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Sankt Gallen Breweries Co., Ltd., famous for their "Sweets Beer" with flavors like pear and cinnamon apple, will release "Sankt Gallen Sakura," a beer flavored with real cherry blossoms and leaves, on Friday, February 19, 2021, for a limited season until mid-April. The beer, which smells and tastes like sakuramochi, is perfect for the cherry blossom viewing season.
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For those who haven't tried it, sakuramochi is a mochi rice cake wrapped in a cherry blossom leaf and infused with its aroma.
Sakuramochi rice cakes are a traditional Spring treat in Japan. | Ocdp, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
The sakura used in Sankt Gallen Sakura is taken from Takatō in the city of Ina, Nagano Prefecture, a famous hanami spot selected as one of the best 100 places for cherry blossoms.
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The beer is flavored with cherry blossoms and leaves while using fewer hops, which give the beer its bitterness and aroma. Sixty kilograms of edible double-flowered cherry trees, which are also used to make cherry blossom tea, are used for each brewing.
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In addition, Sankt Gallen uses "Rakufu Mai" sake rice grown at the Izumihashi Sake Brewery in Ebina City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It adds a rich, sweet flavor unique to rice to the beer. Combined, the two ingredients impart a flavor to the beer which is reminiscent of sakuramochi.
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To pre-order yours, visit the special Sankt Gallen Sakura page on their official website.