Kinshi-Masamune Craft Beer, Kyoto

Inside JR Kyoto Station is Isetan, and down on the B1 Floor is a Liquor section that puts all other department stores in Kansai to shame.

JR京都駅の中に伊勢丹があって、地下１階には他の関西のデパートに恥をかかせる和洋酒売り場あります。

At first I thought it was some kind of joke. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Row after row of Ji-beer, crazy names and labels, but BEST of all, dozens of representatives from Kansai!

最初、何か冗談だっと思った。目を疑うことだった。地ビール！変な名前とラベルを次々並んでまして、とりわけ関西の代表のが多いよ！

So I walked out of Isetan the proud owner of two bottles of local brew; Kinshi-Masamune Craft Beer. 2 bottles only, 'Gosho Beer', and the 'Kaoru Beer', which particularly caught my attention with the words 'JR Kyoto Isetan X Kinshi-Masamune' printed down the bottom of the label.

2本の自慢で伊勢丹をでました。キンシ正宗地ビール。２つだけ、「御所麦酒」とラベルに書いた「JR Kyoto Isetan X Kinshi-Masamune」の言葉をオレの目に触れた「カオル」。

As is quite normal here, Kinshi-Masamune is actually a Sake Brewer who brew their own craft beer. I enjoyed my Gosho! A surprisingly smooth beer with a wonderful colour. It was also very lightly carbonated, as you can see from the absence of a head in the picture below.

日本でよくあること、キンシ正宗は酒造家やけど、今地ビールも作ります。御所麦酒おいしかった！驚くほどにスムーズですばらしい色。下にある写真に見える泡が立ってないことで炭酸化が軽い。

Now, I can't verify this any more that what I read directly off the label; but with the Kaoru beer, apparently the female staff of both Isetan and Kinshi-Masamune got together to brew this one, especially for women. Which probably explains it's light flavour and fizziness. At 4% it was a nice refreshing one.

直接ラベルから読んだ情報より証明できないけど、カオルのビールは伊勢丹の女性スターフとキンシ正宗の女性スターフが協力してこのビールを女性のため作り出した。それで味か軽くて炭酸化けっこうあったんかなぁ。4%でさわやかのでした。

Support local! Drink Kinshi-Masamune Craft Beer, Kyoto!
地方をサポートしょう！京都のキンシ正宗の地ビールを飲んでよ！