[Yamanashi] What is "Fujizakura Heights Beer", a beer you should definitely try if you come to the foot of Mt. Fuji?

• Table of Contents
• What is Fujizakura Heights Beer?
• About Fujizakura Heights Beer's four classic varieties
• Awards: World Beer Cup, etc.
• Recommended spots to enjoy draft beer at the foot of Mt. Fuji

What is Fujizakura Heights Beer?

Fujizakura Heights Beer Brewery is located at an altitude of 1,000m at the foot of Mount Fuji, surrounded by the natural beauty of Mount Fuji.

Fujizakura Heights Beer uses "Fujizakura Life Water", natural water from Mt. Fuji, pumped up from 150 meters underground at the company's water source, as its brewing water. "Fujizakura Life Water" is natural water from Mt. Fuji that is absorbed into the earth from rain and snow that falls on Mt. Fuji, and then slowly seeps into and is filtered through multiple layers of lava over the course of several decades, resulting in a well-balanced mixture of minerals from the earth.

Fujizakura Heights Beer Beer is an authentic German-style beer made with this water and brewing techniques cultivated at Demens Brewing College, one of the few nationally certified schools in Germany with over 100 years of history and many excellent brewers. Most of the ingredients are imported from Germany, and the beer is 100% malt (with some exceptions). In addition, most of the beer is not filtered, so it contains a lot of live yeast, allowing you to enjoy the original taste and aroma of the beer.

In addition to the four regular beers "Pils", "Weizen", "Rauch", and "Schwarzweizen", they also brew a fruit beer "Yuzu Weizen" using yuzu from Fujikawa-cho, Yamanashi Prefecture, as well as about 20 other limited edition beers throughout the year. They have also won numerous awards in competitions both in Japan and abroad, including a gold medal at the World Beer Cup, a global competition known as the Olympics of beer, and the World Beer Awards.

About Fujizakura Heights Beer's four classic varieties

Fresh and floral! Pils with a slightly spicy aroma

In addition to the deep aroma and bitterness of aroma and bittering hops, the rich flavor of malt is also prominent. You can enjoy the perfect balance of the three types of hops and a refreshing throat feel.

Style: German Pilsner

Alcohol content: 5.0%

Bitterness (IBU): 30

Scent: Herbal and floral

Taste: Clear, sharp and bitter

Characterized by its fruity flavor! Weizen

This ale beer is made from over 50% wheat malt. It is the culmination of our brewery's efforts to overturn the typical image of beer as crisp and smooth. The banana-like clove and ester aroma comes from pure fresh yeast, and it has a smooth fruity taste with reduced hop bitterness.

Style: South German Hefeweizen

Alcohol content: 5.5%

Bitterness (IBU): 12

Aroma: Gorgeous ester and clove scent

Taste: Fruity, sweet and mellow

Rauch, with a soft smoky aroma

"Smoked beer" is made by smoking malt with beechwood chips to infuse the smoky flavor into the malt. It is a very unique beer with a smoked food-like aroma the moment it is poured into the glass, and its mild mouthfeel makes it suitable for a wide range of pairings. Rauch, with its soft smoky aroma, may seem peculiar at first glance, but it is actually very easy to drink, and the mellow malt flavor is one of its great features.

Style: Bamberg style Rauchbier

Alcohol content: 5.5%

Bitterness (IBU): 21

Aroma: Rich smoke aroma

Taste: Smoky and malty sweetness

Fruity dark beer! Schwarz Zweizen

A total of seven types of malt are exquisitely blended, including caramelized and roasted barley and wheat. This dark beer combines the roasted aroma of coffee beans with the clove aroma of Weizen, resulting in a dark beer with the fruity flavor unique to Weizen and the caramel/roasted aroma.

Style: Dunkelweizen

Alcohol content: 5.0%

Bitterness (IBU): 16

Aroma: Fruity and roasty

Taste: Sharpness and sweetness coexist

Awards: World Beer Cup, etc.

World Beer Cup

The World Beer Cup is organized by the American Brewers Association and was held every two years from 1996 to 2018. It was canceled in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but will be held annually from 2022. This year marks the 14th time it has been held, making it one of the world's largest beer judging events.

At the 2023 competition, 10,213 beers from 2,376 breweries from 51 countries were entered into 103 categories, and 272 judges from 26 countries judged each category, awarding gold, silver and bronze medals.

[Fujizakura Heights Beer"World Beer Cup" award history]

World Beer Awards

The World Beer Awards is a global beer competition organized by the British publishing company Ballagraph Publishing. It has been held annually since 2007 to decide the "world's best beer" of the year, and has two categories, "Taste" and "Design." The "Taste" judging is done in three stages, Rounds 1 to 3, by blind tasting (a tasting method in which the brands are not revealed).

[List of 2021 award-winning beers]

Fujizakura Heights Beer Official Website

Recommended spots to enjoy draft beer at the foot of Mt. Fuji

Fuji Chobo no Yu Yurari Onsen

Fuji Chobo no Yu Yurari Onsen is a day-trip hot spring facility where you can enjoy a soak in the hot springs while taking in the spectacular view of Mt. Fuji. You can enjoy Fujizakura Heights Beer at the restaurant on the first floor of the facility, and you can also purchase it as a souvenir at the shop on the second floor. A beer after soaking in the hot springs is the best!

Details of Fuji Chobo no Yu Yurari Onsen

A free shuttle bus is available from Kawaguchiko Sta. on the Fujikyuko Line (advance reservation required).

https://www.fuji-yurari.jp/access.html

It takes about 30 minutes by bus from Kawaguchiko Sta..

From the Lake Kawaguchiko/Fujiyoshida Interchange, take Route 139 towards Lake Motosuko for about 2