When a brewery says that one of their favorites inside and outside the brewhouse, that means something. And when that beer is a smoke beer with both a Belgian and Japanese twist, that also means something.
So you might want to give Okinawa Smoke from Nova Brewing a shot. Here is the information from the brewery that will get the inner beer geek happy…
“Our brewer loves Okinawa (Southern island in Japan), Belgian beers and Rauchbier (smoked beer originating from Germany) so he made this recipe about 4 years ago using Belgian dark strong grain bill, Kokuto (Okinawan sugar that has rich, complex molasses taste with slight smokiness from the slow cooking process.) and cherrywood smoked malt. Even though this beer had almost a cult following, strong dark beers don’t sell as well as light beers so we haven’t brewed it for a couple years.”
