Ginga Kogen Beer: Silver Bottle, just bought this

Today Zathrez and i took a trip to Mitsuwa Marketplace. I ran in to this bottle that just captured my attention Ginga Kogen Beer:Silver Bottle, I had to come home and do some research, make a sort of Profile:

Ginga Kogen Beer: Silver Bottle http://www.gingakogenbeer.com/

Fruity beer with rich taste made by packaging "Weizen", the traditional beer in the South Germany made of over 50 % of wheat malt, without filtering beer yeast. Blue bottle with modern design brings out table coordinates.

Material	：100 % of malt (wheat and barley malt) and hop
Alcohol	：5 %
Style	：Hefe Weizen（wheat beer with yeast added）
Volume	：Volume：300 ml (10.1 fl oz)

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GINGA KOGEN BEER started in 1996, as the project to economically develop Sawauchi village in Iwate prefecture, by Isao Nakamura who established Higashinihonhouse Co., Ltd

Sawauchi village is the heavy snowfall area, so it has rich natural fresh water. And, it is similar to Bayern in Germany in climate. So, Sawauchi village is the appropriate for brewery.

And, 1996 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kenji Miyazawa, when this beer was named the GINGA KOGEN BEER.

Famous water wells up to plateau on mountains and character shines out as if it were stars in night sky. Japanese name of the GINGA KOGEN BEER includes Galaxy and Plateau. Galaxy indicates“dream and roman” and plateau indicates “famous natural waterh” .

The preparatory members visited the beer breweries in Europe and the United States before building the brewery.They visited Munich, Cologne, and Dusseldorf, and drank 80 kinds of beer in one week. After discussion, they visited the Augustina brewery in Munich again.