor called Shocku Kiuchi.

Beers from Kiuchi

The beers

Today the Kiuchi Brewery has 13 bottles of beer that include;

Celebration Ale

Celebration Ale a full bodied beer with a sweet wheat flavour and aromas of orange peel, coriander, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla beans with an alcohol of 8%

Up until recently the Kiuchi Brewery has been importing all of their malts and hops from the western countries, but have decided to grow their own and they are also going to grow their own vines for winemaking in the near future.

Visit Kiuchi Brewery

If brewing your own beer is something that you are interested in doing, then you can visit the brew house where you are given the steps to create your own tastes that can be bottled with your own label too.

Kiuchi Brewery and the Hitachino Nest Beer are an innovative and creative company that has 8 generations worth of experience in sake and beer that has been recognised internationally.

Contact Information

Kiuchi Brewery
Website: http://www.kodawari.cc/
Email: [email protected]
Phone number: +81 29 298 0105

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Address

Kiuchi Brewery
Naka, 鴻巣1257,
311-0133 Ibaraki Prefecture Japan, Japan

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